Cyclosternum
Cyclosternum fasciatum (adult female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Subfamily:	Theraphosinae
Genus:	Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871
Species
See text
Synonyms
Adranochelia Simon, 1889 Chaetorhombus Ausserer, 1871 Davus O. P.-Cambridge, 1892 Dryptopelma Simon, 1889 Magulla Simon, 1892 Pseudoschizopelma Smith, 1995

Cyclosternum is a genus of New world tarantulas in the Theraphosidae family. Eighteen species are currently recognized,^[1] all native to Central America and South America.

Species [link]

The following species are currently recognized:^[1]

• Cyclosternum bicolor (Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1945)
• Cyclosternum fasciatum (O. P.-Cambridge, 1892)
• Cyclosternum garbei (Mello-Leitao, 1923)
• Cyclosternum gaujoni Simon, 1889
• Cyclosternum janeirum (Keyserling, 1891)
• Cyclosternum janthinum (Simon, 1889)
• Cyclosternum kochi (Ausserer, 1871)
• Cyclosternum macropus (Ausserer, 1875)
• Cyclosternum melloleitaoi Bücherl, Timotheo & Lucas, 1971
• Cyclosternum obesum (Simon, 1892)
• Cyclosternum obscurum Simon, 1891
• Cyclosternum palomeranum West, 2000
• Cyclosternum pentalore (Simon, 1888)
• Cyclosternum rufohirtum (Simon, 1889)
• Cyclosternum schmardae Ausserer, 1871
• Cyclosternum spinopalpus (Schaefer, 1996)
• Cyclosternum symmetricum (Bücherl, 1949)
• Cyclosternum viridimonte Valerio, 1982

References [link]

• Ausserer, A. 1871 : Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandllungen der Kaiserlich-Kongiglichen Zoologish-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, vol. 21, p.117-224.
• Simon E. (1888). "Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles.". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 6 8: 203–216. 
• Platnick, N. I. (2011). The World Spider Catalog, version 12.0. American Museum of Natural History.

External links [link]

• Media related to Cyclosternum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Cyclosternum at Wikispecies

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