Species ID

[Craig Williams]

Hey, hopefully you can help, just had a spider brought in our shop as a "Stripe Knee". I know this is usually A seemani but it definately isn't one. It looks very similar to A geniculata but has a pale grey coloured carapace rather than black. I'm currently searching through all the pics i can find hoping to get lucky and spot it but maybe you guys can recognise the description quicker than i can find it. I've no pictures of this paticular T at the moment, but will get one when i go in tomorrow.

Thanks
Craig

[Craig Williams]

I think i might have found it. From the pics I think it's Nhandu chromatus but will post a picture tomorrow to see if anyone agrees.

[Zoltan Mihaly Lestyan]

Hi Craig,

From the description you wrote down, sounds like it could be Nhandu chromatus, but still post some pictures when you can please, just to be sure.

[Craig Mackay]

What size is the spider? Female and subadult N. chromatus tend to have a creamy/tan coloured carapace and mature males have a dark grey/black carapace. Younger specimens tend to have a light grey colouring on their carapace so if its smaller then it does sound more like N. chromatus. Best way is to get a pic up for us to see.

[Kirk McNulty]

It does sound like Nhandu chromatus but there's a slight possibility it may be Lasiodora cristata.

[Craig Mackay]

It does sound like Nhandu chromatus but there's a slight possibility it may be Lasiodora cristata.

Lasiodora cristata is Nhandu chromatus as far as I'm aware.

[Zoltan Mihaly Lestyan]

Hi Craig & Kirk,

In the pet trade what was and still is sold as Lasiodora cristata is actually Nhandu chromatus described by Schmidt in 2004, before it was believed to be L. cristata, but it was misidentification. However, the two species aren't synonymous, they are two distinct species, just L. cristata isn't present in the hobby.

[Craig Williams]

Thanks for the replies everyone, sorry it's taken me a while to get the picture up (hopefully it'll work).

[chris carter]

I have three but i still call them Vitalius cristatus

[Zoltan Mihaly Lestyan]

Hi Craig,

Thanks for the replies everyone, sorry it's taken me a while to get the picture up (hopefully it'll work).

It's Nhandu chromatus all right!

[Craig Mackay]

Definately N. chromatus. They're hugely underated spiders in my eyes!

[Craig Williams]

Thanks for your help everyone. She has now be labeled up correctly.