Megaphobema
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Megaphobema
| image = Megaphobema_robustum_1.jpg
| image_caption = Megaphobema robustum
| authority = Pocock, 1901
| type_species = M. robustum
| type_species_authority = (Ausserer, 1875)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 4, see text
}}
Megaphobema is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.{{cite journal| last=Pocock| first=R. I.| year=1901| title=Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae| journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History| pages=540–555| volume=8| issue=7| doi=10.1080/03745480109443359| url=https://zenodo.org/record/1430516| author-link=Reginald Innes Pocock}} 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|2024|12}} it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Megaphobema Pocock, 1901| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-04-22| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3387| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- 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
{{multiple image |total_width=300 |direction=horizontal | image1=Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt.JPG |image2=Megaphobema velvetosoma black morph.jpg |footer=M. velvetosoma Left:Brown morph Right:Black Morph}}
See also
References
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Category:Spiders of Central America
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by R. I. Pocock
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