Selenogyrus foordi, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea (Araneae, Theraphosidae)

By

Sherwood, Danniella
Henrard, Arnaud.
VandenSpiegel, Didier

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-8-16

Original Publication

African invertebrates : a journal of biodiversity research

Volume

65

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

37--48

Subjects

Distribution , Morphology , Spider , tarantula , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Council of the Natal Museum 2001-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.128284

 

Abstract

A new spider species, Selenogyrus foordisp. nov. (♂♀), is described from Mount Nimba, Guinea. Consequently, we provide the first in vivo photographs of a selenogyrine in the scientific literature and the first record of Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea. We also record S. aureus Pocock, 1897, described from Sierra Leone, from Massif du Ziama Biosphere Reserve, Guinea, representing the second known species for this country.