Biology:Pamphobeteus nigricolor

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Short description: Species of spider

Pamphobeteus nigricolor
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Pamphobeteus
Species:
P. nigricolor
Binomial name
Pamphobeteus nigricolor
(Ausserer, 1875)

Pamphobeteus nigricolor is a large species of tarantula found in Colombia, Peru and Brazil . First described in 1875 by Anton Ausserer as Lasiodora nigricolor, in 1901 Reginald Innes Pocock moved it to the new genus Pamphobeteus, and designated it as the genus's type species.

References

A juvenile with the distinctive black and red Christmas tree marking

Wikidata ☰ Q1647286 entry