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<heading id="3FDD1287B7AFF78F0D39B46DE15DFAEF" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
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:
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;
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,
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,
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, (
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,
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<quantity id="860D833C6A48EC64D9B7A2B21765B324" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.15" unit="m" value="515.0">515 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
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;
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<collectingDate id="9AD976523F53FF257D2DCC306793045D" value="2017-11-20">20 / 11 / 2017</collectingDate>
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;
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,
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,
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,
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,
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, and
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leg.;
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;
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.
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:
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<specimenCount id="ABEB2FAFED74E8CD3ECC1A0799CA6C91" count="1" type="female">1 ♀</specimenCount>
;
<location id="F7D02C1213956E92D28A70791C44B6CD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D5CCB583B07555A29CF6248B5DBEF05D:F7D02C1213956E92D28A70791C44B6CD" country="Guinea-Bissau" latitude="7.6666665" longLatPrecision="1303" longitude="-8.433333" municipality="Mount Nimba" name="Seringbara" stateProvince="Guinea">Seringbara</location>
,
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,
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="D2243B39BA92C743301AC0D377970F2D" degrees="7" direction="north" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" precision="925" value="7.6666665">7 ° 40 ' N</geoCoordinate>
,
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;
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<quantity id="9EC94CBEA3618DB63628DEF1895F6914" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.99" unit="m" value="599.0">599 m</quantity>
a. s. l.
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;
<collectedFrom id="4BF24D9B6F61108B63E63627A9FE2BA2">gallery forest</collectedFrom>
;
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<collectingDate id="5F2DB66AD3082C799CDA5955993C256B" value="2008-10-09">09 / 10 / 2008</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectorName id="A06BBF1579281496F15B4FC9C93594E3">D. Van den Spiegel</collectorName>
leg.;
<specimenCode id="0C6771F7666C4247DD923A4B869F92B1">BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.222490</specimenCode>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EFF495C187E5E157E74B2A3397B05480">
<heading id="734ACED6243D6B99B8A9DF60F8EA3794" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
</paragraph>
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Males of
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<emphasis id="76739650599E356577E8A38F00C1870D" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="8990E404C8941125A4C37D2BBA6660CE" italics="true">S. aureus</emphasis>
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by the thinner apical taper of the embolus (embolus wider at apex in
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<emphasis id="8105ECC5D424B80C21E3AA5996C2905F" italics="true">S. aureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and the presence of darkened femora and white markings on the distal third tibiae
<emphasis id="BF820A6A9373CA9D7A0361EE0AFD604B" italics="true">in vivo</emphasis>
(femora with golden tinge and lacking white markings on the distal third of the tibiae in
<taxonomicName id="70B7A1380C5BA020CA6C86622E69B340" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1897" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureus">
<emphasis id="133FC504E7304E6F8E4DB04EB12BA5F0" italics="true">S. aureus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Females of
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<emphasis id="0A6253F8DEE572A820BA18BA355AFAF6" italics="true">S. foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BAFCB9C004B0797EE1898084B5CEF065" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="E4462D7CF30C17842AC845734BED773D" baseAuthorityName="Simon" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="AB28CCE80C5FED1193562E7375BD4917" italics="true">S. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="55E5B85C0F3A206DD2ABD7B7B1544EF7" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1990" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austini">
<emphasis id="BF17FF0EB99660AA1004B93B9A295533" italics="true">S. austini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="7B57B0AFE406CC1D3004D9C0D3FD6FD2" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1897" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caeruleus">
<emphasis id="98A9CFF59E0F202A334579FB2ADFF2D2" italics="true">S. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the medially flared receptacles of the spermathecae (not medially flared in
<taxonomicName id="DD9F3B9BA1DE7A41E5881803EF5D0FB6" baseAuthorityName="Simon" baseAuthorityYear="1887" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="africanus">
<emphasis id="51AA563E154304E5AB4220AFE9401972" italics="true">S. africanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A14942794A34494A3AF84D50C4DF34B0" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1990" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="austini">
<emphasis id="158D3CA4D356281C4F0ED6423F68E123" italics="true">S. austini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="F6F6373D37D3C7E8E86EBCFBB089AF0A" italics="true">S. caeruleus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="44BE064C044872178228305D56846A37">
<heading id="392B02486A6B54F1AFB9AA67C2C59135" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="EBBCF30DBA5E5B58B027658734CA3EDD">The specific epithet is an eponym honouring our colleague the late Stefan Foord (19712023), in recognition of his significant contributions to African arachnology, and in remembrance of his kind and collaborative spirit.</paragraph>
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Description of
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male
</heading>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="82295F8CE5AA6D2DD35B385527346C30" bold="true">
(
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_
<collectionCode id="2390BA7748F9047A45D204BC73859FB9" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
_ Ara. 246088).
