Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889

West, Rick C. & Nunn, Steven C., 2010, A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae, Zootaxa 2362, pp. 1-43 : 5

Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889

Selenocosmiae Simon 1889: 204; Simon 1892: 147; Raven 1985: 118. Poecilotherieae Simon 1889: 204; Simon 1892: 144.

Phlogieae Simon 1892: 144 . Synonymised by Simon 1903: 953.

Diagnosis (modified from Raven 1985, 2005): With oval patch of modified setae (often bacillate) on prolateral maxillary face and originating medially, not ventrally from the oral fringe, opposing strong spiniform setae (strikers) on ectal cheliceral surface to stridulate: maxillary lyra reduced or absent in some genera, cheliceral strikers retained, sternal sigilla largely removed from sternal margins, many labial cuspules (>300), leg spines found only distally on metatarsi and tibial apophyses on leg I of mature males absent.