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

Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935

SPECIES | NOMEN NUDUM

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Described: ?

Distribution: Cuba

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Taxonomic References

Cyrtopholis respinus Roewer, 1942a: 230 ("Franganillo, 1935, Belen Habana Cuba 9 (51-52), p. 45 (D)" - but this does apparently not exist, probably a lapsus by Roewer) Original description

Cyrtopholis respina Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020: 88 (nomen dubium; but as there is apparently no description, it is evaluated as nomen nudum)

Cyrtopholis respinus Sherwood et al., 2024f: 1306 (nomen nudum confirmed)

References

Fabiano-da-Silva, W., Guadanucci, J. P. L., Alayón García, G., Lucas, S. M. & Silva, M. B. da (2020). Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa. Zootaxa 4779(1): 79-90. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Questel, K., Rollard, C. & Leguin, E.-A. (2024f). A new species of Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 from Montserrat with notes on some other Caribbean theraphosines (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 19(9): 1298-1307. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1298 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2024-11-04	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood et al., 2024f
2020-05-18	Taxon is nomen nudum	Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020	Cyrtopholis respina Franganillo, 1935 declared a nomen nudum
2020-05-18	New taxonomic reference entry	Fabiano-da-Silva et al., 2020