Description and molecular characterization of a new species of tarantula, Pamphobeteus verdolaga , from Colombia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

Description and molecular characterization of a new species of tarantula, Pamphobeteus verdolaga , from Colombia (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae)

ABSTRACT A new species of Pamphobeteus Pocock, 1901, is described from the Colombian Andes, Medellín, Antioquia. The biochemistry and molecular characteristics of the venom of this new species (previously identified as Pamphobeteus aff. nigricolor ) has been already described. A detailed taxonomic s...

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Main Authors: Yeimy Cifuentes, Sebastián Estrada-Gomez, Leidy Johana Vargas-Muñoz, Carlos Perafán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Series:Zoologia (Curitiba)
Subjects:
CO1 sequence
Medellín
Neotropical
Theraphosinae
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000603008&lng=en&tlng=en

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