Cyrtopholis major
Creators: name: Fabiano-Da-Silva, Willian
name: Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite
name: Lucas, Giraldo Alayón Garcia Sylvia Marlene
name: Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theraphosidae
Cyrtopholis
Cyrtopholis major

description: Cyrtopholis major (Franganillo, 1926)
(Figs 10–14)
Cyclosternum majus Franganillo, 1926: 44, comb.: Franganillo, 1931: 171 (Cyrtopholis debilis bispinosa).
Type-material: Holotype female (IES 34) from Luyan (2310’S 8234’W), Havana, Cuba. Two paratypes, one female (IES 36) and one juvenile (IES 44), same data of holotype.
Diagnosis: females of Cyrtopholis major can be distinguished from those of all other species by the aspect of the spermathecae: it is the only species with seminal receptacles without a subapical constriction (Fig. 14). Anterior, middle and posterior sternal sigilla elongated and near the margin (Fig. 11). Labium with numerous cuspules (88) (Fig. 11), similar to C. unispina (69 cuspules). The specific epithet refers to the size of lateral eyes (ALE and PLE), that are larger (0.45 mm) than the others (PME, 0.25 mm and PLE, 0.35 mm) (Fig. 13). Absence of projection on cephalothorax, such as hump (Fig. 20), present in C. gibbosa, C. regibbosa and C. bryantae.
Redescription: Holotype female (IES 34). Coloration (in ethanol 70%): carapace light brown (Fig. 10). Abdomen light brown (Fig. 12), sternum and legs dark yellow. Total length: 30.0. Carapace (Fig. 10): length 12.3, width 11.0, fovea straight (Fig. 10). Clypeus narrow 0.1. Eye tubercle (Fig. 13): length 1.5, width 3.0. Anterior and posterior eyes row recurved (Fig. 13). Eyes sizes: AME 0.35, ALE 0.45, PME 0.25, PLE 0.45. Basal segments of chelicerae with 11 teeth each. Labium (Fig. 11) length 1.3, width 3.0. Sternum elongated (Fig. 11) length 6.0, width 5.2. Sternal sigillae elongated anterior, median and posterior near margin (Fig. 11). Labium (Fig. 11) with 88 cuspules. Maxillae with 94–104 (left–right) cuspules. Spinulation of legs and palp. Tarsi without spines. Palp: femur: v0, p0–0–0–1, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia: v0, p0–0–1, r0. Leg I: femur: v0, p0, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0, p0, r0; metatarsus v0–0–1, p0, r0. Leg II: femur: v0, p0, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0, p0, r0; metatarsus v0, p0, r0. Leg III: femur: v0, p0, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0–2–2, p1–1–1, r0–1–1; metatarsus v0–1–1–1, p0–1–1–0 r0–1–0–0. Leg IV: femur: v0, p0, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia: v0–2–2–2–0, p0–0–0–1–0, r0–0–0–1–1; metatarsus v2–2–2–2–1–3, p0–1–0–0–0–1, r1–1–1–1–1–1. Tarsal scopula: undivided on all tarsi and extended to metatarsi. Scopula on metatarsi: I and II 3/4, III and IV absent. Spermatheca (Fig. 14) composed of two receptacles without subapical constriction, and without any lateral branches. Abdomen (Fig. 12): urticating setae type I and type III.
Males: unknown. Additional examined material: One female (IES 3.4205) from El Zapote de Mandinga, Baracoa, Cuba,
I.1979, M. L. Jaume leg. Two females (IES 3.4211) from Caunao Cumanayagua, Finca San José, Cienfuegos, Cuba,
09.IX.1953. M. L. Jaume leg. Distribution: Cuba: Havana, Baracoa and Cienfuegos.
description: Published as part of Fabiano-Da-Silva, Willian, Guadanucci, José Paulo Leite, Lucas, Giraldo Alayón Garcia Sylvia Marlene & Dasilva, Marcio Bernardino, 2020, Taxonomy of the genus Cyrtopholis Simon, 1892 (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Theraphosidae): Cuban species described by Pelegrín Franganillo Balboa, pp. 79-90 in Zootaxa 4779 (1) on pages 83-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3831748