Taxon details


Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-01-18
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002231]
  • Distribution: Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
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Taxonomic references
Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1995d: 86, f. 1-4 (Dmf).
Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 1997g: 19, f. 205 (f).
Megaphobema velvetosoma Peters, 2000b: 53, f. 141-143 (mf).
Pamphobeteus petersi Schmidt, 2002e: 3, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037515].
Megaphobema velvetosoma Peters, 2003: 133, f. 946-950 (mf).
Pamphobeteus petersi Peters, 2003: 253, f. 1015, 1017-1019 (mf).
Megaphobema velvetosoma Schmidt, 2003l: 175, f. 426-428 (mf).
Pamphobeteus petersi Peters, 2005b: 89, f. 284-289 (mf).
Megaphobema velvetosoma Sherwood et al., 2023f: 921, f. 155-170 (mf, S of Pamphobeteus petersi).
Megaphobema velvetosoma Gabriel, 2024: 11, f. 4-5, 11, 18-21 (f).
References

Gabriel, R. (2024). What’s this with all these Megaphobema and Pamphobeteus petersi changes and why?. British Tarantula Society Journal 38(3): 5-18. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. download pdf -- 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"] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1995d). Die erste Megaphobema-Art aus Ekuador (Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 105: 85-90. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2002e). Eine unbeschriebene Pamphobeteus-Art (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) aus dem Grenzgebiet zwischen Ekuador und Peru. Tarantulas of the World 72: 3-11. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-01-18 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel, 2024 n/a
2023-11-03 Species distribution update Sherwood et al., 2023f n/a (Old value)
2023-11-03 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2023f n/a
2023-11-03 Species synonymy Sherwood et al., 2023f Megaphobema petersi synonymized with Megaphobema velvetosoma