Pamphobeteus
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| Pamphobeteus | |
|---|---|
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| 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.
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
- 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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