Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo 1926
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 unispina

description: Cyrtopholis unispina Franganillo, 1926
(Figs 15–19)
Cyrtopholis unispinus Franganillo, 1926: 45. Cyrtopholis debilis Franganillo, 1931: 170, syn.: Franganillo, 1936a.
Type-material: Holotype female (IES 35) from Monte Cocuyo (20°35’S 74°57’W), Havana, Cuba.
Diagnosis: Females of Cyrtopholis unispina can be distinguished from those of other species by the aspect of the spermathecae, both receptacles having a wide base (Fig. 19). Slight subapical constriction of seminal receptacles, similar to that found in C. ramsi (Rudloff, 1995, fig. 15), but the receptacle bases are as wide as in C. unispina. AME are the smallest of all eyes (Fig. 18). Posterior sternal sigilla elongated and far away from the margin (Fig. 16). Metatarsus IV very long (13.5 mm), twice as long as tarsus IV (6.5 mm). No projection on cephalothorax, such as hump (Fig. 20), present in C. gibbosa, C. regibbosa and C. bryantae.
Redescription: Holotype female (IES 35). Color (in ethanol 70%): light brown (Fig. 15). Abdomen light brown (Fig. 17), sternum and legs dark yellow. Total length: 35.5. Carapace (Fig. 15): length 16.0, width 13.5, fovea straight (Fig. 15). Clypeus narrow 0.2. Eye tubercle (Fig. 18): length 3.0, width 4.2. Anterior and posterior eyes row recurved (Fig. 18). Eyes sizes: AME 0.30, ALE 0.45, PME 0.45, PLE 0.45. Basal segments of chelicerae with 14 teeth each. Labium (Fig. 16) length 4.0, width 4.5. Sternum elongated (Fig. 16), length 8.0, width 6.0. Sternal sigilla elongated anterior and median near the margin and posterior distant from margin (Fig. 16). Labium (Fig. 16) with 69 cuspules. Maxillae with 78–53 (left–right) cuspules. Spinulation of legs and palp. Tarsi without spines. Palp: femur: v0, p0–0–0–1, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia: v0–0–2, p0–2–1, r0. Leg I: femur: v0, p0–0–0–1, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0–0–1–0, p0–0–1–1, r0; metatarsus v0–0–0–1, p0, r0. Leg II: femur: v0, p0–0–0–1, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0–0–0–2, p0–0–1–1, r0–1–0–0; metatarsus v0–0–2, p0, r0–0–1. Leg III: femur: v0, p0–0–0–1, r0; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia v0–2–0, p0–2–0, r0–2–0; metatarsus v0–1–0–2, p1–0–1–2 r0–0–1–1. Leg IV: femur: v0, p0, r0–0–0–1; patella: v0, p0, r0; tibia: v0–0–2–1–0, p0–0–0–1–1, r0–0–0–1–0; metatarsus v1–2–1–2–1–3, p1–0–0–0–0–1, r0– 0–1–0–0–1. Tarsal scopula: undivided on all tarsi and extended to metatarsi. Scopula on metatarsi: I and II 3/4, III 1/4 and IV absent. Spermathecae (Fig. 19) with two receptacles with slight subapical constriction, with wide bases without any lateral branches. Abdomen (Fig. 17): urticating setae type I and type III.
Males: unknown.
Additional examined material: one female, Cuba, 28.XI.1989, A. R. Estrada leg. One female, Cuba, 28.XI.1989, A. R. Estrada leg. (Personal collection. Alayón Garcia).
Distribution: Only known from the type–locality: Monte Cocuyo, Havana, Cuba.
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 84-85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4779.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3831748