Acanthoscurria geniculata male ??

[Aaron Annal]

Just a quick Question i'm hoping someone can answer for me.
I have a male white knee here that was picked up from a rescue center and i would like if possible to make sure its a Acanthoscurria geniculata male so i can then try and mate him with my female i have.
To me it looks like it is but i am not an expert at IDing a species but do try hard lol.
So to the pics



He wasnt overly impressed with me taking pics as you can see


I hope the pics are gd enough to be able to ID him
Thanx in advance
Aaron

[Aaron Annal]

Anybody want to confirm my thoughts or tell me how wrong i am lol ??

[James Box]

i can't tell you what it is unfortunately, but looking at the BTS Theraphosidae gallery...sadly there isn't a male of A. geniculata present, but there is a pic of a male Nhandu chromatus, which looks superficially similar to yours.
if your male isn't A. geniculata, my guess is that it'd be N. chromatus, as they are kinda similar looking, as far as the leg striping goes. the carapace and i think the length of the setea on the legs may be a difference to check.

here's one i googled for

http://www.minaxtarantulas.se/galleri/bilder/a_geniculata_male.jpg

just a guess, but to me yours looks a tad more like N. chromatus then it does A. geniculata

[Aaron Annal]

Cheers James i have been sent some pics of a male A.geniculata and looks similar but that has recently matured so looks alot brighter than the 1 i have so still unsure lol
Aaron

[James Box]

hopefully someone that knows a few characteristics of both will reply and help you clear it up!!

[Alexander Ramsey]

HI, I don't know how much this'll help? I've attached a pic of my A. geniculata MM and my juvi N. chromatus, and you can see the abdomen of the geniculata is black with black hairs. I read that Nhandu's generally have a red colour to the hair on the abdomen although its quite dull on the pic (pic's about 2 week old and its cast today). However I also have a N. carapoensis that looks very similar to the chromatus lol.
So I would guess you have a Nhandu but not exactly sure which?

[Aaron Annal]

Hi Alexander,
Thanx for your post i think your right by looking at your pics and others on the net i'm 99.9% sure he is not A.geniculata male so he wont be getting any luck in my house lol
Cheers Aaron

[stuart longhorn]

No. i dont think its Acanthoscurria. Yes, im quite sure it is a N.chromatus male. Of course, the best option is to look at the shape of the palpal bulbs.

I found a picture of a mature male Nhandu chromatus in about 3 seconds with google, but i wont be naughty and post a link to a(nother) photo thats not mine...

Now, any chance you could save him for taxonomy? If/when he dies, can you freeze him, then bring his remains to the next meeting, like the BTS show in may? (of course if he is still alive but useless for breeding i would still like to get him for a taxonomy collection please).