• Source: Pamphobeteus

Pamphobeteus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. It includes some of the largest spiders in the world. They are found in South America, including the countries of Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and Panama.




Description


The males of the Pamphobeteus genus have a spoon shaped or thin embolus in the palpal bulb with elongate retrolateral superior and apical keels. They also possess a tibial apophysis with two branches on the first pair of legs, the metatarsus of which closes between the two branches. Females can be distinguished from most genera (except Xenesthis and Longilyra) by the large fused base of the spermathecae and short receptacles, and differs from those two genera by the presence of only ventral metatarsal scopulae on leg IV, and absence of lyriform stridulatory setae respectively.




Species


As of February 2023 it contains eighteen species, endemic to northwestern South America and Panama:

Pamphobeteus antinous Pocock, 1903 – Peru, Bolivia
Pamphobeteus augusti (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
Pamphobeteus crassifemur Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 – Brazil
Pamphobeteus ferox (Ausserer, 1875) – Colombia
Pamphobeteus fortis (Ausserer, 1875) – Colombia
Pamphobeteus grandis Bertani, Fukushima & Silva, 2008 – Brazil
Pamphobeteus insignis Pocock, 1903 – Colombia
Pamphobeteus lapola Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 – Colombia
Pamphobeteus nellieblyae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 – Ecuador
Pamphobeteus nigricolor (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Colombia and Brazil
Pamphobeteus ornatus Pocock, 1903 – Panama and Colombia
Pamphobeteus petersi Schmidt, 2002 – Ecuador and Peru
Pamphobeteus sucreorum Gabriel & Sherwood, 2022 - Panama
Pamphobeteus ultramarinus Schmidt, 1995 – Ecuador
Pamphobeteus urvinae Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 – Ecuador
Pamphobeteus verdolaga Cifuentes, Perafán & Estrada-Gomez, 2016 – Colombia
Pamphobeteus vespertinus (Simon, 1889) – Ecuador
Pamphobeteus zaruma Sherwood, Gabriel, Brescovit & Lucas, 2022 – Ecuador
Formerly included:

Pamphobeteus anomalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Proshapalopus amazonicus
Pamphobeteus benedeni (Bertkau, 1880) → Lasiodora benedeni
Pamphobeteus cephalopheus Piza, 1944 → Vitalius vellutinus
Pamphobeteus communis Piza, 1939 → Vitalius dubius
Pamphobeteus holophaeus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Eupalaestrus spinosissimus
Pamphobeteus insularis Mello-Leitão, 1923→ Vitalius wacketi
Pamphobeteus litoralis Piza, 1976→ Vitalius wacketi
Pamphobeteus masculus Piza, 1939 → Vitalius wacketi
Pamphobeteus melanocephalus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius sorocabae
Pamphobeteus mus Piza, 1944 → Vitalius dubius
Pamphobeteus piracicabensis Piza, 1933 → Vitalius dubius
Pamphobeteus platyomma Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius platyomma (Nomen dubium)
Pamphobeteus rondoniensis Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius rondoniensis (Nomen dubium)
Pamphobeteus roseus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius roseus
Pamphobeteus sorocabae Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius sorocabae
Pamphobeteus striatus Schmidt & Antonelli, 1996 → Lasiodorides striatus
Pamphobeteus tetracanthus Mello-Leitão, 1923 → Vitalius tetracanthus (Nomen dubium)
Pamphobeteus urbanicolus Soares, 1941 → Vitalius dubius
Pamphobeteus ypiranguensis Soares, 1941 → Vitalius dubius




See also


List of Theraphosidae species




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Venomik
• Pamphobeteus
• Pamphobeteus antinous
• Pamphobeteus nigricolor
• Pamphobeteus vespertinus
• Pamphobeteus fortis
• Nellie Bly
• Tarantula
• Brachypelma
• List of Theraphosidae species
• Megaphobema