The process of identification really is just a multiple choice question, but with a lot of possible answers you generate yourself including "none of the above." What I do with my own IDs is to first identify the subfamily, produce a list of all genera in the subfamily, then start crossing off those that are obviously not it. Afterwards, I have a list of fewer, but still a lot, of possible matches. Then I start looking at taxonomy papers for the remaining genera in the list and compare the descriptions to what I see in my microscope and start crossing off more from the list until I have even fewer possibilities. Once the tarantula is identified to genus, I start the whole process over again for the species within the genus. To get accurate results, you have to assume the scientific name on the price list of every dealer is wrong and approach an identification without bias.
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