Megaphobema

 ( Theraphosidae Genera ) 

Megaphobema is a genus of Theraphosidae that was first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1901. They look similar to members of Pamphobeteus except for its legs; the third and fourth pairs of legs are much larger and stronger than the first two pairs.

it contains four species, found in [[Ecuador]], [[Brazil]], [[Colombia]], [[Costa Rica]] and [[Peru]]:
     

• Megaphobema lakoi (Mello-Leitão, 1943) - Brazil
• Megaphobema robustum (Ausserer, 1875) (type) – Colombia
• Megaphobema teceae (Pérez-Miles, Miglio & Bonaldo, 2006) – Brazil
• Megaphobema velvetosoma (Schmidt, 1995) – Ecuador, Peru, Brazil

• List of Theraphosidae species