Taxon details
Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-08-16
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002440]
- Distribution: Sierra Leone, Guinea
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- Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; m (1865.83) (Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024)
Selenogyrus aureus Hirst, 1908: 402, f. 1 (m mandible).
Selenogyrus aureus Smith, 1987d: 98, f. 100h (m).
Selenogyrus aureus Smith, 1990c: 138, f. 892-911 (m).
Selenogyrus aureus Schmidt, 1993d: 58, f. 35 (m).
Selenogyrus aureus Schmidt, 2003l: 116, f. 63 (m).
Selenogyrus aureus Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024: 44, f. 8A-D (m).
Hirst, A. S. (1908). On a new type of stridulating-organ in mygalomorph spiders, with the description of a new genus and species belonging to the suborder. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8) 2(11): 401-405. doi:10.1080/00222930808692503 
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Pocock, R. I. (1897b). On the spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae from the Ethiopian Region, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 65(3): 724-774, pl. 46-48. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1897.tb03116.x -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Sherwood, D., Henrard, A. & Van Den Spiegel, D. (2024). Selenogyrus foordi, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea (Araneae, Theraphosidae). African Invertebrates 65(2): 37-48. doi:10.3897/AfrInvertebr.65.128284 -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1990c). Baboon spiders: Tarantulas of Africa and the Middle East. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, pp. 1-142. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-16 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024 | n/a |
| 2024-08-16 | Species distribution update | Sherwood, Henrard & Van Den Spiegel, 2024 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2019-07-11 | New taxonomic reference entry | Hirst, 1908 | n/a |