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...
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Megaphobema robustum, known as the Colombian giant tarantula or Colombian giant redleg, was first described by Anton Ausserer in 1875. Found in the tropical...
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genera in the subfamily Theraphosinae: Lasiodora, Acanthoscurria, Nhandu, Megaphobema, Sericopelma, Eupalaestrus, Proshapalopus, Brachypelma, Cyrtopholis,...
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100 mm (3.9 in) ovipositor Tarantula hawk wasp dragging the tarantula Megaphobema mesomelas to her burrow; it has the most painful sting of any wasp. Of...
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Medina & Pérez-Miles, 2016 – Mexico Mascaraneus Gallon, 2005 – Mauritius Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 – Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador Melloina Brignoli, 1985...
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marxi Avicularia mendozae → Grammostola mendozae Avicularia mesomelas → Megaphobema mesomelas Avicularia minax (Thorell, 1894) → Grammostola doeringi Avicularia...
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List of Theraphosidae species (section Megaphobema)
(type) - Mauritius Megaphobema Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 Megaphobema mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) - Costa Rica Megaphobema peterklaasi Schmidt...
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Megaphobema robustum, one of the many kinds of spiders called "tarantulas"...
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Sandinista lanceolatum Euathlus mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) → Megaphobema mesomelas Euathlus pallidus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) → Aphonopelma...
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describing 932 new species including the Costa Rican redleg tarantula (Megaphobema mesomelas) and the Sydney funnel-web spider (Atrax robustus). Pickard-Cambridge...
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