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Genus: Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Cyrtopholis bryantae Rudloff, 1995

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001968

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Described:

Distribution: Cuba

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Taxonomic References

Cyrtopholis bryanti Rudloff, 1995b: 14, f. 10-18 (Df; N.B.: a patronym for Elizabeth Bryant, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1., see FAQ 6) Original description

Cyrtopholis bryantae Peters, 2003: 159, f. 635 (f)

Cyrtopholis bryantae Schmidt, 2003l: 160, f. 334-336 (f)

Cyrtopholis bryanti Abegg et al., 2016: 202 (bryantae evaluated as 'unjustified emendation'; not accepted here, see above)

Cyrtopholis bryantae Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025: 51 (specific epithet confirmed)

References

Abegg, A. D., Malta-Borges, L., Tavares de Carvalho, J. D., Mario-da-Rosa, C. & Di Mare, R. A. (2016). Cases of unjustified emendations of scientific names dedicated to people in tarantulas (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 42(2): 201-202. -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [[Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"]] -- Show included taxa

Rudloff, J.-P. (1995b). Una nueva especie de Cyrtopholis de San Blas (Cienfuegos) - Cuba (Theraphosidae: Mygalomorphae) incluido una comparación entre Cyrtopholis gibbosus Franganillo 1936 y Cyrtopholis regibbosus Rudloff 1994. Garciana 23: 14-20. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Blick, T. & Ballarin, F. (2025). Studies on spider nomenclature IV: additional dubious and unavailable nomina, status of genera with invalid type species, further synonymies, and emendations (Arachnida: Araneae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 47: 43-54. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, Blick & Ballarin, 2025