''Lasiodora'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

that was first described by

Ludwig Carl Christian Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medic ...

in 1850. They are often very large; body lengths of up to , including the legs, are not unusual. They are found in

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, including the countries of

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, Bolivia, Costa Rica,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

and

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Diagnosis

This genus can be distinguished from other

by the presence of hairs used for

stridulation Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts. This behavior is mostly associated with insects, but other animals are known to do this as well, such as a number of species of fish, snakes and spiders. The mech ...

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 The two palpal bulbs – also known as palpal organs and genital bulbs – are the copulatory organs of a male spider. They are borne on the last segment of the pedipalps (the front "limbs" of a spider), giving the spider an appearance often desc ...

, females also have a sclerotized (hardened by

sclerotin Sclerotin is a component of the cuticle of various Arthropoda, most familiarly insects. It is formed by cross-linking members of particular classes of protein molecules, a biochemical process called sclerotization, a form of tanning in which qu ...

) area between the two sections of the

spermathecae The spermatheca (pronounced plural: spermathecae ), also called receptaculum seminis (plural: receptacula seminis), is an organ of the female reproductive tract in insects, e.g. ants, bees, some molluscs, oligochaeta worms and certain other in ...

Species

it contains thirty-three species, found in

, Bolivia,

, and Costa Rica: *'' Lasiodora acanthognatha'' Mello-Leitão, 1921 –

*'' Lasiodora benedeni'' Bertkau, 1880 – Brazil *'' Lasiodora boliviana'' (

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, 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''

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, 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 ''Lasiodora'' is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1850. They are often very large; body lengths of up to , including the legs, are not unusual. They are found in South America, including the countrie ...

'' Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil *''

Lasiodora klugi The ''Lasiodora klugi'' (also known as the Bahia scarlet) is a tarantula endemic to Brazil. Its common name refers to the state of Bahia. The species grows from 8 to 10 inches in size and looks similar to ''Lasiodora parahybana ''Lasiodora p ...

'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) ( type) – Brazil *'' Lasiodora lakoi'' Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil *'' Lasiodora mariannae'' Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil *'' Lasiodora moreni'' (Holmberg, 1876) –

*'' Lasiodora pantherina'' ( Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil *''

Lasiodora parahybana ''Lasiodora parahybana'', the Brazilian salmon pink bird-eating tarantula, also simply known as the salmon pink or LP, is a tarantula from north-eastern Brazil and considered to be the fourth largest tarantula in the world (behind the three spe ...

'' Mello-Leitão, 1917 – Brazil *'' Lasiodora pleoplectra'' Mello-Leitão, 1921 – Brazil *'' Lasiodora puriscal'' (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica *'' Lasiodora rubitarsa'' (Valerio, 1980) – Costa Rica *'' Lasiodora saeva'' (

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, 1837) –

*'' 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

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Carl Ludwig Koch Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Diagnosis

Species

Transferred to other genera

See also

References