Cyclosternum

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Cyclosternum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Cyclosternum
Ausserer, 1871[1]
Type species
C. schmardae
Ausserer, 1871
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]

Cyclosternum is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1871.[4]

Species[edit]

As of July 2022 it contains twelve species, found in South America, Costa Rica, and Mexico:[1]

Nomen dubium[edit]

  • Cyclosternum pulcherrimaklaasi (Schmidt, 1991) - Ecuador

Transferred to other genera[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  2. ^ a b Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 148.
  3. ^ Pérez-Miles, F.; et al. (1996). "Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Mygalomorph. 1: 46.
  4. ^ Ausserer, A. (1871). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor)". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 21: 117–224.

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