Megaphobema
Appearance
Megaphobema | |
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Megaphobema robustum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Theraphosidae |
Genus: | Megaphobema Pocock, 1901[1] |
Type species | |
M. robustum (Ausserer, 1875)
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Species | |
5, see text |
Megaphobema is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.[2] They look similar to members of Pamphobeteus except for its legs; the third and fourth pairs of legs are much larger and stronger than the first two pairs.[2]
Species
[edit]As of March 2020[update] it contains five species, found in Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, and Costa Rica:[1]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Megaphobema_mesomelas%2C_the_Orange-kneed_Tarantula_%289047963170%29.jpg/220px-Megaphobema_mesomelas%2C_the_Orange-kneed_Tarantula_%289047963170%29.jpg)
- Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt, 1994 – Costa Rica
- Megaphobema robustum (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Colombia
- Megaphobema teceae Pérez-Miles, Miglio & Bonaldo, 2006 – Brazil
- Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995 – Ecuador
M. velvetosoma Left:Brown morph Right:Black Morph
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Megaphobema Pocock, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
- ^ a b Pocock, R. I. (1901). "Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 8 (7): 540–555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359.