There are so many mature male species of tarantulas lacking tibial hooks. The most iconic and distinct way to differentiate if your male tarantula has matured is through the presence of tibial hooks in addition to their enlarged pedipalps. But what if they do not posses those hooks? At maturity these species only have enlarged pedipalps.

 

We have alphabetically compiled this helpful list of current males who do not posses tibial hooks at maturity.

Genus Annandaliella:
pectinifera
travencorica

Genus Anoploscelus:
celeripes
lesserti

Genus Augacephalus:
junodi

Genus Chilobrachys:
andersoni
annandalei
assamensis
bicolor
brevipes
dyscolus
femoralis
fimbriatus
flavopilosus
fumosus
hardwicki
huahini
hubei
jingzhao
nitelinus
oculatus
paviei
pococki
sericeus
soricinus
stridulans
thorelli
tschankoensis

Genus Citharischius:
crawshayi
stridulantissimus

Genus Coremiocnemis:
cunicularia
tropix
valida

Genus Encyocratella:
olivacea

Genus Euphrictus:
spinosus
squamosus

Genus Heteroscodra:
crassipes
crassipes latithorax
maculata
pachypoda

Genus Heterothele:
affinis
atropha
caudicula
darcheni
decemnotata
gabonensis
honesta
hullwilliamsi
ogbunikia
spinipes
villosella

Genus Hysterocrates:
affinis
affinis angusticeps
apostolicus
crassipes
didymus
ederi
gigas
greeffi
greshoffi
haasi
hercules
laticeps
maximus
ochraceus
robustus
robustus sulcifer
scepticus
sjostedti
spellenbergi
vosseleri
weileri

Genus schnocolus:
algericus
andalusiacus
decoratus
fasciculatus
fuscostriatus
hancocki
holosericeus
jerusalemensis
jickelii
khasiensis
maroccanus
mogadorensis
numidus
rubropilosus
syriacus
tomentosus
triangulifer
tripolitanus
tunetanus
valentinus

Genus Lyrognathus:
crotalus
pugnax
robustus
saltator

Genus Metriopelma:
breyeri
coloratum
drymusetes
familiare
ledezmae
spinolosum
variegata
velox
zebratum

Genus Nhandu:
carapoensis

Genus Orphnaecus:
pellitus

Genus Pachistopelma (they do possess a shield of spines):
concolor
rufonigrim

Genus Phlogiellus:
aper
atriceps
baeri
bicolor
brevipes
inermis
insularis
nebulosus
ornatus
subarmatus
subinermis

Genus Phoneyusa:
antilope
belandana
bettoni
bidentata
bidentata ituriensis
bouvieri
buettneri
celerierae
chevalieri
cultridens
efuliensis
elephantiasis
gabonica
giltayi
gracilipes
gregori
lesserti
manicata
minima
mutica
nigroventris
principium
rufa
rutilata
westi

Genus Phormingochilus:
everetti
fuchsi
tigrinus

Genus Plesiophrictus:
Only certain males such as blatteri and madraspatanus have spurs – it is unknown which species do not possess spurs.

Genus Poecilotheria:
fasciata
formosa
hanumavilasumica
metallica
miranda
ornata
pederseni
pococki
regalis
rufilata
smithi
striata
subfusca
uniformis

Genus Selenocosmia:
arndsti
aruana
compta
crassipes
deliana
dichromata
effera
fuliginea
hasselti
hirtipes
honesta
imbellis
insignis
insulana
javanensis
javanensis brachyplectra
javanensis dolichoplectra
javanensis fulva
javanensis sumatrana
kovariki
kulluensis
lanceolata
lanipes
lyra
mittmannae
obscura
orophila
papuana
peerboomi
pritami
raciborskii
samarae
similis
stirlingi
strenua
strubelli
subvulpina
sutherlandi
tahanensis
valida

Genus Selenotholus:
foelschei

Genus Selenotypus:
plumipes

Genus Sericopelma:
commune
dota
fallax
ferrugineum
generala
immensum
melanotarsum
rubronitens
silvicola
striatum
upala

Genus Stromatopelma:
batesi
calceatum
calceatum griseipes
fumigatum
satanus

Genus Theraphosa:
blondi

stirmi

apophosys

Genus Thrigmopoeus:
insignis
truculentus

 

We hope this helps you in knowing which mature male species of tarantulas lack tibial hooks.

Please Note:
Original Genus List – Journal of the British Tarantula Society – ISSN 0962-449X May 2005, Vol. 20 No. 3 page 81 – A listing of male theraphosids which lack tibial apophyses by L.K. Ross and R.C. West