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Sphaerobothria

Sphaerobothria is a monotypic genus of Central American tarantulas containing the single species, Sphaerobothria hoffmanni. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879, and is found in Panama and Costa Rica.

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Sphaerobothria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Sphaerobothria
Karsch, 18791
Species:
S. hoffmanni
Binomial name
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
Karsch, 1879

Sphaerobothria is a monotypic genus of Central American tarantulas containing the single species, Sphaerobothria hoffmanni. It was first described by Ferdinand Anton Franz Karsch in 1879,2 and is found in Panama and Costa Rica.1

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References

  1. "Gen. Sphaerobothria Karsch, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. Karsch, F. (1879). "Arachnologische Beiträge". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften. 52: 534–562.