Lasiodora
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Lasiodora
| image = Theraphosidae_-_Lasiodora_dificilis.JPG
| image_caption = Lasiodora difficilis
| authority = C. L. Koch, 1850
| type_species = L. klugi
| type_species_authority = (C. L. Koch, 1841)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
}}
Lasiodora is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850.{{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}} 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 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.{{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}}
Species
{{as of|2023|12}} it contains seven species, found in Brazil:{{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}}
- 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 =
{{Div col|colwidth=30em|content=*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
References
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Category:Spiders of Central America
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch
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