Pamphobeteus nigricolor
| Pamphobeteus nigricolor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Aranea |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pamphobeteus |
| Species: | P. nigricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Pamphobeteus nigricolor (Ausserer, 1875) | |
Pamphobeteus nigricolor is a large species of tarantula found in Colombia and Brazil. First described in 1875 by Anton Ausserer as Lasiodora nigricolor, in 1901 Reginald Innes Pocock moved it to the new genus Pamphobeteus, and designated it as the genus's type species.
References
- 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.
A juvenile Pamphobeteus nigricolor with the distinctive black and red Christmas tree marking
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