Pamphobeteus

Taxobox
name = "Pamphobeteus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "P. nigricolor"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Theraphosidae
subfamilia = Theraphosinae
genus = "Pamphobeteus"
genus_authority = Pocock, 1901
diversity_link = List of Theraphosidae species
diversity = 12 species
type_species = "Lasiodora nigricolor"
type_species_authority = Ausserer, 1875

"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.

pecies

*"Pamphobeteus antinous" Pocock, 1903 — Peru, Bolivia
*"Pamphobeteus augusti" (Simon, 1889) — Ecuador
* "P. crassifemur" Bertani, Sayuri & Silva Jr, 2008
*"Pamphobeteus ferox" (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia
*"Pamphobeteus fortis" (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia
* "P. grandis" Bertani, Sayuri & Silva Jr, 2008
*"Pamphobeteus insignis" Pocock, 1903 — Colombia
*"Pamphobeteus nigricolor" (Ausserer, 1875) — Colombia to Bolivia
*"Pamphobeteus ornatus" Pocock, 1903 — Panama, Colombia
*"Pamphobeteus petersi" Schmidt, 2002 — Ecuador, Peru
*"Pamphobeteus ultramarinus" Schmidt, 1995 — Ecuador
*"Pamphobeteus vespertinus" (Simon, 1889) — Ecuador

References

*cite journal |author=Rogério Bertani, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, Pedro Ismael da Silva Júnior |year=2008 |title=Two new species of "Pamphobeteus" Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) from Brazil, with a new type of stridulatory organ |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1826 |pages=45–58 [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01826p058.pdf PDF]