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.

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

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

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

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Lasiodora C. L. Koch, 1850". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. 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.


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