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Total length including chelicerae: 26.7. Carapace: (damaged) length 12.0, width 10.5. Caput: slightly raised. Ocular tubercle: (damaged during capture, not measurable). Eyes (interpreted in life):
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&gt;
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,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDJAE" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
&gt;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EHJAE" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELJAE" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
&gt;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPJAE" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
, anterior eye row procurved, posterior row slightly recurved. Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe: long. Fovea: deep, procurved. Chelicera: length 4.3, width 1.8. Abdomen: length 10.4, width 6.4. Maxilla with 100150 cuspules covering approximately 32 % of the proximal edge. Labium: length 1.2, width 1.5, with 200220 cuspules most separated by 0.51.0 × the width of a single cuspule. Labio-sternal mounds: separate, raised. Sternum: length 4.9, width 3.6, with three pairs of sigilla. Tarsi I II and IV fully scopulate, tarsus III missing (but confirmed undivided in
<typeStatus id="BFCF9F257112EC2F9CC80E9648795C91" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
examined). Metatarsal scopulae: I 85 %; II 78 %; III 43 %; IV 17 %. Lengths of legs and palpal segments: see Table
<tableCitation id="12959540293419019A73AC6EFE9EA943" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), podomere lengths, * = missing segment, ≥ = total length calculated based solely on measurements of known segments in each case and thus will differ from true total length." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6F4DFD878F088074394EADC37E56375A" tableUuid="6F4DFD878F088074394EADC37E56375A">1</tableCitation>
, legs 4, 1, 2, 3. Spination: femur I d 00 1, II d 00 1, palp d 00 1, patella III p 00 1, tibia II d 02 1, v 21 3, III d 22 2, v 31 3, IV d 11 2, v 21 3, palp p 01 2, metatarsus I v 00 1 (apical), II v 20 3 (apical), III d 22 3, v 32 3 (apical), IV d 46 3, v 46 6 (3 apical). Tibia I with paired tibial apophysis,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXJAE" xlink_title="retrolateral branch (of tibial apophysis)">RB</abbrev>
longer than
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2JAE" xlink_title="prolateral branch (of tibial apophysis)">PB</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6JAE" xlink_title="prolateral branch (of tibial apophysis)">PB</abbrev>
with 2 prolateral megaspines situated medially, almost as long as branch;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDKAE" xlink_title="retrolateral branch (of tibial apophysis)">RB</abbrev>
with one prolatero-apical megaspine, much shorter than branch (Figs
<figureCitation id="06C4AA47020DA9987278DA95B4157253" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), tibial apophysis (left-hand side) A prolateral view B ventral view C retrolateral view D close-up, prolateral view E close-up, ventral view F close-up, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A C); 0.5 mm (D F)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114967">4 A F</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="6EF93B555FC78C19A1471B59BC18AC24" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), micro-computed tomography of tibial apophysis (left-hand side) A prolateral view B prolatero-ventral view C ventral view D ventro-apical view E retrolateral view F dorso-retrolateral view." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114968">5 A F</figureCitation>
). Femur III: slightly incrassate. Palpal tibia: unmodified. Palpal cymbium: unmodified. Metatarsus I: straight, unmodified. Posterior lateral spinnerets with three segments, basal 1.1, median 0.5, digitiform apical (missing). Posterior median spinnerets with one segment. Palpal bulb with TH weakly developed; embolus filiform, tapering strongly in apical third;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EPKAE" xlink_title="prolateral superior keel (of embolus)">PS</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ETKAE" xlink_title="retrolateral superior keel (of embolus)">RS</abbrev>
, and A weakly developed,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXKAE" xlink_title="prolateral superior keel (of embolus)">PS</abbrev>
and
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2KAE" xlink_title="retrolateral superior keel (of embolus)">RS</abbrev>
apically fused (Figs
