Species list, Checklist of Family Theraphosidae (Bird-eating spiders) for Monteverde Canton (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)

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Checklist for Family Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 (Bird-eating spiders)
and region Monteverde Canton (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	35 64 67	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	31 60 64	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	22 51 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	22 51 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Mygalomorphae Pocock, 1892 Mygalomorphs, Primitive spiders	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Tuberculotae Raven, 1986	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Theraphosoidea Thorell, 1869	1 2 2	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Theraphosidae Thorell, 1870 Bird-eating spiders, Tarantula, Tarantulas	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Monteverde Canton
2 Genera with 2 Species

Megaphobema Pocock, 1892		1	Species	Taxom
Psalmopoeus Pocock, 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Monteverde Canton
2 Species

Megaphobema mesomelas Octavius Pic..., 1892	Costa Rican Red Knee
Psalmopoeus reduncus Ferdinand Ka..., 1880	Costa Rican orangemouth tarantula

Subnodes of Theraphosidae with occurrences in Monteverde Canton

Subfamily	Psalmopoeinae Samm & Schmidt, 2010	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Theraphosinae Thorell, 1870 Birdspiders, Tarantulas	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Theraphosidae at biodiversity.org.au
Theraphosidae at gbif.org
Theraphosidae at irmng.org
Theraphosidae at itis.gov