Cyriocosmus elegans

Cyriocosmus elegans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Theraphosoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Mygalomorphae Superfamilia: Theraphosoidea

Familia: Theraphosidae
Subfamilia: Theraphosinae
Genus: Cyriocosmus
Species: Cyriocosmus elegans

Name

Cyriocosmus elegans (Simon, 1889)

Type locality: Venezuela.

Holotype: MNHN. ♀. MNHN 9863.

Synonyms

• Hapalopus elegans Simon, 1889(original combination)
• Cyriocosmus elegans (Simon): Simon, 1903
• Erythropoicila plana Fischel, 1927: 72 (synonymized by Pérez-Miles, 1998
  • Type locality: Venezuela.
    • Type species (by monotypy) is lost.
• Cyriocosmus semifasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1939: 46

References

• Simon, E.L. 1889e. Arachnides. In: Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (décembre 1887-avril 1888). 4e Mémoire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 9: 169–220. Reference page. , page: 210.
• Simon, E.L. 1903b. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 2: 669-1080. Reference page. , page: 929.

Additional references

• Pérez-Miles, F. 1998. Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the neotropical genus Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11(3): 95–103. full article (PDF). Reference page. , page: 100.

Vernacular names

English: Trinidad Dwarf Tiger

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