Cyclosternum
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871[1] |
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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]
- Cyclosternum fasciatum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1892) → Davus fasciatus
- Cyclosternum pentalore (Simon, 1888) → Davus pentaloris
References
- 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.
External links
Media related to Cyclosternum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cyclosternum at Wikispecies
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