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]

Sphaerobothria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Sphaerobothria
Karsch, 1879[1]
Species:
S. hoffmanni
Binomial name
Sphaerobothria hoffmanni
Karsch, 1879

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  1. ^ a b "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.