keep in mind a spiders appearance may change during it's life cycle, so while they discribe Lasiodora parahybana as a chocolate-brown colour my two older females are basically black, the real differences between both species can be seen in the redness of the setae on the opisthosoma
Damn. I have an A. Geniculata right here next to me, and i could swear they look really identical. Even the butt, with the slightly ginger hair. Must be the Hamorii/Smithi phenomenon.
Damn. I have an A. Geniculata right here next to me, and i could swear they look really identical. Even the butt, with the slightly ginger hair. Must be the Hamorii/Smithi phenomenon.
they are still closely related i bet, but there must be some morphological feature that was significant enought to place them in seperate genera,
i have never really looked into that, but hey you could be the one combing the WSC for it
Definitely not A geniculata. Can't really say why, but to me in genics the white coloration on the legs are much brighter and pronounced than the one shown in the pic above. I agree that this is probably a Lasiodora sp..
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