Lasiodora

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.[1]

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

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

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]

  • Lasiodora acanthognatha Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora benedeni Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora boliviana (Simon, 1892) – Bolivia
  • Lasiodora brevibulba (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
  • Lasiodora carinata (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
  • Lasiodora citharacantha Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora cristata (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora cryptostigma Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora curtior Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora differens Chamberlin, 1917 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora difficilis Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora dolichosterna Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora dulcicola Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora erythrocythara Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora fallax (Bertkau, 1880) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora fracta Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora icecu (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
  • Lasiodora isabellina (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora itabunae Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora klugi (C. L. Koch, 1841) (type) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora lakoi Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora mariannae Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora moreni (Holmberg, 1876) – Argentina
  • Lasiodora pantherina (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora parahybana Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora pleoplectra Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora puriscal (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
  • Lasiodora rubitarsa (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica
  • Lasiodora saeva (Walckenaer, 1837) – Uruguay
  • Lasiodora spinipes Ausserer, 1871 – Brazil
  • Lasiodora sternalis (Mello-Leitão, 1923) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora striatipes (Ausserer, 1871) – Brazil
  • Lasiodora subcanens Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil

Transferred to other genera
  • Lasiodora auronitens (Keyserling, 1891) → Pycnothele auripila
  • Lasiodora breyeri (Becker, 1878) → Metriopelma breyeri
  • 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 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

References
  1. 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.


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