Genus Pamphobeteus

[boina]

Pamphobeteus aff. nigricolor II (Colombia)
adult male

VERY cool - does the female have some color, too?

 

[xenesthis]

 

[Nara park]

Pamphobeteus Petersi Sling

 

[Nara park]

Pamphobeteus Ultramarinus Female
Young Juvie

 

[babelfish]

here is a 'new' and exciting species of the genus Pamphobeteus:

adult female


subadult female


semi- or subadult male


exciting is the the finding place of this species, namely Rio Dagua, which is the type locality of Pamphobeteus ornatus, Pocock 1903.

 

[nicodimus22]

P. platyomma male (Donatello) at 2 and 1/4 inches:

 

[Feki]

Pamphobeteus fortis adult female

 

[babelfish]

a highland species from Colombia,
adult female and semiadult male

 

[babelfish]

another highland species (1900m), found in a rather wet and cool habitat in Colombia and known as sp. Montana in the Hobby.

adult female


juvenile


spiderling with interesting abdominal pattern

 

[xenesthis]

You don't see many pics of this rare species especially 1-day post molt. This is one of my favorite tarantulas because they are large-growing (to 8.5"+), active and display well, eat frequently and on big prey and they are beautiful with the scarlet red abdominal hairs with flat black-jet black legs and carapace with scarlet fringe hairs along the top of the mandibles.

 

[nicodimus22]

P. platyomma male (Donatello) at 3 and 3/4 inches:

 

[babelfish]

highland species from Colombia (1800m), known as Pamphobeteus sp. Conani.
adult female

 

[babelfish]

Pamphobeteus verdolaga Cifuentes, Perafán & Estrada-Gomez, 2016.
altitudes up to 2200m, Colombia.
adult female

 

[pps]

Hmm, P. verdolaga = P aff. nigricolor, how is that possible? http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?scr...1984-46702016000603008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

I thought that P. aff. nigricolor looked exactly like P. aff. nigricolor II which looks completely different than this.

 

[babelfish]

there's no connection or correlation between the hobby aff. nigricolor and verdolaga.
only the same name for two different species.
and in one case this given name is probably completely senseless.

 

[YakFisher]

I purchased two of these as P. sp. esmeralda from a private collection a few months ago. Any thoughts on this being the proper identification for them? They just got rid of their juvenile color and pattern with their last molt a week or so ago. They are about 2-2.5".

 

[Ungoliant]

I purchased two of these as P. sp. esmeralda from a private collection a few months ago. Any thoughts on this being the proper identification for them? They just got rid of their juvenile color and pattern with their last molt a week or so ago. They are about 2-2.5"

I would try uploading these to Tarantula Identification.

 

[YakFisher]

I would try uploading these to Tarantula Identification.

Thanks, will do.

 

[babelfish]

adult male of Pamphobeteus ornatus:

 

[babelfish]

Pamphobeteus sp. Silvestris (Ecuador), older female