The Tarantula Bibliography :: v2.0 :: 11/2009

Lyrognathus Pocock, 1895
SELENOCOSMIINAE — type species: Lyrognathus crotalus

Schmidt, G.E.W. & V. von Wirth. 1996.
Haplocosmia nepalensis gen. et sp. n., die erste Vogelspinne aus Nepal (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae).
Arthropoda 4: 12-15.

West, R.C. & S.C. Nunn, 2010.
A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae.
Zootaxa 2362: 1¨43.
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Lyrognathus achilles West & Nunn, 2010
– Gunung Nibung, Borneo

West, R.C. & S.C. Nunn, 2010.
A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae.
Zootaxa 2362: 1¨43.
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Lyrognathus crotalus Pocock, 1895
– India
[junior synonym: Lyrognathus pugnax]

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.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 15: 165-184 [p. 175].

Lyrognathus fuscus West & Nunn, 2010
– Simpang Kubur, Borneo

West, R.C. & S.C. Nunn, 2010.
A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae.
Zootaxa 2362: 1¨43.
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Lyrognathus lessunda West & Nunn, 2010
– Indonesia

West, R.C. & S.C. Nunn, 2010.
A taxonomic revision of the tarantula spider genus Lyrognathus Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with notes on the Selenocosmiinae.
Zootaxa 2362: 1¨43.
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Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988
– Malaysia

Smith, A.M. 1988.
Lyrognathus robustus, a new species of theraphosid spider from Malaysia.
Journal of the British Tarantula Society 4(2): 15-19.
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West, R.C. 1991.
A new theraphosid spider from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia.
Mem. Qld Mus. 30: 615-619 [p. 616, f. 1-7, 10-11].
(as Lyrognathus liewi)

Hromadka, J. 2000.
At the locality of Lyrognathus robustus in Malaysia.
Sklípkan 5(2): 33-34.

Schmidt, G.E.W. & V. von Wirth. 1992.
Neue Veröffentlichungen über Vogelspinnen.
Arachnol. Anz. 3(4): 10.

von Wirth, V. 2002.
Real identity of species Lyrognathus robustus Smith, 1988.
Sklípkan 7(1): 4-5.

Lyrognathus saltator Pocock, 1900
– India

Pocock, R.I. 1900.
The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida.
London, pp. 1-279 [p. 203].
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