Selenocosmiinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of tarantulas}}

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| image = AustralianMuseum spider specimen 55.JPG

| image_caption = Selenocosmia stirlingi

| taxon = Selenocosmiinae

| authority = Simon, 1889

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The SelenocosmiinaeWest RC, Nunn SC, Hogg S (2012) A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from West Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analyses and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299 1 43; [http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:West_et_al.,_2012 reference page] are a subfamily of tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) found throughout South-East Asia and Australia. This subfamily is defined by the presence of a lyra on the maxillae and strikers on the chelicerae, allowing these spiders to stridulate and produce a "hissing" sound. However some species within Phlogiellus may have secondary lost their lyra but retain their strikers. The monophyly of the subfamily has been only tested using genetic data with a handful of genera or species in a few studies.{{Cite journal|last1=Lüddecke|first1=Tim|last2=Krehenwinkel|first2=Henrik|last3=Canning|first3=Gregory|last4=Glaw|first4=Frank|last5=Longhorn|first5=Stuart J.|last6=Tänzler|first6=René|last7=Wendt|first7=Ingo|last8=Vences|first8=Miguel|date=2018-02-01|title=Discovering the silk road: Nuclear and mitochondrial sequence data resolve the phylogenetic relationships among theraphosid spider subfamilies|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790317303779|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=119|pages=63–70|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.015|pmid=29104141 |bibcode=2018MolPE.119...63L |issn=1055-7903|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite journal|last1=Foley|first1=Saoirse|last2=Lüddecke|first2=Tim|last3=Cheng|first3=Dong-Qiang|last4=Krehenwinkel|first4=Henrik|last5=Künzel|first5=Sven|last6=Longhorn|first6=Stuart J.|last7=Wendt|first7=Ingo|last8=von Wirth|first8=Volker|last9=Tänzler|first9=Rene|last10=Vences|first10=Miguel|last11=Piel|first11=William H.|date=2019-11-01|title=Tarantula phylogenomics: A robust phylogeny of deep theraphosid clades inferred from transcriptome data sheds light on the prickly issue of urticating setae evolution|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318308261|journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution|language=en|volume=140|pages=106573|doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106573|pmid=31374259 |bibcode=2019MolPE.14006573F |s2cid=199389268 |issn=1055-7903}} However, these studies found genera that had been previously placed in this subfamily were actual their own separate subfamily (Poecilotheria) and that Selenocosmiinae is most closely related to the Indian Thrigmopoeinae. As of 2021, Selenocosmiinae contains 11 genera.