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 of the pedipalps and the legs I. They also have type 1 and 3 urticating hairs on the abdomen. The spermatheca of females is formed by 2 long receptacles with no fusion at the base.

Species it contains twenty-two species, found in the Caribbean and South America: Cyrtopholis agilis Pocock, 1903 – Hispaniola Cyrtopholis anacanta Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba Cyrtopholis annectans Chamberlin, 1917 – Barbados Cyrtopholis bartholomaei (Latreille, 1832) – St. Thomas, Antigua Cyrtopholis bonhotei (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Bahama Is. Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba Cyrtopholis culebrae (Petrunkevitch, 1929) – Puerto Rico Cyrtopholis cursor (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Hispaniola Cyrtopholis femoralis Pocock, 1903 – Montserrat Cyrtopholis flavostriata Schmidt, 1995 – Virgin Is. Cyrtopholis gibbosa Franganillo, 1936 – Cuba Cyrtopholis innocua (Ausserer, 1871) – Cuba Cyrtopholis intermedia (Ausserer, 1875) – South America Cyrtopholis ischnoculiformis (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba Cyrtopholis jamaicola Strand, 1908 – Jamaica Cyrtopholis major (Franganillo, 1926) – Cuba Cyrtopholis obsoleta (Franganillo, 1935) – Cuba Cyrtopholis plumosa Franganillo, 1931 – Cuba Cyrtopholis portoricae Chamberlin, 1917 – Puerto Rico Cyrtopholis ramsi Rudloff, 1995 – Cuba Cyrtopholis regibbosa Rudloff, 1994 – Cuba Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926 – Cuba

In synonymy C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis unispina C. debilis Franganillo, 1931 = Cyrtopholis major

Nomen dubium Cyrtopholis meridionalis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil Nomen nudum Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935 – Cuba

Transferred to other genera

C. angustata Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris angustatus C. cyanea Rudloff, 1994 → Citharacanthus cyaneus C. longistyla Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris longistylus C. lycosoides Tullgren, 1905 → Acanthoscurria theraphosoides C. media Chamberlin, 1917 → Nesipelma medium C. palmarum Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945 → Umbyquyra palmarum C. pernix (Ausserer, 1875) → Hemirrhagus pernix C. sargi Strand, 1907 → Citharacanthus sargi (Nomen dubium) C. schmidti Rudloff, 1996 → Umbyquyra schmidti C. schusterae Kraus, 1955 → Stichoplastoris schusterae C. zorodes Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Acanthoscurria gomesiana

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