Selenotypus plumipes Pocock, 1895

♀ Female described

Live specimen

Live specimen © Briggs, Foley & Cook (2024), specimen EJB145 in life

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Pocock, R. I. (1895). On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184.

Distribution

Australia

Type Locality: Major's Creek, Townsville in Queensland

Taxonomic History

1895
Selenotypus plumipes Pocock, 1895

Bibliography (2)

Pocock, R. I. (1895). On a new and natural grouping of some of the Oriental genera of Mygalomorphae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184.

Briggs, E. J., Foley, S. & Cook, L. G. (2024). Gondwanan relic or recent arrival? The biogeographic origins and systematics of Australian tarantulas. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 204: 108246.