''Cyclosternum'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the Family (biology), family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Therap ...

that was first described by

Anton Ausserer Anton Ausserer (5 July 184320 July 1889)Maurer, Ferdinand: ''Nachruf an Dr. Anton Ausserer.'' Programm des kk. acad. Gymnasiums in Grätz. Graz 1890 was an Austrian natural history, naturalist specialising in spiders.Bonnet, Pierre: Bibliographi ...

in 1871.

Species

it contains twelve species, found in South America,

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

, and

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

: *''

Cyclosternum darienense ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 =

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

*''

Cyclosternum familiare ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' (

Simon Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, 1889) –

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

*''

Cyclosternum garbei ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1923) –

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

*''

Cyclosternum gaujoni ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' Simon, 1889 –

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

*''

Cyclosternum janthinum ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador *''

Cyclosternum kochi ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' (Ausserer, 1871) – Venezuela *''

Cyclosternum ledezmae ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' (Vol, 2001) –

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

*''

Cyclosternum palomeranum ''Cyclosternum palomeranum'' is a tarantula in the genus ''Cyclosternum'', first described by Rick C. West in 2020. This tarantula is found in Mexico in the state of Jalisco, and is named after Mr. N M Palomera. Description This tarantula is ...

'' West, 2000 –

*''

Cyclosternum rufohirtum ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *''Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 20 ...

'' (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela *''

Cyclosternum schmardae ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' Ausserer, 1871 (

type Type may refer to: Science and technology Computing * Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc. * Data type, collection of values used for computations. * File type * TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file. * ...

) –

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

, Ecuador *''

Cyclosternum spinopalpus ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' (Schaefer, 1996) –

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

*''

Cyclosternum viridimonte ''Cyclosternum'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. Species it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico: *'' Cyclosternum darienense'' Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 = Panama * ...

'' Valerio, 1982 –

Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...

* ''Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi'' (Schmidt, 1991) - Ecuador

Transferred to other genera

* ''C. bicolor'' (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) → ''

Cyriocosmus bicolor ''Cyriocosmus'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903. They are small to medium spiders, with a bicolored or one same color carapace. Diagnosis It differs from all other tarantulas by the paraembolic ...

'' * ''C. chickeringi'' (Caporiacco, 1955) → ''

Tmesiphantes chickeringi ''Tmesiphantes'' is a genus of Brazilian tarantulas in the subfamily Theraphosinae that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. The genera ''Magulla'' and ''Melloleitaoina'' were brought into synonymy in 2019. Species it contains ...

'' (

Nomina dubia In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...

) * ''C. crassifemur'' (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1960) → '' Tmesiphantes crassifemur'' * ''C. fasciatum'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) → ''

Davus fasciatus ''Davus fasciatus'', commonly known as the Costa Rican tiger rump, is a species of a new-world tarantula native to Costa Rica. This is a terrestrial species with a maximum legspan of , which makes it a rather small tarantula species, yet it is o ...

'' * ''C. hirsutum'' (Mello-Leitão, 1935) → ''

Homoeomma hirsutum ''Homoeomma'' (''eyelike'', from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος, ''like'', and ὄμμα, ''eye'') is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Calopelma'', ''But ...

'' * ''C. ischnoculiforme'' Franganillo, 1926 → ''

Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis ''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. Diagnosis This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridulatory hairs on the trochanter ...

'' * ''C. janeirum'' (Keyserling, 1891) → '' Tmesiphantes janeira'' * ''C. longipes'' (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945) → ''

Holothele longipes ''Holothele'' is a genus of Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Ferdinand Karsch, Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879. Originally placed with the Dipluridae, curtain-web spiders, it was transferred to the Theraphosidae, tarantul ...

'' * ''C. macropus'' (Ausserer, 1875) → '' Pseudoschizopelma macropus'' * ''C. majus'' Franganillo, 1926 → ''

Cyrtopholis major ''Cyrtopholis'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. Diagnosis This genus can be distinguished by being found in the Caribbean, and by the presence of claviform stridulatory hairs on the trochanter ...

'' * ''C. melloleitaoi'' Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971 → ''

Vitalius nondescriptus ''Vitalius'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by S. Lucas, P. I. da Silva Jr. & Rogério Bertani in 1993. Diagnosis They can be distinguished from other tarantulas by the lack of stridulating hairs on the prolate ...

'' * ''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'' (

) * ''C. obscurum'' Simon, 1891 → '' Bonnetina obscura'' * ''C. pentalore'' (Simon, 1888) → ''

Davus pentaloris ''Davus pentaloris'' is a species of New World tarantula (family Theraphosidae) native to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico. ''Davus'' was at one time considered to be a synonym of ''Cyclosternum'', and its species were placed in that genus, but ...

'' * ''C. physopus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1926) → '' Plesiopelma physopus'' * ''C. rondoni'' (Lucas & Bücherl, 1972) → ''

'' * ''C. semiaurantiacum'' Simon, 1897 → ''

Plesiopelma semiaurantiacum ''Plesiopelma'' is a genus of South American tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. ''Plesiopelma'' species are particularly abundant along mountainous ranges, frequently living under stones. Both males and females l ...

'' * ''C. serratum'' (Gerschman & Schiapelli, 1958) → ''

Homoeomma uruguayense ''Homoeomma'' (''eyelike'', from Ancient Greek wiktionary:ὅμοιος, ὅμοιος, ''like'', and wiktionary:ὄμμα, ὄμμα, ''eye'') is a genus of South American Theraphosidae, tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 18 ...

'' * ''C. stylipum'' Valerio, 1982 → '' Stichoplastoris stylipus'' * ''C. symmetricum'' (Bücherl, 1949) → '' Plesiopelma insulare''

References

External links

* * Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Anton Ausserer Taxa described in 1871 {{Theraphosidae-stub

Species

Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...

Transferred to other genera

See also

References

External links