Pamphobeteus
| Pamphobeteus | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pamphobeteus nigricolor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lasiodora nigricolor Ausserer, 1875[1] | |
Pamphobeteus is a genus of tarantulas (family 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.[2]
Species
As of May 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:[1]
- 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) (type species) – Colombia, Brazil
- Pamphobeteus ornatus Pocock, 1903 – Panama, Colombia
- Pamphobeteus petersi Schmidt, 2002 – Ecuador, Peru
- Pamphobeteus ultramarinus Schmidt, 1995 – Ecuador
- Pamphobeteus vespertinus (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
References
- 1 2 3 "Gen. Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-05-21
- ↑ Bertani, Rogério; Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri & da Silva Júnior, Pedro Ismael (2008), "Two new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ" (PDF), Zootaxa, 1826: 45–58, retrieved 2016-05-21
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