Cyclosternum Explained

Cyclosternum is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico:^[2]

• Cyclosternum darienense Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama
• Cyclosternum familiare (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
• Cyclosternum garbei (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
• Cyclosternum gaujoni Simon, 1889 – Ecuador
• Cyclosternum janthinum (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
• Cyclosternum kochi (Ausserer, 1871) – Venezuela
• Cyclosternum ledezmae (Vol, 2001) – Bolivia
• Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000 – Mexico
• Cyclosternum rufohirtum (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela
• Cyclosternum schmardae Ausserer, 1871 (type) – Colombia, Ecuador
• Cyclosternum spinopalpus (Schaefer, 1996) – Paraguay
• Cyclosternum viridimonte Valerio, 1982 – Costa Rica

Nomen dubium

• Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991) - Ecuador

Transferred to other genera

• C. bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) → Cyriocosmus bicolor
• C. chickeringi (Caporiacco, 1955) → Tmesiphantes chickeringi (Nomina dubia)
• C. crassifemur (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) → Tmesiphantes crassifemur
• C. fasciatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) → Davus fasciatus
• C. hirsutum (Mello-Leitão, 1935) → Homoeomma hirsutum
• C. ischnoculiforme Franganillo, 1926 → Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis
• C. janeirum (Keyserling, 1891) → Tmesiphantes janeira
• C. longipes (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) → Holothele longipes
• C. macropus (Ausserer, 1875) → Pseudoschizopelma macropus
• C. majus Franganillo, 1926 → Cyrtopholis major
• C. melloleitaoi Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971 → Vitalius nondescriptus
• C. minensis (Mello-Leitão, 1943) → Plesiopelma minense
• C. multicuspidatum (Mello-Leitão, 1929) → Proshapalopus multicuspidatus
• C. nubilum (Simon, 1892) → Tmesiphantes nubilus
• C. obesum (Simon, 1892) → Bonnetina obscura (Nomina dubia)
• C. obscurum Simon, 1891 → Bonnetina obscura
• C. pentalore (Simon, 1888) → Davus pentaloris
• C. physopus (Mello-Leitão, 1926) → Plesiopelma physopus
• C. rondoni (Lucas & Bücherl, 1972) → Holothele longipes
• C. semiaurantiacum Simon, 1897 → Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum
• C. serratum (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) → Homoeomma uruguayense
• C. stylipum Valerio, 1982 → Stichoplastoris stylipus
• C. symmetricum (Bücherl, 1949) → Plesiopelma insulare

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species

Notes and References

1. Ausserer. A.. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 117–224. 21. Anton Ausserer.
2. Gen. Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-04-10. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.