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Genus: Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Selenocosmia meghalayensis Sanap, Kadam, Thackeray & Rajkumar, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067222

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Described:

Distribution: India

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore/Bengaluru, Karnataka, India f (NRC-AB-0657) - (Sanap et al., 2026b)

Taxonomic References

Selenocosmia meghalayensis Sanap, Kadam, Thackeray & Rajkumar, in Sanap et al., 2026b: 4, f. 2A-B, 3A-D, 4A-H, 5A-F (Df) Original description

References

Sanap, R., Kadam, G., Thackeray, T., Rajkumar, M. & Satam, Y. (2026b). A new species of the genus Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the karst landscapes of Meghalaya, India. Faunitaxys 14(46): 1-9. doi: 10.57800/faunitaxys-14(46) -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-06-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Sanap et al., 2026b
2026-06-30	New species inserted	Sanap et al., 2026b

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