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P. nigricolor | |
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Genus: | Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901
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Lasiodora nigricolor Ausserer, 1875
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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 distinguished by the lack of scopulae on the the inferior side of the first leg femur and the differences in the organ for stridulation.[1]
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edit- 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.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) PDF - Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.
Category:Theraphosidae Category:Spiders of South America Category:Spider genera
- ^ 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