Cyrtopholis

Cyrtopholis is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[2]

Cyrtopholis
Cyrtopholis portoricae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Cyrtopholis
Simon, 1892[1]
Type species
C. cursor
(Ausserer, 1875)
Species

24, see text

Species

As of March 2020 it contains twenty-four species, found in the Caribbean and South America:[1]

  • Cyrtopholis agilis Pocock, 1903 – Hispaniola
  • Cyrtopholis anacanta Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917 – Barbados
  • Cyrtopholis bartholomaei (Latreille, 1832) – St. Thomas, Antigua
  • Cyrtopholis bonhotei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Bahama Is.
  • Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis culebrae (Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico
  • Cyrtopholis cursor (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Hispaniola
  • Cyrtopholis femoralis Pocock, 1903 – Montserrat
  • Cyrtopholis flavostriata Schmidt, 1995 – Virgin Is.
  • Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis innocua (Ausserer, 1871) – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis intermedia (Ausserer, 1875) – South America
  • Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis jamaicola Strand, 1908 – Jamaica
  • Cyrtopholis major (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis media Chamberlin, 1917 – St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts)
  • Cyrtopholis obsoleta (Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis plumosa Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917 – Puerto Rico
  • Cyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis regibbosa Rudloff, 1994 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba
  • Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba

In synonymy:

  • C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926
  • C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis major (Franganillo, 1926)

Transferred to other genera:

  • Cyrtopholis angustata Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris
  • Cyrtopholis cyanea Rudloff, 1994 → Citharacanthus
  • Cyrtopholis longistyla Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris
  • Cyrtopholis lycosoides Tullgren, 1905 → Acanthoscurria
  • Cyrtopholis palmarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 → Umbyquyra
  • Cyrtopholis pernix (Ausserer, 1875) → Hemirrhagus
  • Cyrtopholis sargi Strand, 1907 → Citharacanthus
  • Cyrtopholis schmidti Rudloff, 1996 → Umbyquyra
  • Cyrtopholis schusterae Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris

See also

References
  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  2. Simon, E (1892). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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