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.
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.
Species it contains seven species, found in Brazil: 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
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