| Selenocosmia | |
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| Selenocosmia crassipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Selenocosmiinae |
| Genus: | Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. javanensis (Walckenaer, 1837)
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| Species | |
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36, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Selenocosmia is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[3] The genus is found in China, New Guinea, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam, Philippines, India and Pakistan.[1] They are commonly referred to as whistling or barking spiders, due to their ability to stridulate using lyra hairs.[4]
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Raven, R. J. (2000). "Taxonomica Araneae I: Barychelidae, Theraphosidae, Nemesiidae and Dipluridae (Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 570.
- ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.
- ^ Lin, Ye-Jie; Chen, Haifeng; Yan, Xunyou (2022-06-04). "A new species of the spider genus Selenocosmia (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Fujian, China". Biodiversity Data Journal. 10: e82406. doi:10.3897/BDJ.10.e82406. ISSN 1314-2828. PMC 9007929. PMID 35437390.