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{{Short description|Species of spider}}
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| genus = Selenocosmia
| species = strenua
| authority = ([[Tamerlan Thorell|Thorell]], 1881)<ref name="thorell1881">{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T| year=1881| title=Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova| journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova|volume=17| pages=1–727 [253]| doi= |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32292141}}</ref>
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|Phrictus strenuus |Thorell, 1881}}
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'''''Selenocosmia strenua''''' is a [[species]] of [[Mygalomorphae|mygalomorph]] spider in the [[Theraphosidae]] [[Family (biology)|family]]. It is found in Australia and [[New Guinea]], and was [[species description|described]] in 1881 by Swedish [[arachnology|arachnologist]] [[Tamerlan Thorell]].<ref name="thorell1881"/><ref name="afd">{{cite web |url= https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/c9ed090e-7cd0-48e2-9b7f-7740e3b449ee |title= Species ''Selenocosmia strenua'' (Thorell, 1881) |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=|website= Australian Faunal Directory |publisher=Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia |access-date= 2023-07-21}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat==
The [[type (biology)#type locality|type locality]] is [[Somerset, Queensland|Somerset]], at the northern tip of the [[Cape York Peninsula]] in [[Far North Queensland]].<ref name="thorell1881"/><ref name="afd"/>
==Behaviour==
The spiders are [[terrestrial animal|terrestrial]] [[predation|predators]].<ref name="afd"/>
==References==
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[[Category:Theraphosidae]]
[[Category:Spiders of Australia]]
[[Category:Arthropods of Queensland]]
[[Category:Spiders described in 1881]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell]]
[[Category:Arthropods of New Guinea]]
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