Taxon details
Megaphobema robustum (Ausserer, 1875)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-01-18
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002230]
- Distribution: Colombia
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- Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 1m 1f 1jm (1890.7.1.369–371) (Sherwood et al., 2023f)
Megaphobema robustum Pocock, 1901c: 546.
Megaphobema robusta Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1979: 295, f. 41-45 (m).
Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1986b: 158, f. 61h (m).
Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1987d: 158, f. 61h (m).
Megaphobema robusta Smith, 1991a: 15, f. 1-8 (m).
Megaphobema robusta Schmidt, 1991b: 11, f. 1 (Df; f of Ausserer is a juvenile m).
Megaphobema robusta Schmidt, 1993d: 91, f. 244, 247-248 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53, f. 28 (m).
Megaphobema robustum Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 203, 207-208 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Peters, 2000b: 52, f. 136-138 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Peters, 2003: 232, f. 937-938, 941 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Schmidt, 2003l: 138, f. 209-211 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015: 103, f. 15 (f).
Megaphobema robustum Sherwood et al., 2023f: 920, f. 143-154 (mf).
Megaphobema robustum Gabriel, 2024: 11, f. 8-10, 16-17 (m).
Ausserer, A. (1875). Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autor). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 25: 125-206, pl. 5-7. 
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Gabriel, R. & Longhorn, S. J. (2015). Revised generic placement of Brachypelma embrithes (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) and Brachypelma angustum Valerio, 1980, with definition of the taxonomic features for identification of female Sericopelma Ausserer, 1875 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 526: 75-104. doi:10.3897/zookeys.526.6315 -- Show included taxa
Gabriel, R. (2024). What’s this with all these Megaphobema and Pamphobeteus petersi changes and why?. British Tarantula Society Journal 38(3): 5-18. -- Show included taxa
Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] -- Show included taxa
Pocock, R. I. (1901c). Some new and old genera of S.-American Avicularidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 8(48): 540-555. doi:10.1080/03745480109443359 -- Show included taxa
Schiapelli, R. D. & Gerschman de P., B. S. (1979). Las arañas de la subfamilia Theraphosinae (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia (Ent.) 5: 287-300. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1991b). Revision der Gattung Megaphobema (Araneida: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Arachnologischer Anzeiger 13: 11-13. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1993d). Vogelspinnen: Vorkommen, Lebensweise, Haltung und Zucht, mit Bestimmungsschlüsseln für alle Gattungen, Vierte Auflage. Landbuch, Hannover, 151 pp. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P., León-E., R. J., Cisneros-Heredia, D. F., Brescovit, A. D. & Lucas, S. M. (2023f). 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 -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1991a). A revision of the genus Megaphobema Pocock 1901 (Araneida; Theraphosidae; Theraphosinae). British Tarantula Society Journal 6(1): 14-19. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-18 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel, 2024 | n/a |
| 2023-11-03 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood et al., 2023f | n/a |
| 2015-11-06 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel & Longhorn, 2015 | n/a |