<figureCitation id="A342D08C4F6AE59F078910168BEB1631" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view E close-up of embolus, prolatero-dorsal view F close-up of embolus, retrolateral view G close-up of embolus, dorsal view H close-up of embolus, ventral view I close-up of embolus, ventro-retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A D); 0.1 mm (E I)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114965">2 A I</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="8CE4FF010D1755578416450100D1FEA2" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), micro-computed tomography of palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114966">3 A D</figureCitation>
). Stridulation organ: prolateral face of chelicera furnished with clavate stridulatory lyra. Colour in alcohol: brown (Figs
<figureCitation id="28D0B498DDF43A73F766C441D4BD5DFB" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088) A close-up of carapace (damaged), dorsal view B close-up of maxilla, labium, and sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114964">1 A B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="6F4DFD878F088074394EADC37E56375A" ID-Table-UUID="6F4DFD878F088074394EADC37E56375A" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6F4DFD878F088074394EADC37E56375A" startId="T1">
<paragraph id="E8C67EAC85EC0BE1D65447FA5BB22E80">
<label id="91D96002FDF3EDA65A93831EE7DB3C3A">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DEE1A0D0519BAFC53395737792C2086D">
<taxonomicName id="EA9A8D46E48D625A8A8ECC7D92897C4D" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="62EED0CDE7AD1E9DB9DAA626C37CC58E" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), podomere lengths, * = missing segment, ≥ = total length calculated based solely on measurements of known segments in each case and thus will differ from true total length.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="571184314FAAAB973F5F7F611641278B">
<table id="TID0EMOAE" rules="all">
<tbody id="20355F84AA536734074B1BF242651CCB">
<tr id="8BEEC9F4D09CAB89C50982FD30ABDBD7">
<th id="17CA63FBD89EC400ED84C54BBB1929A9" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="953CAB393751DC08CD47F9BD5C0FF6F8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">I</th>
<th id="C9AA66FC1D616E690C26752D0F545F6A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">II</th>
<th id="27C08B5E9E00C7776C3D7A41E72588D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">III</th>
<th id="B7CBAFFEE799FA95F7DAE0C4D11617D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">IV</th>
<th id="BD84C6F3DC89CE4119233F8BC69AD55D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Palp</th>
</tr>
<tr id="F8DE5CA4AF89A876A9A4149ACA6250FD">
<td id="6CA2CCAB52D23848993407A0E8587BDC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Femur</td>
<td id="0A7E587712054DA91C5B477D2C2A3F64" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.6</td>
<td id="589968E67DBC976D7D27784BF3C0D40E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.4</td>
<td id="EAEC95D201B6E7FE3D55A7C2BF4A949A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.0</td>
<td id="D5D0C00AFB905F3A2A9FD36026899E9F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13.6</td>
<td id="30569B8997E7823D0E5BB29AFB7C5A96" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5D3EBA3F1CA351C1142A5F948114CB3C">
<td id="726825BFD0B44EF9618F0CB7281F74BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patella</td>
<td id="D949F36ADFEC88A80DAFB7D80E5DE2B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.0</td>
<td id="A3F16718948C18989957C09DBF94E5D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.7</td>
<td id="BBF2B482F86B32DE7F2DBB289E41ABE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.6</td>
<td id="A1BC1A882063547CFEC87C0FEE6CC272" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.3</td>
<td id="F7DC0173C837F8E7D71CE12A3C5ED65D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="41E2CF68B84B2771E23AE6DFBFEAFAF6">
<td id="E9827953CAE268AEDDC599F5AC0F4D03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tibia</td>
<td id="69AE3EF3ED2E42F153F9313086A9AAA9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.4</td>
<td id="C4D4F4F8D7F143A8FD1B3C2CA4CB5A9D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.5</td>
<td id="B950895DFBBB014444DEA0F5A9770239" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.2</td>
<td id="B88CFF3BF4C8464DD8568E4EF355343A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.0</td>
<td id="D742F5E8A565455D07B8DA62378021C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EBCFE3A9B1CDD28854C8CBBC8F57FD80">
<td id="02E0D26346231B6E3317DBF2C0EC9C50" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metatarsus</td>
