The Neotropical genus Cyriocosmus Simon, 1903 and new species from Peru, Brazil and Venezuela (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)

Kaderka, R. (2015). Journal of Natural History, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1076082.

Original paper DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1076082

Author

Radan Kaderka Radan Kaderka

Abstract

<i>Cyriocosmus peruvianus</i> sp. nov., <i>C. itayensis</i> sp. nov., <i>C. aueri</i> sp. nov., <i>C. giganteus</i> sp. nov. from Peru, Loreto region, <i>C. hoeferi</i> sp. nov. from Brazil, <i>C. williamlamari</i> sp. nov. and <i>C. nicholausgordoni</i> sp. nov. from Venezuela are described, illustrated, diagnosed and both sexes, if known, keyed. New Peruvian species can be distinguished from all congeners, except <i>C. bertae</i> Pérez-Miles, 1998 and <i>C. pribiki</i> Pérez-Miles and Weinmann, 2009, by the uniformly coloured carapace and abdomen without stripes and by the short paraembolic apophysis in male palpal bulb. The female of <i>Cyriocosmus ritae</i> Pérez-Miles, 1998 is described for the first time from a known Peruvian population near Iquitos.

Species (7)

Cyriocosmus aueriCyriocosmus giganteusCyriocosmus hoeferiCyriocosmus itayensisCyriocosmus nicholausgordoniCyriocosmus peruvianusCyriocosmus williamlamari