Pamphobeteus
| Pamphobeteus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| P. nigricolor | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Theraphosinae |
| Genus: | Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| Lasiodora nigricolor Ausserer, 1875 | |
| Diversity | |
| 14 species | |
Pamphobeteus is a genus of tarantulas (Theraphosidae) native to northwestern South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil. It includes some of the largest spiders in the world. Pamphobeteus was first believed to be a member of the Lasidora genus, but was later distinguished by the lack of scopulae on the inferior side of the first leg femur and the differences in the organ for stridulation.[1]
Species
- Pamphobeteus antinous Pocock, 1903 — Peru, Bolivia
- Pamphobeteus augusti (Simon, 1889) — Ecuador
- Pamphobeteus crassifemur Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 — Brazil
- Pamphobeteus ferox (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia
- Pamphobeteus fortis (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia
- Pamphobeteus grandis Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 — Brazil
- Pamphobeteus insignis Pocock, 1903 — Colombia
- Pamphobeteus nigricolor (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia to Bolivia
- Pamphobeteus ornatus Pocock, 1903 — Panama, Colombia
- Pamphobeteus petersi Schmidt, 2002 — Ecuador, Peru
- Pamphobeteus ultramarinus Schmidt, 1995 — Ecuador
- Pamphobeteus vespertinus (Simon, 1889) — Ecuador
References
- ↑ http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01826p058.pdf[Zootaxa Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock 1901 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ, Introduction
- Rogério Bertani, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, Pedro Ismael da Silva Júnior (2008). "Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ". Zootaxa 1826: 45–58. PDF
- Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
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