<td id="C0C6C093677D8DC9319F237416454516" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="2F39489B2872B1B9329270869E2499BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.1</td>
<td id="3F80F1DE1416C049B82013A7AAE32FD5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.6</td>
<td id="4DBED46714AA71069D314CD9FEE85299" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
<td id="9066F58C48B19A2091D93E82EA53AB63" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="3F183F63DC6EDB6F8F0D492CD3AA6ED4">
<td id="4C16F84F9E7E2BEB645DCCBACE4F31CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tarsus</td>
<td id="85B2EF6FA239CBC8DDF2F67C42DA1A82" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.4</td>
<td id="87D5FA00B903FE7AF7ADBB68C2264BDB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
<td id="85820AACED2714114F688FEE3194A353" colspan="1" rowspan="1">*</td>
<td id="DE41F91E4253AD790C3EABAD6D52177F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.0</td>
<td id="33DF8283D0120C3DD2FDC43238B1D762" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8F39BAE89F979E74FDAF0BB15FF77C4A">
<td id="7B9779AD7570182732AE9353229F6D07" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Total</td>
<td id="1C9160BA892B954475DBA4621DD33D83" colspan="1" rowspan="1">47.5</td>
<td id="DB0F21944150FF188533F2382C74C74D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">42.2</td>
<td id="194ACF127DF49AD43C938692CACA2424" colspan="1" rowspan="1">≥ 33.4</td>
<td id="A497A9CFC1923F7C947F59830B6071C0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">53.4</td>
<td id="C71584F81725E3652B27120024189CE8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19.9</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="765C01DF6704CF533D25AD47162DAB7E" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure1" ID-arpha="6481F84E-A366-5D9B-9B4B-9740F4357067" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114964" startId="F1">
<paragraph id="0ABE59DF471D8EBFCF7791D723CE3652">
<label id="F0E9F61F7E8579751D7DA10CD1232A80">Figure 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A6DDADC2DE5D4E44BDA0055D1E3295B2">
<taxonomicName id="E8A6ADF8F66F1972A977328D021129CB" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6728F60CF1DD56F47FBC1D9461179D19" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="8A085646B247C6EE3CC97AF1136AA144" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088)
<emphasis id="4F3139A884335AA78988CCF08EC4141D" bold="true">A</emphasis>
close-up of carapace (damaged), dorsal view
<emphasis id="6EE85D704378F2577E3BE286A89F428D" bold="true">B</emphasis>
close-up of maxilla, labium, and sternum, ventral view. Scale bars: 5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="4D1B7D93EAEC495838F47807B1EC206A" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure2" ID-arpha="4FF014D0-A377-5558-88F1-F4E3C409E0B1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114965" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="E217B8DAAF4757F4FF1E22E3BF5186E3">
<label id="BE6C9C7CEA57F99C30CFA1AC8352168D">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E30B211BF630F642234E88541334FCD0">
<taxonomicName id="1A1E2ECB0963FE2805C914565B7A54FB" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="822D754A1779E5780C477D49CB274E62" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EC237090A2CDCDF416EB72DF550D30B1" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), palpal bulb (left-hand side)
<emphasis id="0F473173010FB0843B15E1DD7F1FC6E3" bold="true">A</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="2C18526BC66880FF0F41BF84337802E5" bold="true">B</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="7DE9571C60939E625F4C88F3F52BE39E" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="D734641B64B162E0DE3BDD22C29BBB49" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="B0FDA209FCDD416A9EAFDA402B059CC8" bold="true">E</emphasis>
close-up of embolus, prolatero-dorsal view
<emphasis id="2B1E7FDA8B86FD5729AB464CA3022C7B" bold="true">F</emphasis>
close-up of embolus, retrolateral view
<emphasis id="0E7C3130A272A54BD7F03F411DB5E244" bold="true">G</emphasis>
close-up of embolus, dorsal view
<emphasis id="F85CFC6D9B7A532698CCF3D44E29E782" bold="true">H</emphasis>
close-up of embolus, ventral view
<emphasis id="E98C021D14D8B98141855FAF13E97380" bold="true">I</emphasis>
close-up of embolus, ventro-retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (
<emphasis id="02B746D5FA6D930B48562FDE3E85AD44" bold="true">A D</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="E8A038BC54856B971B69E72CFEA656A9" bold="true">E I</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="671350354EACBAB7293DA74FBD607CC0" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure3" ID-arpha="BBB592D1-3AFB-5382-800E-13E60FDBF0D7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114966" startId="F3">
