Lyrognathus

Lyrognathus is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.[2]

Lyrognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Subfamily: Selenocosmiinae
Genus: Lyrognathus
Pocock, 1895[1]
Type species
L. crotalus
Pocock, 1895
Species

7, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains seven species, found in Asia:[1]

  • Lyrognathus achilles West & Nunn, 2010Borneo
  • Lyrognathus crotalus Pocock, 1895 (type) – India
  • Lyrognathus fuscus West & Nunn, 2010 – Borneo
  • Lyrognathus giannisposatoi Nunn & West, 2013Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Lyrognathus lessunda West & Nunn, 2010 – Indonesia (Lombok)
  • Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988Malaysia
  • Lyrognathus saltator Pocock, 1900 – India

In synonymy:

  • L. liewi West, 1991 = Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988
  • L. pugnax Pocock, 1900 = Lyrognathus crotalus Pocock, 1895

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  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". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (6): 165–184.


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