Abdomegaphobema
| Abdomegaphobema | |
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| A. mesomelas in Costa Rica | |
Scientific classification 
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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
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| Species | |
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2, see text | |
Abdomegaphobema is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Both described species are endemic to Costa Rica.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]Both species were transferred to this newly erected genus from Megaphobema in 2023.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes two species:[2]
- Abdomegaphobema mesomelas (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Costa Rica (type species)
- Abdomegaphobema peterklaasi (Schmidt, 1994) – Costa Rica
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c "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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