Cyclosternum is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico:
- Cyclosternum darienense <small>Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022</small> â Panama
- Cyclosternum familiare <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Venezuela
- Cyclosternum garbei <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1923)</small> â Brazil
- Cyclosternum gaujoni <small>Simon, 1889</small> â Ecuador
- Cyclosternum janthinum <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Ecuador
- Cyclosternum kochi <small>(Ausserer, 1871)</small> â Venezuela
- Cyclosternum ledezmae <small>(Vol, 2001)</small> â Bolivia
- Cyclosternum palomeranum <small>West, 2000</small> â Mexico
- Cyclosternum rufohirtum <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> â Venezuela
- Cyclosternum schmardae <small>Ausserer, 1871</small> (type) â Colombia, Ecuador
- Cyclosternum spinopalpus <small>(Schaefer, 1996)</small> â Paraguay
- Cyclosternum viridimonte <small>Valerio, 1982</small> â Costa Rica
- Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi <small>(Schmidt, 1991)</small> - Ecuador
Transferred to other genera
- C. bicolor <small>(Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945)</small> â Cyriocosmus bicolor
- C. chickeringi <small>(Caporiacco, 1955</small>) â Tmesiphantes chickeringi (Nomina dubia)
- C. crassifemur <small>(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960)</small> â Tmesiphantes crassifemur
- C. fasciatum <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892)</small> â Davus fasciatus
- C. hirsutum <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1935)</small> â Homoeomma hirsutum
- C. ischnoculiforme <small>Franganillo, 1926</small> â Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis
- C. janeirum <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Tmesiphantes janeira
- C. longipes <small>(Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945)</small> â Holothele longipes
- C. macropus <small>(Ausserer, 1875)</small> â Pseudoschizopelma macropus
- C. majus <small>Franganillo, 1926</small> â Cyrtopholis major
- C. melloleitaoi <small>Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971</small> â Vitalius nondescriptus
- C. minensis <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1943)</small> â Plesiopelma minense
- C. multicuspidatum <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1929)</small> â Proshapalopus multicuspidatus
- C. nubilum <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> â Tmesiphantes nubilus
- C. obesum <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> â Bonnetina obscura (Nomina dubia)
- C. obscurum <small>Simon, 1891</small> â Bonnetina obscura
- C. pentalore <small>(Simon, 1888)</small> â Davus pentaloris
- C. physopus <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1926)</small> â Plesiopelma physopus
- C. rondoni <small>(Lucas & Bücherl, 1972)</small> â Holothele longipes
- C. semiaurantiacum <small>Simon, 1897</small> â Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum
- C. serratum <small>(Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958)</small> â Homoeomma uruguayense
- C. stylipum <small>Valerio, 1982</small> â Stichoplastoris stylipus
- C. symmetricum <small>(Bücherl, 1949)</small> â Plesiopelma insulare
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