Lasiodora

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Lasiodora
Lasiodora difficilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Lasiodora
C. L. Koch, 1850[1]
Type species
L. klugi
(C. L. Koch, 1841)
Species

7, see text

Lasiodora is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850.[2] They are often very large; body lengths of up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in), including the legs, are not unusual.

Diagnosis[edit]

This genus can be distinguished from other tarantulas by the presence of hairs used for stridulation on the upper area of the coxae of leg 1 and 2. Males also own a triangular keel below the apex of the palpal bulb, females also have a sclerotized (hardened by sclerotin) area between the two sections of the spermathecae.[3]

Species[edit]

As of December 2023 it contains seven species, found in Brazil:[1]

Transferred to other genera[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2023). "Gen. Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 24.5. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. pp. 1–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
  3. ^ Campolina, Carolina; Chatzaki, Maria; Bruna, Bárbara; Carmo, Anderson; de Faria, Flávia; Kalapothakisa, Evanguedes (2015). "The Venom from Lasiodora sp.: A Mygalomorph Brazilian Spider". ResearchGate. Retrieved July 19, 2022.