<paragraph id="86D5EBCE8ACA7DFC4DEAF17C0BBFD7B0">
<label id="BD2114B2D2EE712B893FA0FAF4F13327">Figure 3.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B83D316E9A0B6764F8267F88B3E81CD">
<taxonomicName id="DE65A7A322B7263756461E6B5A57EF3C" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="86019223CEEDE903C7D0CE3A7A88409F" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="E32DA5074291DF66A675299F03D673D6" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), micro-computed tomography of palpal bulb (left-hand side)
<emphasis id="02F647281BFD66B9CBFEF038121D2E4E" bold="true">A</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="D688182D0BF10AADD5846BBC091877F6" bold="true">B</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="322C3011E6AB057A2026F026B35C25CB" bold="true">C</emphasis>
dorsal view
<emphasis id="D5B003D4C2F0CAC03244431FBEF87582" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="94ACA1394DCA1C769DC91DAA2BE1E010" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure4" ID-arpha="0CD14ACA-21F6-583C-888E-97350829B9BB" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114967" startId="F4">
<paragraph id="70D581E5E070EBD1504617C6DE739D62">
<label id="65B5611CD333D8935D270E6C7AFF3C70">Figure 4.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7EAD7941EB1085DE8AA87AEE67568AE4">
<taxonomicName id="200ECF47FF2869A844B37A318B490CAF" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="02436684B8E9445B3183E895EAD5B660" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3C8A90176B2508CEC4E348C4E9378C5F" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), tibial apophysis (left-hand side)
<emphasis id="5A3C26AF092F2B0B8A46CE673BFDC260" bold="true">A</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="B749980DE09DE8D3F575AB3AE92EB752" bold="true">B</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="EBD22179EDB11FABC089911ADBFBDE91" bold="true">C</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="7EE63AD13608CC31EED61A30B22AFC3F" bold="true">D</emphasis>
close-up, prolateral view
<emphasis id="B53C64D2DE7710FA3B410E7AA45AD2C3" bold="true">E</emphasis>
close-up, ventral view
<emphasis id="159C718082A9ACDEB710AC5B241E0C47" bold="true">F</emphasis>
close-up, retrolateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm (
<emphasis id="343130443DB2B384B7E3FF6BD9AA2869" bold="true">A C</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="5123C886D43F9947CBBAEF850B742B7A" bold="true">D F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="3C4190672C910E66F08B59D3DDFB9B4F" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure5" ID-arpha="17EB1F1F-069D-53D8-BCAC-3287C9D45811" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114968" startId="F5">
<paragraph id="F4723206C3126EC44323E0C942B41964">
<label id="850932F1321B0FF398EB2AA41A7D273B">Figure 5.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="506A57F9AECB99B6B0BC0EF52BA8E294">
<taxonomicName id="92ACA2492C21DC016AF5D2770F7626AE" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="AC2405F10AD2FDDA05DF27237BD84D10" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="9A12DE69D2DEA58B9A0C29F724FAA300" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), micro-computed tomography of tibial apophysis (left-hand side)
<emphasis id="03899C6B8C962515D1AF346FFE8560D9" bold="true">A</emphasis>
prolateral view
<emphasis id="0DFF293F80F1701AD98CE4C4F5F4627A" bold="true">B</emphasis>
prolatero-ventral view
<emphasis id="A194CC0AA84039A2601493872DE6F861" bold="true">C</emphasis>
ventral view
<emphasis id="1E34E1CC0B5450FA6927FC2893259E26" bold="true">D</emphasis>
ventro-apical view
<emphasis id="DE0E69185D8F8827837CFC407871FEC1" bold="true">E</emphasis>
retrolateral view
<emphasis id="94A0D1E7EFA2C667CC8ADCD3910BDC0C" bold="true">F</emphasis>
dorso-retrolateral view.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E5VAE" type="description">
<paragraph id="5F4B2433158C0A371B932EEAA9A7B284">
<heading id="D49852D7049DB7D264CFA3D642CCA850" reason="title">
Description of
<typeStatus id="56BC62E5BBF2D746511B470FF2F94E8E" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
female
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FB2D3C36703AB59913705B1072C706AE">
<emphasis id="7FB0D5ADB60ACF144F96F4A5B6744F21" bold="true">
(
<collectionCode id="CE3092C7720952F17733A71D27FDB67C">BE</collectionCode>
_
<collectionCode id="DF0F32C135622DFA9BC665725C59138D" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ee3x-fpgk" name="Royal Museum for Central Africa" type="Museum">RMCA</collectionCode>
_ ARA. Ara. 222490).
