Cyclosternum
| Cyclosternum | |
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| Cyclosternum fasciatum (adult female) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Theraphosinae |
| Genus: | Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871 |
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Cyclosternum is a genus of New world tarantulas in the Theraphosidae family. Eighteen species are currently recognized,[1] all native to Central America and South America.
Species
The following species are currently recognized:[1]
- Cyclosternum bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945)
- Cyclosternum fasciatum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1892)
- Cyclosternum garbei (Mello-Leitao, 1923)
- Cyclosternum gaujoni Simon, 1889
- Cyclosternum janeirum (Keyserling, 1891)
- Cyclosternum janthinum (Simon, 1889)
- Cyclosternum kochi (Ausserer, 1871)
- Cyclosternum macropus (Ausserer, 1875)
- Cyclosternum melloleitaoi Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971
- Cyclosternum obesum (Simon, 1892)
- Cyclosternum obscurum Simon, 1891
- Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000
- Cyclosternum pentalore (Simon, 1888)
- Cyclosternum rufohirtum (Simon, 1889)
- Cyclosternum schmardae Ausserer, 1871
- Cyclosternum spinopalpus (Schaefer, 1996)
- Cyclosternum symmetricum (Bücherl, 1949)
- Cyclosternum viridimonte Valerio, 1982
References
- 1 2 Cyclosternum at the Encyclopedia of Life
- 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.
- Platnick, N. I. (2011). The World Spider Catalog, version 12.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links
Media related to Cyclosternum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Cyclosternum at Wikispecies
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