Megaphobema

Megaphobema is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901.^[2] 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.^[2]

Megaphobema
Megaphobema robustum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Theraphosidae
Genus:	Megaphobema Pocock, 1901[1]
Type species
M. robustum (Ausserer, 1875)
Species
4, see text

Species

As of December 2024^[update] it contains four species, found in Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru:^[1]

• 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

• List of Theraphosidae species