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Pamphobeteus
P. nigricolor
Scientific classification
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Theraphosidae
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Pamphobeteus

Pocock, 1901
Type species
Lasiodora nigricolor
Ausserer, 1875
Diversity
14 species

Pamphobeteus is a

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]

Species

References

Category:Theraphosidae Category:Spiders of South America Category:Spider genera

  1. ^ 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