Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897

Selenogyrus aureus Pocock, 1897: 768, pl. 41, fig. 2.

Selenogyrus aureus: Hirst, 1908: 402, fig. 1.

Selenogyrus aureus: Smith, 1987: 98, fig. 100 h.

Selenogyrus aureus: Smith, 1990: 138, figs 892–911.

Selenogyrus aureus: Schmidt, 1993: 58, figs 35.

Selenogyrus aureus: Schmidt, 2003: 116, fig. 63.

Material examined.

Holotype: Sierra Leone • 1 ♂; Sierre Leone [sic!]; no collector or date given; NHMUK 1865.83.

Non-type: Guinea • 1 ♂; Massif du Ziama Biosphere Reserve, Guinea, 8 ° 24 ' N, 9 ° 17 ' W; pitfall traps in rainforest; 10 / 07 / 1998; leg. D. Flomo; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216682 • 1 ♂; same data except 23 / 07 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216680 • 1 ♂; same data except 13 / 04 / 1998; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216681 • 1 ♂; same data except no date; BE_RMCA_ARA.Ara.216683 .

Diagnosis.

See diagnosis for S. foordi sp. nov.

Distribution.

Guinea (new record) and Sierra Leone (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Remarks.

We provide photomicrographs of the palpal bulb of the holotype male (Figs 8 A – D) to assist in identification of this species, but do not give a full description of the specimen since this will be forthcoming in a separate work by another colleague (R. Gallon pers. comm.).