Friend sent me a E. murinus for Christmas, received a hooked out MM

[vespers]

No. I've had a few MM E murinus that *did* look like that.

I've had a few that *didn't*, though.

A quick search of breeding pics and videos also back that up.

No they don't, IMO. I'll post a few links and let others decide for themselves.

pics:
http://pandinus.net/theraphosidae/images/Ephebopus_murinus_S.jpg
http://users.atw.hu/donot/fotos/fajok/e_murinus_05.jpg
http://memberfiles.freewebs.com/54/70/62817054/photos/Ephebopus/Ephebopus murinus mature male.JPG

breeding vids:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J_rJ5mg2eo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-krlg4dj6UE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rkn_k2qEv0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ5CO7J0e-M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtOo2VFEop8

In addition to the points Tom/Philth made, the shape of the carapace is very telling. Auskie's spider has a more elongated, oval-ish carapace...not the wider one that an E. murinus has. Although I agree that some more pics and more info would be helpful for a positive ID, as 14pokies mentioned. Get some better views/different camera angle. I've also seen people new to the hobby claim a male has "hooked out", but they were actually talking about the emboli and not tibial spurs.

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tibial spurs..h.albostriatum doesn't have them

I was under the impression that all Haplos had tibial spurs...

 

[Rhodin]

Since you received a mature male of the (likely)wrong species, you might be able to return it or exchange it for a different T? Even though it says no guarantee on the sex of the T saying that it's a likely female when it is easily identified as a confirmed male is deserving of a refund imo

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

That is certainly a Haplopelma male. E. murinus legs are a bit fluffier, and they don't have the tiger stripe chevron marking on the abdomen that spiders has.

Later, Tom

If I can fond my pics, I'll post them. May be in my photo thread. But I've had MM E murinus where the heart came through that appeared almost as a chevron marking. Also, from that pic, I don't see the enlarged tibia the Haplo males get.

 

[Angel Minkov]

Anyone else noticed that the old legs of the T were blue (the molt leftovers from the legs)? I'm guessing it's a mature male H. lividum.

 

[freedumbdclxvi]

I did not. You're right. With that, I have to now say it is a MM Haplo of some minax type.

 

[IHeartTs]

It kinda does look like MM lividum. I looked at some pics of e murinus males and iTs possible but the stripes on this guy just aren't prominent enough to convince me idk.