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Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa

Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza – Campus I. Cidade Universitária João Pessoa, CEP 58050970, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Departamento de Biodiversidade, Universidade Estadual Paulista – Rio Claro, Instituto de Biociências, Av. 24 A, 1515, Bairro Bela Vista, CEP 13.506–900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil.
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Cuba. Plaza de Armas, Calle Obispo 61, C.P. 10100, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba.
Laboratório Especial de Coleções Zoológicas, Instituto Butantan, Av. Vital Brasil, 1500, CEP 05503–900, São Paulo, Brazil.
Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza – Campus I. Cidade Universitária João Pessoa, CEP 58050970, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
Araneae Caribbean species taxonomy Theraphosinae

Abstract

Cyrtopholis Simon 1892 is a spider genus from the Caribbean islands characterized by the presence of stridulatory setae on trochanter of palps and legs I. Franganillo Balboa described eight species of Cyrtopholis Simon 1892 from Cuba between 1926–1936. The type-material is deposited in the Instituto de Ecología y Sistematica do Ministerio de Ciencias, Tecnologia e Meio Ambiente, La Habana, Cuba. Four species are redescribed here: Cyrtopholis plumosa Franganillo, 1931, Cyrtopholis major Franganillo, 1926, Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 and Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936. Cyrtopholis ischnoculoformis Franganillo, 1926 is based on a juvenile specimen without stridulatory setae, and it is therefore considered here as species inquirenda. The type-material of two other species were not located: Cyrtopholis anacanta Franganillo, 1935 and Cyrtopholis obsoleta (Franganillo, 1935), and are considered to be lost. These two species are here considered as species inquirenda, since the original descriptions do not permit identification. Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo 1935 is considered a nomen dubium, due to the lack of a formal description and a doubtful citation.

 

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