Lyrognathus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Selenocosmiinae
Tribus: Selenocosmiini
Genus: Lyrognathus
Species (7): L. achilles – L. crotalus – L. fuscus – L. giannisposatoi – L. lessunda – L. robustus – L. saltator

Name

Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895

Type species: Lyrognathus crotalus Reginald Innes Pocock 1895, by original designation and monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Pocock, R.I. 1895a. 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 (6)15: 165-184. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Nunn, S.C. & West, R.C. 2013. A new species of tarantula spider in the genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Sumatra. International Scholarly Research Network Zoology 2013(590809): 1-13. DOI: 10.1155/2013/590809. . Reference page. 
• West, R.C. & Nunn, S.C. 2010a: A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae. Zootaxa 2362: 1–43. Preview Reference page.