Abdomegaphobema

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Abdomegaphobema
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A. mesomelas in Costa Rica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Abdomegaphobema
Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Léon-E., Cisneros-Heredia, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 [1]
Type species
Eurypelma mesomelas
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Species

2, see text

Abdomegaphobema is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. [2]

Contents

Distribution

Both described species are endemic to Costa Rica. [2]

Taxonomy

Both species were transferred to this newly erected genus from Megaphobema in 2023. [1]

Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes two species: [2]

References

  1. 1 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.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Abdomegaphobema Sherwood, Gabriel, Peñaherrera-R., Léon-E., Cisneros-Heredia, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-28.


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