The Tarantula Bibliography :: May 2012

Sphaerobothria Soares & Camargo, 1948
THERAPHOSINAE — type species: Sphaerobothria hoffmanni

Karsch, F. 1879.
Arachnologisch Beitrage.
Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. 52: 534-562.

VALERIO, C.E. 1980.
Aranas terafosidas de Costa Rica (Araneae, Theraphosidae). III. Sphaerobothria, Aphonopelma, Pterinopelma, Citharacanthus, Crypsidromus y Stichoplastus.
Rev. Biol. Trop. 28(2): 271-296.

Sphaerobothria hoffmanni Karsch, 1879
– Costa Rica, Panama
TYPE SPECIES

Karsch, F. 1879.
Arachnologisch Beitrage.
Zeitschr. ges. Naturw. 52: 534-562 [p. 536, pl. 7, fig. 1-2].

Gabriel, R., M. HÜsser, & R. Ehrler. 2012.
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni Karsch 1879 a species new to Panama (Aranae: Theraphosidae).
Newsl. Br. Arachnol. Soc. 123: 2-3.

HERRERO, M.V. 1984.
Efectos locales de las secreciones externas de Sphaerobothria hoffmanni (Araneae, Theraphosidae) de Costa Rica.
Rev. Biol. Trop. 32(2): 209-212.

HERRERO, M.V., R. BOLAÑOS & G.V. ODELL. 1982.
Racoleccion, mantenimiento y manejo de Sphaerobothria hoffmanni y Aphonopelma seemanni (Araneae, Theraphosinae) de Costa Rica.
Brenesia 19/20: 311-317.

HERRERO, M.V. & G.V. ODELL. 1988.
Algunas caracteristicas de los venenos y secreciones digestivas de Aphonopelma seemanni y Sphaerobothria hoffmanni (Araneae: Theraphosidae) de Costa Rica.
Rev. Biol. Trop. 36(2A): 241-246.

Honsa, V., R. Krejcí, C. Viquez & M. Svojgr. 2003.
South American horned spider – Sphaerobothria hoffmani.
Sklípkan 8(2): 48-50.
also published as:
Honsa, V., R. Krejcí, C. Viquez & M. Svojgr. 2004.
Costa Rican horned tarantula – Sphaerobothria hoffmani (Karsch, 1879).
Invertebrates-Magazine 3(2): 2-5.

SPINN, H. 2004a.
Vogelspinnensteckbrief Nr. 4 Sphaerobothria hoffmanni KARSCH, 1879.
Arthropoda 12(3): 5-6.

SPINN, H. 2004b.
Ergänzung zum Vogelspinnensteckbrief Nr. 4 Sphaerobothria hoffmanni KARSCH, 1879.
Arthropoda 12(4): 29.

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