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Genus: Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Selenocosmia barensteinerae (Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043410

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (Borneo)

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany (data base search of type material, 11.01.2019) Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010, 1 f, exuvia (63587-84) -

Taxonomic References

Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010: 6, f. 1.3-9 (Df) Original description

Selenocosmia barensteinerae West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 23 (Selenocosmiinae incertae sedis)

Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, 2015c: 1 (T to and resurrection of Chilocosmia as opinion, not accepted here)

Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, 2015e: 10 (misplaced in Selenocosmia)

References

Schmidt, G., Hettegger, S. & Matthes, J. (2010). Ein Weibchen von Chilocosmia barensteinerae sp. n. aus Kalimantan (Borneo) (Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Tarantulas of the World 142: 4-14. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2015c). Warum Chilocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992), Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010, Chilocosmia peerboomi Schmidt, 1999, Selenopelma kovariki Schmidt & Krause, 1995 und Phlogius Simon, 1887 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae) keine Synonyme von Selenocosmia Ausserer, 1871 sind. Tarantulas of the World 143: 32-38. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2015e). Ergänzende Untersuchungen am Holotypus von Chilocosmia barensteinerae Schmidt, Hettegger & Matthes, 2010 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae). Tarantulas of the World 143: 10-12. -- Show included taxa

West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012). A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299: 1-43. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2016-09-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Schmidt, 2015c
2015-11-30	Species updated		Old value	Author corrected