| Megaphobema | |
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| Megaphobema robustum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 |
| Type species | |
| M. robustum (Ausserer, 1875) | |
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Megaphobema is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. 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.
Species
As of December 2024 it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru:
- Megaphobema lakoi (Mello-Leitão, 1943) - Brazil
- Megaphobema robustum (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Colombia
- Megaphobema teceae (Pérez-Miles, Miglio & Bonaldo, 2006) – Brazil
- Megaphobema velvetosoma (Schmidt, 1995) – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
M. velvetosoma Left:Brown morph Right:Black Morph
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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