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

Diagnosis

This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridulatory hairs on the trochanter of the pedipalps and the legs I. They also own type 1 and 3 urticating hairs on the abdomen. The spermatheca of females is formed by 2 long receptacles with no fusion at the base.[3]

Species

As of May 2022 it contains twenty-two species, found in the Caribbean and South America:[1]

In synonymy

  • Cyrtopholis meridionalis (Keyserling, 1891) - Brazil


  • Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935 - Cuba

Transferred to other genera

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ Fabiano-Da-Silva, Willian; Leite Guadanucci, José Paulo; Alayón Garcia, Giraldo; Marlene Lucas, Sylvia; Bernardino Dasilva, Marcio (2020). "Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa". Zootaxa. 4779 (1): zootaxa.4779.1.5. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5. PMID 33055800. Retrieved July 30, 2022.


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