</emphasis>
Total length including chelicerae: 52.3. Carapace: length 20.0, width 18.0. Caput: raised. Ocular tubercle: slightly raised, length 3.3, width 1.5. Eyes:
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGWAE" xlink_title="anterior lateral eyes">ALE</abbrev>
&gt;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKWAE" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOWAE" xlink_title="anterior median eyes">AME</abbrev>
&gt;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESWAE" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWWAE" xlink_title="posterior lateral eyes">PLE</abbrev>
&gt;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1WAE" xlink_title="posterior median eyes">PME</abbrev>
, anterior row procurved, posterior row recurved. Clypeus: narrow; clypeal fringe: short. Fovea: deep, procurved. Chelicera: length 12.3, width 8.3. Abdomen: length 24.0, width 15.5. Maxilla with 160180 cuspules, covering approximately 40 % of proximal edge. Labium: length 2.7, width 3.4, with 130160 labial cuspules most separated by 0.51.0 × the width of a single cuspule. Labio-sternal mounds: separate, raised. Sternum: length 8.7, width 7.8, with three pairs of sigilla. Tarsi I IV fully scopulate. Metatarsal scopulae: I 83 %; II 65 %; III 49 %; IV 23 %. Lengths of leg and palpal segments: see Table
<tableCitation id="D379B6AA92D258F7CE4EBDAA488ADCB1" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. paratype female (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 222490), podomere lengths." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/05CE88CA2DC4D63B370BA0296E260C66" tableUuid="05CE88CA2DC4D63B370BA0296E260C66">2</tableCitation>
, legs 4, 1, 2, 3. Spination: femur palp d 00 1, tibia I v 00 3, II v 00 3, III v 21 2, p 01 0, r 01 0, IV v 11 3, p 01 0, r 01 1, palp p 02 2, r 00 2, metatarsus I r 00 3, II r 00 3, III d 00 2, v 22 4 (3 apical), p 11 2, r 11 0, IV v 34 5 (3 apical), r 11 0. Posterior lateral spinnerets with three segments: basal 2.2, medial 2.0, digitiform apical 3.3. Posterior median spinnerets with one segment. Spermathecae with two distinct and separate receptacles, basally wider than apex, medially with prolateral and retrolateral flaring, tapering gently thereafter to apex, each receptacle with a single indistinct lobe without neck constriction (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0193F4AB9414E823034C707A6174036D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view E close-up of embolus, prolatero-dorsal view F close-up of embolus, retrolateral view G close-up of embolus, dorsal view H close-up of embolus, ventral view I close-up of embolus, ventro-retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A D); 0.1 mm (E I)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114965">2 D</figureCitation>
). Stridulation organ: prolateral face of chelicera furnished with clavate stridulatory lyra (Fig.
<figureCitation id="129BCF69F49878CEC7C4C72AE87C9F3A" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view E close-up of embolus, prolatero-dorsal view F close-up of embolus, retrolateral view G close-up of embolus, dorsal view H close-up of embolus, ventral view I close-up of embolus, ventro-retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A D); 0.1 mm (E I)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114965">2 C</figureCitation>
). Colour in alcohol: brown (Figs
<figureCitation id="6556A8E3634CDA37A3C83F4AC990CE6D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view E close-up of embolus, prolatero-dorsal view F close-up of embolus, retrolateral view G close-up of embolus, dorsal view H close-up of embolus, ventral view I close-up of embolus, ventro-retrolateral view. Scale bars: 1 mm (A D); 0.1 mm (E I)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114965">2 A B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="05CE88CA2DC4D63B370BA0296E260C66" ID-Table-UUID="05CE88CA2DC4D63B370BA0296E260C66" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/05CE88CA2DC4D63B370BA0296E260C66" startId="T2">
<paragraph id="F5F42AE42074EDD087681951D1826BF7">
<label id="A642A837E537E7B6F720B689083D634C">Table 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="862199D7E40D30A6C2230B9AF6E6C456">
<taxonomicName id="764BB159D5ACBC9A58A64729E5B04A1A" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="62790BD7C556E042336E2F8B460EDA49" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0F496638BB95DEB199EB02290C7B4413" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
paratype female (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 222490), podomere lengths.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E2E965525D109EB1F0FDAD0B618C3B49">
<table id="TID0EV1AE" rules="all">
<tbody id="4BCF1D8EDA15F1B3C2DB9483BE7CF33E">
<tr id="3530FEE34CDCEDC40423E206321CB855">
<th id="C7B29C9D0135A94323F83204C2FBEDBF" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="92151A8D135B44A5A3B0E2B4F44301CF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">I</th>
<th id="BEC7895F8BAEC1DE65F7B301929806B1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">II</th>
<th id="E5EE10ACBA77B5BD47F8A188163E6371" colspan="1" rowspan="1">III</th>
<th id="191CEFD1408C07DC01155F16CA19B8CE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">IV</th>
<th id="958CBF56AE7310E88AE08BC253396F0B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Palp</th>
</tr>
