Cyrtopholis


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

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.

Species

it contains twenty-two species, found in the Caribbean and South America:Cyrtopholis agilis Pocock, 1903 - HispaniolaCyrtopholis anacanta Franganillo, 1935 - CubaCyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917 - BarbadosCyrtopholis bartholomaei - St. Thomas, AntiguaCyrtopholis bonhotei - Bahama Is.Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995 - CubaCyrtopholis culebrae - Puerto RicoCyrtopholis cursor - HispaniolaCyrtopholis femoralis Pocock, 1903 - MontserratCyrtopholis flavostriata Schmidt, 1995 - Virgin Is.Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936 - CubaCyrtopholis innocua - CubaCyrtopholis intermedia - South AmericaCyrtopholis ischnoculiformis - CubaCyrtopholis jamaicola Strand, 1908 - JamaicaCyrtopholis major - CubaCyrtopholis obsoleta - CubaCyrtopholis plumosa Franganillo, 1931 - CubaCyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917 - Puerto RicoCyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995 - CubaCyrtopholis regibbosa Rudloff, 1994 - CubaCyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 - Cuba

In synonymy

  • C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis unispina
  • C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = ''Cyrtopholis major''

[Nomen dubium]

  • Cyrtopholis meridionalis - Brazil

[Nomen nudum]

  • Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935 - Cuba

Transferred to other genera

C. angustata Kraus, 1955Stichoplastoris angustatusC. cyanea Rudloff, 1994 → Citharacanthus cyaneusC. longistyla Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris longistylusC. lycosoides Tullgren, 1905Acanthoscurria theraphosoidesC. media Chamberlin, 1917 → Nesipelma mediumC. palmarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945Umbyquyra palmarumC. pernixHemirrhagus pernixC. sargi Strand, 1907Citharacanthus sargi C. schmidti Rudloff, 1996 → Umbyquyra schmidtiC. schusterae Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris schusteraeC. zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1923 → ''Acanthoscurria gomesiana''