Are there species of mature male tarantula that lack tibial hooks.

[Roger Gan]

I'm just curious are there any species of tarantula that lack tibial hook and if that's a yes what species are they?

 

[Arachnid Addicted]

This might be helpful.

MM's without tibial hooks?

I got a mystery spider off Craigslist the other day that appears to be a MM but has no tibial hooks. Posting here and on Facebook hasn't provided a solid ID (can't get good enough pictures) but I did learn that N. carapoensis doesn't mature with hooks so that seems like the best bet so far...

arachnoboards.com

 

[Roger Gan]

This might be helpful.

MM's without tibial hooks?

I got a mystery spider off Craigslist the other day that appears to be a MM but has no tibial hooks. Posting here and on Facebook hasn't provided a solid ID (can't get good enough pictures) but I did learn that N. carapoensis doesn't mature with hooks so that seems like the best bet so far...

arachnoboards.com

Wow thx thats a lot of info but how do they mate then since they don't have the hooks to stop the female

 

[Paul Osullivan]

Wow thx thats a lot of info but how do they mate then since they don't have the hooks to stop the female

I know the Hysterocrates don't, the males just go in a get the job done! I have paired 3 species and the fenale always drums to show she is ready, where as the males don't drum oddly. Hysterocrates females rarely eatvthe male too.. the female being more co operative really helps alot

 

[Exoskeleton Invertebrates]

Hooks don’t always stop a female from eating a male. If she wants him for brunch it will happen regardless if the male has hooks or not.

 

[Paul Osullivan]

Hooks don’t always stop a female from eating a male. If she wants him for brunch it will happen regardless if the male has hooks or not.

True yes, Don't trust a female drumming haha spiders are very unpredictable lol

 

[Matt Man]

yes

 

[Matt Man]

Wow thx thats a lot of info but how do they mate then since they don't have the hooks to stop the female

they know how to talk to a girl....

 

[viper69]

Yes

 

[RezonantVoid]

I don't think any of my Phlogius males ever had hooks, and there's quite a few non tarantula primitives that lack them too

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Loads. This is the updated version of the list from the other thread.

List of species that lack tibial spurs updated for 2015

This is an updated version I've done of the list found in Ross, L.K. & R.C. West. 2005. A Listing of Male Theraphosids Which Lack Tibial Apophyses. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 20 (3): 81. I suspect Haploclastus and Loxomphalia (if it is not synonymised with Hysterocrates) also...

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[CEC]

Loads. This is the updated version of the list from the other thread.

List of species that lack tibial spurs updated for 2015

This is an updated version I've done of the list found in Ross, L.K. & R.C. West. 2005. A Listing of Male Theraphosids Which Lack Tibial Apophyses. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 20 (3): 81. I suspect Haploclastus and Loxomphalia (if it is not synonymised with Hysterocrates) also...

www.tarantulaforum.com

Well now that you've covered the many genera/species lacking tibial apophysis. I might as well add the oddballs to the discussion too.
Iridopelma mature males have two sets of tibial hooks, a hook on each tibia of the front 4 legs.

 

[Matt Man]

Well now that you've covered the many genera/species lacking tibial apophysis. I might as well add the oddballs to the discussion too.
Iridopelma mature males have two sets of tibial hooks, a hook on each tibia of the front 4 legs.

that's cause they are super kinky

 

[The Grym Reaper]

Well now that you've covered the many genera/species lacking tibial apophysis. I might as well add the oddballs to the discussion too.
Iridopelma mature males have two sets of tibial hooks, a hook on each tibia of the front 4 legs.

I will certainly look for that when my zorodes male matures.

 

[RezonantVoid]

Loads. This is the updated version of the list from the other thread.

List of species that lack tibial spurs updated for 2015

This is an updated version I've done of the list found in Ross, L.K. & R.C. West. 2005. A Listing of Male Theraphosids Which Lack Tibial Apophyses. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 20 (3): 81. I suspect Haploclastus and Loxomphalia (if it is not synonymised with Hysterocrates) also...

www.tarantulaforum.com

Very good list to know of. Very sad to see only 2 Aussie names there however, pretty much every one of our like 70 Aussie sp. lack spurs to my knowledge. At least ive never seen photos of any that did have them