Cyclosternum seldeni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Tribe: Theraphosini
Genus: Cyclosternum
Species: Cyclosternum seldeni

Name

Cyclosternum seldeni (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2023)

Type locality: Carondelet, N.W. Ecuador, 60ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. BMNH 1903.7.1.137.

Synonymy

• Cymbiapophysa seldeni Sherwood & Gabriel, 2023: 777. (original combination)
• Cymbiapophysa seldeni Sherwood & Gabriel - Peñaherrera-R. & Guayasamin, 2025: 8

References

Primary references

• Sherwood, D. & Gabriel, R. 2023. Cymbiapophysa seldeni, a new theraphosine species from Ecuador (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(5): 777-779. DOI: 10.13156/arac.2023.19.5.777. . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Peñaherrera-Romero, P.J. & Guayasamin, J.M. 2025. Between cloud forests and museums: testing tarantula (Araneae: Theraphosidae) generic boundaries reveals a new montane genus from Ecuador and Colombia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 205(3): zlaf152. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf152. Reference page.