7, see text Lyrognathus is a genus of Asian tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1895.

[2] As of March 2020[update] it contains seven species, all found in Asia:[1] In synonymy: They are large tarantulas, grey or black in color.

They have thick dense brushes of setae along the fourth tibia and metatarsi.

The fourth metatarsus of females features an undivided scopula.

[3] They are fossorial, constructing tubular burrows in loose clayey soil.