<tr id="31C7D7021C9B4935B461D443087C068F">
<td id="E87A855CB8F21BFE7EB51CA0D16941BB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Femur</td>
<td id="1A3BA14F1AF99631C42DD81ECFA2B119" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.4</td>
<td id="65CA27E2FE81271C087FB12A1A994824" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14.4</td>
<td id="FBD45EED7C0B0CEE5211569CC645AD3E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.5</td>
<td id="9EA324A2FF318A0184FD1F8D6AF3A0F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.8</td>
<td id="96DA716A1BB9144C838817F680EE9FED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="217BFD347FB93D8D147557B8A6E60691">
<td id="4F51C56FF415D8A833AD10BD26723769" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Patella</td>
<td id="82BC0DB20F9187A5BB88D10CF808FEFE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.4</td>
<td id="0E1D6A487DFAC2F40FCE7F146B9FF725" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.5</td>
<td id="FB59C454A5BA32FDDB8D7A7E10783FDD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.1</td>
<td id="4D884C550525E4CDDE7F4402B2BAE217" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.1</td>
<td id="6B4A23CCBE9DAD4BA5864492E92DC6BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="143E5DDBE773E390D2BB17370D431935">
<td id="E1E945522DAB88D0DE34DA057C049CC9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tibia</td>
<td id="DFC82425D4C99C0BDBB3A37C8226DA82" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.5</td>
<td id="B9A2CF3E6374771FCACDFA58FE4F9121" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.2</td>
<td id="F37339E92B326BE2934EF3954F638396" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.2</td>
<td id="056A473E64A74BB94982256DC28C1E37" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.1</td>
<td id="8FA06619A0B1CD9EF9FAE534CD2660EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6A804A5484455463BC65710AAF81D4FA">
<td id="B8548C85E139857DE9B78F713D889A93" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Metatarsus</td>
<td id="6DC670C4A113F27D31E73830857ADF0F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.2</td>
<td id="807BAE8774417E8631A69152AADE936E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.1</td>
<td id="CEF59E203D57321966921D10B59BC501" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="DC28BCF280CC73A80859F0AE4308BB9A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.1</td>
<td id="3C9E0378E779899DE630D1867E7F7AB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="02538B2163591F5AE2FE982AD071B596">
<td id="AD2FC9D4F7DAE7CADA8989DD72F1F4E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tarsus</td>
<td id="E2D7869C86437C802180AFDD739BF733" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.3</td>
<td id="1D299ACEB78B48326A9617EB56E672C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.1</td>
<td id="A4B242E0C96F5ECE8B0C451FDD6DF9D1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5.7</td>
<td id="90062B6C6E93AEB347BC530D28517699" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7.7</td>
<td id="D79513231289F17377AC1BF2BEF56C42" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B15C5238DF23742659366B9BF710288C">
<td id="1F493D65D448BFFF718791C76645CF84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Total</td>
<td id="EF90C5E7C47458DF18D9B85E4C8017C8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">56.8</td>
<td id="A4BF90CAF9DEB01C9895592CCA695DAF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">48.3</td>
<td id="85E008CC91D04DF568E013F72A70A187" colspan="1" rowspan="1">44.6</td>
<td id="5416A2BD121AFFAE8A5F715EC64E599B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61.8</td>
<td id="CA09682FE6705B18BD139D87AB2FD9E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.6</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EP3AE" type="Colour">
<paragraph id="1968FBEB1A34FA160D083F4C88D8B939">
<heading id="C1A8821688861639ED40BA6AEF756C74" reason="title">Colour</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4C6A231047164E8C67A72FD1DB0B000C">
<emphasis id="7787241620C7ECE687CD75660D5391E4" bold="true">
<emphasis id="9918B43650DCA1430A060FB68EF15F92" bold="true" italics="true">in vivo</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
Male with carapace with turquoise pubescence, with alternating radial bands of fawn and dark green, lateral margins with bands of sepia-coloured bristles, anterior margin fawn. Chelicerae with tawny-brown bristles, endites with long red-brown bristles apically. Palp dark brown, apically with a white blotch. Legs: femora dark brown, with long brown bristles ventrally; patellae dark brown with some lighter bristles; tibiae brown in proximal half and white in distal half; metatarsi light brown with distal part paler; tarsi light brown; all legs with numerous long light bristles, more densely distributed on legs 3 and 4. Abdomen dark brown, with a slightly coppery sheen and light, long, brown bristles; spinnerets brown (Figs
<figureCitation id="B9DEBB67E9D7C400DD70C560C4AE811E" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), habitus in situ at type locality A general view B same, on different background C frontal view, specimen in defensive posture." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114969">6 A C</figureCitation>
). Female overall black, with orange-red hairs densely distributed on legs (Fig.
