Lasiodora

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Lasiodora
Theraphosidae - Lasiodora dificilis.JPG
Lasiodora difficilis
Scientific classification e
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

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

Lasiodora is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850.[3] They are often very large; body lengths of up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in), including the legs, are not unusual. They are found in South America, including the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Argentina and Uruguay.

Diagnosis

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.[4]

Species

As of March 2020 it contains thirty-three species, found in Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Costa Rica:[1]

Transferred to other genera

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ Pérez-Miles, F.; et al. (1996). "Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". Mygalomorph. 1: 52.
  3. ^ Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. pp. 1–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561.
  4. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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