Cyclosternum

Cyclosternum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Theraphosidae
Genus:Cyclosternum
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Adranochelia Simon, 1889
  • Chaetorhombus Ausserer, 1871
  • Dryptopelma Simon, 1889
  • Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995

Cyclosternum is a genus of New world tarantulas in the Theraphosidae family, native to Central America and South America.

Species

As of May 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]

  • Cyclosternum bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) – Brazil
  • Cyclosternum garbei (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Cyclosternum gaujoni Simon, 1889 – Ecuador
  • Cyclosternum janthinum (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
  • Cyclosternum kochi (Ausserer, 1871) – Venezuela
  • Cyclosternum macropus (Ausserer, 1875) – Mexico
  • Cyclosternum obscurum Simon, 1891 – Mexico
  • Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000 – Mexico
  • Cyclosternum rufohirtum (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
  • Cyclosternum schmardae Ausserer, 1871 (type species) – Colombia, Ecuador
  • Cyclosternum spinopalpus (Schaefer, 1996) – Paraguay
  • Cyclosternum viridimonte Valerio, 1982 – Costa Rica

Among species transferred to other genera are:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gen. Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
  • Ausserer, A. 1871 : Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandllungen der Kaiserlich-Kongiglichen Zoologish-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, vol. 21, p. 117-224.
  • Simon E. (1888). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 6. 8: 203–216.


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