<figureCitation id="581DEFA60FD87C4EE0D8885F96E91A23" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Selenogyrus foordi sp. nov. paratype female (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 222490) A habitus, dorsal view B habitus, ventral view C chelicera, prolateral view (inset: close-up of stridulatory lyra) D spermathecae, dorsal view E habitus in vivo. Scale bars: 10 mm (A B); 0.5 mm (D); 0.1 mm (C)." figureDoi="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114970">7 E</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="C5D9B4BB1690B0624D3B5234B4AFF1BF" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure6" ID-arpha="C6E654FF-405B-5811-B9F8-05F97612C252" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114969" startId="F6">
<paragraph id="9693E3DA79D9190BC332609CB23054A9">
<label id="717D6C6643950ED528327E2CFB6ED8D0">Figure 6.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A0A2FE1A937195C5B07C07E5081669CB">
<taxonomicName id="73DE90FD1992640CA89C62B3F7918290" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="C9F6038A58912B689FCB8D4BCB0C1F2C" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FF8C01CAB0B840CC38997FFE8E804E2A" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
holotype male (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 246088), habitus
<emphasis id="F5B8DBB6DCF84295F2B80B597AB08D78" italics="true">in situ</emphasis>
at type locality
<emphasis id="4DA8CB72AE591B8C0493963C1AD78595" bold="true">A</emphasis>
general view
<emphasis id="CBED7DCD978603AA57A678CE7F92CC00" bold="true">B</emphasis>
same, on different background
<emphasis id="15B7A05B4F1E75D268146909BEF1B3CB" bold="true">C</emphasis>
frontal view, specimen in defensive posture.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="B2BD8B5707BDAFB812CE4B417A722FBD" ID-DOI="10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284.figure7" ID-arpha="F58F867B-58E9-555A-9591-5FBA2911C05F" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1114970" startId="F7">
<paragraph id="9BC0361717A66F310CC07FB3DF5A9C30">
<label id="EB3E05AC0D0E0BA652C6F7EF61B9DF8B">Figure 7.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0A11975690C2597D905E67C1C0EF57C2">
<taxonomicName id="598F26D42C0DFB3822B8155DB2708ECB" authorityName="Sherwood &amp; Henrard &amp; Van Den Spiegel" authorityYear="2024" class="Arachnida" family="Theraphosidae" genus="Selenogyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Araneae" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="foordi" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="5D10A4B7F6D9C9CD840177E86F050FCC" italics="true">Selenogyrus foordi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BDA25E0E69A5B058651FEE85CFEFD520" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
paratype female (BE _ RMCA _ ARA. Ara. 222490)
<emphasis id="C9D7272E5C8537435C960A26763A00A7" bold="true">A</emphasis>
habitus, dorsal view
<emphasis id="35B2CF5874E9746531B47B192C8C0E94" bold="true">B</emphasis>
habitus, ventral view
<emphasis id="F74765AF187F6ED8ED72DEAB0EC0DBE4" bold="true">C</emphasis>
chelicera, prolateral view (inset: close-up of stridulatory lyra)
<emphasis id="9650286FDD0CAECAD0884428F5FB692F" bold="true">D</emphasis>
spermathecae, dorsal view
<emphasis id="D00E68EEF430299B7EC4C0F23654994D" bold="true">E</emphasis>
habitus
<emphasis id="DF2CE41015909D54D0EEE6BC04C8A2A3" italics="true">in vivo</emphasis>
. Scale bars: 10 mm (
<emphasis id="B287C582E496DF096AE6A6F5F1446384" bold="true">A B</emphasis>
); 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="D5BE9535F354F2620584CBE6C96C8B14" bold="true">D</emphasis>
); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="533CF2ED093E53DAF665FED9AB73632D" bold="true">C</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EM6AE" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="A1981EC252291A2C3CDD54C9FC4D2444">
<heading id="77CF46332E043550AE8F098CE9EED993" reason="title">Distribution.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DBC549569AE34BE57E941AA821DFF74B">
Known only from Mount Nimba,
<collectingCountry id="111C0DAEDA0C0E2D9514A24042978F66" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D228DC1761BB868A80F3631602667E2F">
<title id="DB8BC7C5B14CAD340FDA2C2C2F4D49A4">New distribution record</title>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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