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 have 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 <small>Pocock, 1903</small> â Hispaniola
- Cyrtopholis anacanta <small>Franganillo, 1935</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis annectans <small>Chamberlin, 1917</small> â Barbados
- Cyrtopholis bartholomaei <small>(Latreille, 1832)</small> â St. Thomas, Antigua
- Cyrtopholis bonhotei <small>(F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901)</small> â Bahama Is.
- Cyrtopholis bryantae <small>Rudloff, 1995</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis culebrae <small>(Petrunkevitch, 1929)</small> â Puerto Rico
- Cyrtopholis cursor <small>(Ausserer, 1875)</small> (type) â Hispaniola
- Cyrtopholis femoralis <small>Pocock, 1903</small> â Montserrat
- Cyrtopholis flavostriata <small>Schmidt, 1995</small> â Virgin Is.
- Cyrtopholis gibbosa <small>Franganillo, 1936</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis innocua <small>(Ausserer, 1871)</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis intermedia <small>(Ausserer, 1875)</small> â South America
- Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis <small>(Franganillo, 1926)</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis jamaicola <small>Strand, 1908</small> â Jamaica
- Cyrtopholis major <small>(Franganillo, 1926)</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis obsoleta <small>(Franganillo, 1935)</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis plumosa <small>Franganillo, 1931</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis portoricae <small>Chamberlin, 1917</small> â Puerto Rico
- Cyrtopholis ramsi <small>Rudloff, 1995</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis regibbosa <small>Rudloff, 1994</small> â Cuba
- Cyrtopholis unispina <small>Franganillo, 1926</small> â Cuba
In synonymy
- Cyrtopholis meridionalis <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> â Brazil
- Cyrtopholis respina <small>Franganillo, 1935</small> â Cuba
Transferred to other genera
- C. angustata <small>Kraus, 1955</small> â Stichoplastoris angustatus
- C. cyanea <small>Rudloff, 1994</small> â Citharacanthus cyaneus
- C. longistyla <small>Kraus, 1955</small> â Stichoplastoris longistylus
- C. lycosoides <small>Tullgren, 1905</small> â Acanthoscurria theraphosoides
- C. media <small>Chamberlin, 1917</small> â Nesipelma medium
- C. palmarum <small>Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945</small> â Umbyquyra palmarum
- C. pernix <small>(Ausserer, 1875)</small> â Hemirrhagus pernix
- C. sargi <small>Strand, 1907</small> â Citharacanthus sargi (Nomen dubium)
- C. schmidti <small>Rudloff, 1996</small> â Umbyquyra schmidti
- C. schusterae <small>Kraus, 1955</small> â Stichoplastoris schusterae
- C. zorodes <small>Mello-Leitão, 1923</small> â Acanthoscurria gomesiana
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