Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897

Sherwood, Danniella, Henrard, Arnaud & Van Den Spiegel, Didier, 2024, Selenogyrus foordi, a new species and the first record of the subfamily Selenogyrinae Smith, 1990 from Guinea (Araneae, Theraphosidae), African Invertebrates 65 (2), pp. 37-48 : 37-48

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897: 768, pl. 41, fig. 2.

Selenogyrus aureus : Hirst, 1908: 402, fig. 1.

Selenogyrus aureus : Smith, 1987: 98, fig. 100 h.

Selenogyrus aureus : Smith, 1990: 138, figs 892–911.

Selenogyrus aureus : Schmidt, 1993: 58, figs 35.

Selenogyrus aureus : Schmidt, 2003: 116, fig. 63.

Material examined.

Holotype: Sierra Leone • 1 ♂; Sierre Leone [sic!]; no collector or date given; NHMUK 1865.83 .

Non-type: Guinea • 1 ♂; Massif du Ziama Biosphere Reserve , Guinea, 8 ° 24 ' N, 9 ° 17 ' W; pitfall traps in rainforest; 10 / 07 / 1998; leg. D. Flomo; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216682 • 1 ♂; same data except 23 / 07 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216680 • 1 ♂; same data except 13 / 04 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216681 • 1 ♂; same data except no date; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216683 .

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis for S. foordi sp. nov.

Distribution.

Guinea (new record) and Sierra Leone ( World Spider Catalog 2024).

Remarks.

We provide photomicrographs of the palpal bulb of the holotype male (Figs 8 A – D ) to assist in identification of this species, but do not give a full description of the specimen since this will be forthcoming in a separate work by another colleague (R. Gallon pers. comm.).

Figures

Figure 8. Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897 holotype male (NHMUK 1865.83), palpal bulb (left-hand side) A prolateral view B retrolateral view C dorsal view D ventral view. Scale bars: 1 mm.