''Cyrtopholis'' is a
genus of
tarantulas that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...
, and by the presence of claviform
stridulatory
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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-four species, found in the Caribbean and South America:
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Cyrtopholis agilis
''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 ...
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, 1903 –
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
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Cyrtopholis anacanta
''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 ...
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Franganillo, 1935 –
Cuba
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Cyrtopholis annectans
''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 trochante ...
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Chamberlin, 1917 –
Barbados
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Cyrtopholis bartholomaei
''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 ...
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( Latreille, 1832) – St. Thomas, Antigua
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Cyrtopholis bonhotei
''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 trochante ...
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( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Bahama Is.
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Cyrtopholis bryantae
''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 trochante ...
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Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis culebrae
''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 trochante ...
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( Petrunkevitch, 1929) –
Puerto Rico
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Cyrtopholis cursor
''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 ...
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(Ausserer, 1875) (
type
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) – Hispaniola
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Cyrtopholis femoralis
''Cyrtopholis femoralis'' is a tarantula species in the '' Cyrtopholis'' genus, it was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1903, it is found in Montserrat, gaining it its common name as the Montserrat tarantula. It is possible that ''Cy ...
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Pocock, 1903 – Montserrat
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Cyrtopholis flavostriata
''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 trochante ...
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Schmidt
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, 1995 – Virgin Is.
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Cyrtopholis gibbosa
''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 o ...
''
Franganillo, 1936 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis innocua''
(Ausserer, 1871) – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis intermedia
''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 ...
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(Ausserer, 1875) –
South America
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Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis
''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 o ...
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(Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis jamaicola
''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 ...
''
Strand, 1908 –
Jamaica
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Cyrtopholis major
''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Diagnosis
This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridula ...
''
(Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis media''
Chamberlin, 1917 – St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts)
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Cyrtopholis obsoleta''
(Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis plumosa
''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 o ...
''
Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis portoricae
''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Diagnosis
This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridula ...
''
Chamberlin, 1917 – Puerto Rico
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Cyrtopholis ramsi
''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 o ...
''
Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis regibbosa
''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 o ...
''
Rudloff, 1994 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis respina''
Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba
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Cyrtopholis unispina''
Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba
In synonymy
*''C. debilis''
Franganillo, 1931 = ''
Cyrtopholis unispina''
*''C. debilis''
Franganillo, 1931 = ''
Cyrtopholis major
''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.
Diagnosis
This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridula ...
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Nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
*''Cyrtopholis meridionalis''
(Keyserling, 1891) -
Brazil
Nomen nudum
In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...
*''Cyrtopholis respina''
Franganillo, 1935 - Cuba
Transferred to other genera
* ''C. angustata''
Kraus, 1955 → ''
Stichoplastoris angustatus
''Stichoplastoris'' is a genus of Central American tarantulas that was first described by J.-P. Rudloff in 1997.
Species
it contains eight species, found in Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and El Salvador:
*'' Stichoplastoris angustatus'' (Kraus, 19 ...
''
* ''C. cyanea''
Rudloff, 1994 → ''
Citharacanthus cyaneus
''Citharacanthus'' is a genus of New World tarantulas. They are found in Central America and the Antilles.
Species
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following 7 species:
*''Citharacanthus alayoni'' Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba
*'' Citharacanth ...
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* ''C. longistyla''
Kraus, 1955 → ''
Stichoplastoris longistylus
''Stichoplastoris'' is a genus of Central American Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by J.-P. Rudloff in 1997.
Species
it contains eight species, found in Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and El Salvador:
*''Stichoplastoris angustatu ...
''
* ''C. lycosoides''
Tullgren, 1905 → ''
Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
''Acanthoscurria theraphosoides'' is a species of spider from the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and French Guiana.
Description
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge collected a mature female as his reference specimen (hol ...
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* ''C. media''
Chamberlin, 1917 → ''
Nesipelma medium
''Nesipelma'' is a genus of tarantulas containing the two species, ''Nesipelma insulare'' and '' Nesipelma medium'' . It was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt & F. Kovařík in 1996, and is found in Nevis and on the Lesser Antilles.
See ...
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* ''C. palmarum''
Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 → ''
Umbyquyra palmarum
''Umbyquyra'' is a genus of South American tarantulas first described in 2018.
Species
it contains twelve species:
*''Umbyquyra acuminata'' (Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005) — Bolivia, Brazil
*''Umbyquyra araguaia'' Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2 ...
''
* ''C. pernix''
(Ausserer, 1875) → ''
Hemirrhagus pernix''
* ''C. sargi''
Strand, 1907 → ''
Citharacanthus sargi'' (
Nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
)
* ''C. schmidti''
Rudloff, 1996 → ''
Umbyquyra schmidti
''Umbyquyra'' is a genus of South American tarantulas first described in 2018.
Species
it contains twelve species:
*''Umbyquyra acuminata'' (Schmidt & Tesmoingt, 2005) — Bolivia, Brazil
*''Umbyquyra araguaia'' Gargiulo, Brescovit & Lucas, 2 ...
''
* ''C. schusterae''
Kraus, 1955 → ''
Stichoplastoris schusterae
''Stichoplastoris'' is a genus of Central American tarantulas that was first described by J.-P. Rudloff in 1997.
Species
it contains eight species, found in Panama, Belize, Costa Rica, and El Salvador:
*'' Stichoplastoris angustatus'' (Kraus, 19 ...
''
* ''C. zorodes''
Mello-Leitão, 1923 → ''
Acanthoscurria gomesiana
''Acanthoscurria gomesiana'' is a species of tarantula first identified in Brazil in 1923. It is known for producing the gomesin peptides, a class of proteins which have found to have anti-tumour and anti-microbial properties.
References
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See also
*
List of Theraphosidae species
References
Theraphosidae genera
Spiders of South America
Spiders of the Caribbean
Theraphosidae
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