Acanthogonathus francki question

[Tcrazy]

What makes this Acanthogonathus francki not a tarantula. it looks like one and it has the same structure as one.

 

[metallica]

this should answer your question.

The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae) : cladistics and systematics. Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 182, article 1
Authors: Raven, Robert J.

http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/955

 

[Gigas]

I hope oneday they manage to digitise everything, untill then *reads paper*

 

[phormingochilus]

Among other things it lacks the apical process on maxilla. This is only found in Paratropidae and Theraphosidae.

Regards
Søren

What makes this Acanthogonathus francki not a tarantula. it looks like one and it has the same structure as one.