Lasiodora

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.

Lasiodora
Lasiodora difficilis
Scientific classification
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

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.^[3]

Species

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

• Lasiodora benedeni Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
• Lasiodora camurujipe Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
• Lasiodora franciscana Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
• Lasiodora klugi (C. L. Koch, 1841) (type) – Brazil
• Lasiodora parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil
• Lasiodora sertaneja Bertani, 2023 – Brazil
• Lasiodora subcanens Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil

Transferred to other genera

• Lasiodora auronitens (Keyserling, 1891) → Pycnothele auripila
• Lasiodora boliviana (Simon, 1892) → Acanthoscurria insubtilis
• Lasiodora brevibulbus (Valerio, 1980) → Crypsidromus brevibulbus
• Lasiodora breyeri (Becker, 1878) → Metriopelma breyeri
• Lasiodora carinata (Valerio, 1980) → Crypsidromus carinatus
• Lasiodora colorata (Valerio, 1982) → Hapalopus coloratus
• Lasiodora drymusetes (Valerio, 1982) → Davus fasciatus
• Lasiodora familiaris (Simon, 1889) → Cyclosternum familiare
• Lasiodora gutzkei (Reichling, 1997) → Acentropelma gutzkei
• Lasiodora icecu (Valerio, 1980) → Crypsidromus icecu
• Lasiodora isabellina (Ausserer, 1871) → Crypsidromus isabellinus
• Lasiodora lakoi Mello-Leitão, 1943 → Megaphobema lakoi
• Lasiodora panamana Petrunkevitch, 1925 → Neischnocolus panamanus
• Lasiodora parvior Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 → Neischnocolus panamanus
• Lasiodora porteri Mello-Leitão, 1936 → Grammostola rosea
• Lasiodora tetricus (Simon, 1889) → Miaschistopus tetricus
• Lasiodora trinitatis (Pocock, 1903) → Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis
• Lasiodora trinitatis pauciaculeis (Strand, 1916) → Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis pauciaculeis
• Lasiodora velox (Pocock, 1903) → Cymbiapophysa velox
• Lasiodora weijenberghi Thorell, 1894 →Eupalaestrus weijenberghi
• Lasiodora zebrata (Banks, 1909) → Davus ruficeps

See also

• List of Theraphosidae species