Lasiodora: Difference between revisions

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Lasiodora

| image = Theraphosidae_-_Lasiodora_dificilis.JPG

| image_caption = ''Lasiodora difficilis''

| authority = [[Ludwig Carl Christian Koch|C. L. Koch]], 1850<ref name=NMBE />

| type_species = ''[[Lasiodora klugi|L. klugi]]''

| type_species_authority = (C. L. Koch, 1841)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 7, [[#Species|see text]]

'''''Lasiodora''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Theraphosidae|tarantulas]] that was first described by [[Ludwig Carl Christian Koch]] in 1850.<ref name=Koch1850>{{cite book| last=Koch| first=C. L.| year=1850| title=Übersicht des Arachnidensystems| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.39561| pages=1–77| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/39561| author-link=Ludwig Carl Christian Koch}}</ref> They are often very large; body lengths of up to {{convert|25|cm}}, including the legs, are not unusual.

== Diagnosis ==

This genus can be distinguished from other [[Tarantula|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 [[Sclerotin|sclerotized]] (hardened by [[sclerotin]]) area between the two sections of the [[Spermatheca|spermathecae]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Campolina |first1=Carolina |last2=Chatzaki |first2=Maria |last3=Bruna |first3=Bárbara |last4=Carmo |first4=Anderson |last5=de Faria |first5=Flávia |last6=Kalapothakisa |first6=Evanguedes |date=2015 |title=The Venom from Lasiodora sp.: A Mygalomorph Brazilian Spider |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308901629 |access-date=July 19, 2022 |website=ResearchGate}}</ref>

{{as of|2023|12}} it contains seven species, found in [[Brazil]]:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite journal |last1=Gloor |first1=Daniel |last2=Nentwig |first2=Wolfgang |last3=Blick |first3=Theo |last4=Kropf |first4=Christian |date=2023 |title=Gen. '''''Lasiodora''''' C. L. Koch, 1850 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3379 |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |doi=10.24436/2 |access-date=30 December 2023 |website=World Spider Catalog Version 24.5}}</ref>

*''[[Lasiodora benedeni]]'' <small>Bertkau, 1880</small> – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora camurujipe]]'' <small>Bertani, 2023</small> – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora franciscana]]'' <small>Bertani, 2023</small> – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora klugi]]'' <small>(C. L. Koch, 1841)</small> ([[Type_species|type]]) – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora parahybana]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1917</small> – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora sertaneja]]'' <small>Bertani, 2023</small> – Brazil

*''[[Lasiodora subcanens]]'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1921</small> – Brazil

=== Transferred to other genera ===

{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=*''Lasiodora auronitens'' <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> → ''[[Pycnothele auripila]]''

*''Lasiodora boliviana'' <small>(Simon, 1892)</small> → ''[[Acanthoscurria insubtilis]]''

*''Lasiodora brevibulbus'' <small>(Valerio, 1980)</small> → ''[[Crypsidromus brevibulbus]]''

*''Lasiodora breyeri'' <small>(Becker, 1878)</small> → ''[[Metriopelma breyeri]]''

*''Lasiodora carinata'' <small>(Valerio, 1980)</small> → ''[[Crypsidromus carinatus]]''

*''Lasiodora colorata'' <small>(Valerio, 1982)</small> → ''[[Hapalopus coloratus]]''

*''Lasiodora drymusetes'' <small>(Valerio, 1982</small>) → ''[[Davus fasciatus]]''

*''Lasiodora familiaris'' <small>(Simon, 1889)</small> → ''[[Cyclosternum familiare]]''

*''Lasiodora gutzkei'' <small>(Reichling, 1997)</small> → ''[[Acentropelma gutzkei]]''

*''Lasiodora icecu'' <small>(Valerio, 1980)</small> → ''[[Crypsidromus icecu]]''

*''Lasiodora isabellina'' <small>(Ausserer, 1871)</small> → ''[[Crypsidromus isabellinus]]''

*''Lasiodora lakoi'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1943</small> → ''[[Megaphobema lakoi]]''

*''Lasiodora panamana'' <small>Petrunkevitch, 1925</small> → ''[[Neischnocolus panamanus]]''

*''Lasiodora parvior'' <small>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936</small> → ''[[ Neischnocolus panamanus]]''

*''Lasiodora porteri'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1936</small> → ''[[Grammostola rosea]]''

*''Lasiodora tetricus'' <small>(Simon, 1889</small>) → ''[[Miaschistopus tetricus]]''

*''Lasiodora trinitatis'' <small>(Pocock, 1903)</small> → ''[[Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis]]''

*''Lasiodora trinitatis pauciaculeis'' <small>(Strand, 1916)</small> → ''[[Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis|Spinosatibiapalpus trinitatis pauciaculeis]]''

*''Lasiodora velox'' <small>(Pocock, 1903)</small> → ''[[Cymbiapophysa velox]]''

*''Lasiodora weijenberghi'' <small>Thorell, 1894</small> →''[[Eupalaestrus weijenberghi]]''

*''Lasiodora zebrata'' <small>(Banks, 1909)</small> → ''[[Davus ruficeps]]''}}

==See also==

* [[List of Theraphosidae species]]

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[[Category:Theraphosidae genera]]

[[Category:Spiders of Central America]]

[[Category:Spiders of South America]]

[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch]]

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