Cyrtopholis

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

Cyrtopholis
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

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

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