Genus Monocentropus

[metallica]

Hi David,

i use a sony DSC-T7 compact digital camera and a 20/40X stereo microscope.

balfouri can be sexed at very young age.

 

[PhilR]

Think mine's coming up for a moult very soon too. Judging by your picture Eddy, I should definitely be able to sex it at this size

Do you attach the camera directly to the scope, or take the photo through the eyepiece? I have a 15x to 45x trinocular zoom scope here, but I seem to get better pictures through the eyepiece ports than on the trinocular port for some reason.

 

[metallica]

i just hold it for the eye piece Phil.

 

[PhilR]

Thanks Eddy. I'll try that

 

[GoTerps]

Monocentropus balfouri 2 inch fresh molted female.

Later, Tom

Very nice Tom!

I haven't been feeding mine enough!

Eric

 

[AubZ]

What an awesome T. Please keep the pics coming. I REALLY got to try get my hands on one of these.

 

[luna]

Monocentropus balfouri 2 inch fresh molted female.

Later, Tom

Ok... now I am confused. I was getting the impression that males were primarily blue and females mainly brown. Tom's female is a beautiful blue.

Can any of you that have them describe their requirements? Is anyone selling them in the US?

I think I like this blue spider better than the other one I thought I needed so badly.

 

[brachy]

Another genus I'd not heard of!
Nice spiders!
Monocentropus, hmm single-centre-foot!

Hi

A long time haven t been post there
I think name says single-centre-furrow. This species have only one big furrow on carapax. This run from eyes to foeva.
Have nice day

 

[T.Raab]

Monocentropus:

< (gr.) mónos = single + tò kéntron = spike + ho poús = foot

 

[brachy]

Hi

And what says it? why is this name ? And can you say what means balfouri ?
In the past lived arachnolog whose name was Balfour.

 

[zLOST]

Hi,
Mr. Timo is always right

Here are two pics of my female (both clickable):

 

[T.Raab]

Hi,

R. I. Pocock did not say why Monocentropus.

The name balfouri cames fromt he man who discovered this species, Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour.

 

[zLOST]

Hi,
I've tried to locate some single spine on the foot of this species, but found nothing. only single tarsal claw on palps, but nothing else..
Maybe he really meant the marking on carapace and misspelled it

edit: well, i'm no taxonomist at all, so i was not supposed to find anything, but at least i've tried

 

[brachy]

Hi

Hi



Zlosts queen

My first queen.

 

[brachy]

Hi

the nicest carapax

Have anybody description or only little article about of this nice spider? Zlost I m amazed.

 

[surfer]

Hi brachy,

you go the e-mail, enjoy and tell me what do you think, thx

see yaa ...

Hi

Have anybody description or only little article about of this nice spider? Zlost I m amazed.

 

[metallica]

David,

i think you have to send that to eddy_hijmensen@yahoo.com also

 

[urs]

Can I also get the description please, together with reply on the question that I've sent you on your mail David?

Best regards Uros

 

[T.Raab]

Hi,

if anybody has the Pocock Paper digital, would be nice to get it. (I still have it on paper copy). THX

 

[GoTerps]

Here's a young female....

Monocentropus balfouri

Eric