Selenotholus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Selenotholus foelschei

| authority = Hogg, 1902

| parent_authority = Hogg, 1902

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Selenotholus is a monotypic genus of tarantulas containing the single species, Selenotholus foelschei. It was first described by Henry Roughton Hogg in 1902,{{cite journal| last=Hogg| first=H. R.| year=1902| title=On some additions to the Australian spiders of the suborder Mygalomorphae| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=121–142| volume=72| author-link=Henry Roughton Hogg}} and is found in the Northern Territory.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Selenotholus Hogg, 1902| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-06-08| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3425| doi=10.24436/2}} It is distinguished from Selenocosmia in by a thoracic fovea recurved, along with the first and fourth pairs of legs being of equal size.

S. foelschei was named after its collector, Paul Foelsche.