This species is 64% complete

Selenocosmia arndsti (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991)

New Guinea ♂♀

4.8/10 rating (4 votes)

IUCN Status

IUCN Red List Status

Selenocosmia arndsti

Photo by Stefan Phalagorn Bergström

Selenocosmia arndsti

Photo by Stefan Phalagorn Bergström

Contribute Spiderling Picture

Taxonomy and History

Scientific Name : Selenocosmia arndsti

Described By: (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991)
Researcher Profile: Gunter Schmidt, Volker von Wirth
Genus: Selenocosmia
Common Name: New Guinea Rust Orange
Original Type Locality: New Guinea without precise location

- Selenotypus arndsti Schmidt & von Wirth, 1991
- Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992
- Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt, 1993
- Chilocosmia arndsti Peters, 2000
- Chilocosmia arndsti Schmidt, 2003

Specimen Records

Click each taxon to expand and collapse

Adult Male Activity

Eine neue Vogelspinne aus Neu Guinea: Selenotypus arndsti sp. n. (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae)

Gunter Schmidt, Volker von Wirth ,1991
Since the beginning of 1989 a tarantula from New Guinea is imported to Germany, here and in England is sold under the name Selenocosmia lanipes Ausserer 1875. It differs from the species of the genus by the Selenocosmia stridulations organ, the eye position and the relative eyes Grobe. This is an undescribed species of the previously monotypic Genus Selenotypus Pocock 1895, of which only the genotype, Selenotypus plurnipes Pocock 1895, the groBte Australian spider species from Queensland, was known. Due to the finding of a second type, the genus diagnosis Mmust be extended.
Arachnologischer Anzeiger 10: 5-8
- Selenocosmia arndsti

This species is mentioned in the following resources :

Habitat and Type Locality

Latest Bibliography