Biology:Abdomegaphobema

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Abdomegaphobema is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.[1]

Distribution

Both described species are endemic to Costa Rica.[1]

Taxonomy

Both species were transferred to this newly erected genus from Megaphobema in 2023.[2]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes two species:[1]

  • Abdomegaphobema mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Costa Rica (type species)
  • Abdomegaphobema peterklaasi (Schmidt, 1994) – Costa Rica

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Abdomegaphobema Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Léon-E., Cisneros-Heredia, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/6508. Retrieved 2025-10-28. 
  2. Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; León-E., R. J.; Cisneros-Heredia, D. F.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2023). "Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901: redescriptions, new species and records, description of a missing sex, with taxonomic notes and changes in Megaphobema Pocock, 1901 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Arachnology 19 (6): 894–930. doi:10.13156/arac.2023.19.6.894. 

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