''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.

Diagnosis

This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridulating, stridulatory hairs on the trochanter of the pedipalps and the legs I. They also own type 1 and 3 Urticating hair, 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-four species, found in the Caribbean and South America: *''Cyrtopholis agilis'' Reginald Innes Pocock, Pocock, 1903 – Hispaniola *''Cyrtopholis anacanta'' Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis annectans'' Ralph Vary Chamberlin, Chamberlin, 1917 – Barbados *''Cyrtopholis bartholomaei'' (Pierre André Latreille, Latreille, 1832) – St. Thomas, Antigua *''Cyrtopholis bonhotei'' (Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Bahama Is. *''Cyrtopholis bryantae'' Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis culebrae'' (Alexander Petrunkevitch, Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico *''Cyrtopholis cursor'' (Ausserer, 1875) (Type_species, type) – Hispaniola *''Cyrtopholis femoralis'' Pocock, 1903 – Montserrat *''Cyrtopholis flavostriata'' Günter Schmidt (arachnologist), Schmidt, 1995 – Virgin Is. *''Cyrtopholis gibbosa'' Franganillo, 1936 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis innocua'' (Ausserer, 1871) – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis intermedia'' (Ausserer, 1875) – South America *''Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis'' (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis jamaicola'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 1908 – Jamaica *''Cyrtopholis major'' (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis media'' Chamberlin, 1917 – St. Kitts and Nevis (St. Kitts) *''Cyrtopholis obsoleta'' (Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis plumosa'' Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis portoricae'' Chamberlin, 1917 – Puerto Rico *''Cyrtopholis ramsi'' Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis regibbosa'' Rudloff, 1994 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis respina'' Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba *''Cyrtopholis unispina'' Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba

In synonymy

*''C. debilis'' Franganillo, 1931 = ''Cyrtopholis unispina'' *''C. debilis'' Franganillo, 1931 = ''Cyrtopholis major''

Nomen dubium

*''Cyrtopholis meridionalis'' (Keyserling, 1891) - Brazil

Nomen nudum

*''Cyrtopholis respina'' Franganillo, 1935 - Cuba

Transferred to other genera

* ''C. angustata'' Kraus, 1955 → ''Stichoplastoris angustatus'' * ''C. cyanea'' Rudloff, 1994 → ''Citharacanthus cyaneus'' * ''C. longistyla'' Kraus, 1955 → ''Stichoplastoris longistylus'' * ''C. lycosoides'' Tullgren, 1905 → ''Acanthoscurria theraphosoides'' * ''C. media'' Chamberlin, 1917 → ''Nesipelma medium'' * ''C. palmarum'' Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 → ''Umbyquyra palmarum'' * ''C. pernix'' (Ausserer, 1875) → ''Hemirrhagus pernix'' * ''C. sargi'' Strand, 1907 → ''Citharacanthus sargi'' (Nomen dubium) * ''C. schmidti'' Rudloff, 1996 → ''Umbyquyra schmidti'' * ''C. schusterae'' Kraus, 1955 → ''Stichoplastoris schusterae'' * ''C. zorodes'' Mello-Leitão, 1923 → ''Acanthoscurria gomesiana''

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of South America Spiders of the Caribbean Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub