Cyriocosmus

Cyriocosmus
Cyriocosmus elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Cyriocosmus
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
C. sellatus
(Simon, 1889)
Species

23, see text

Synonyms[1]

Cyriocosmus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[4] They are small to medium spiders, with a bicolored or one same color carapace.[5]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 152.
  3. ^ Gerschman de P., B. S.; Schiapelli, R. D. (1973). "La subfamilia Ischnocolinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia. 4: 48.
  4. ^ Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
  5. ^ Kaderka, Radan (2019). "The genus Cyriocosmus Simon 1903 and two new species from Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)" (PDF). Scielo. Retrieved July 27, 2022.