| Davus | |
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| Davus pentaloris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 18921 |
| Type species | |
| Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
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| Species | |
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Davus, also known as the tiger rump tarantulas,2 is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas). It was formerly included in Cyclosternum.1 They are medium to large tarantulas, found in Central America and Mexico.3
Diagnosis
They are characterized by the opisthosomal pattern which are made of several red-orange stripes. Though further identification between species is decided mainly on the palpal bulb and spermatheca morphology. As Davus pentaloris owns a high variations of size, patterning and morphology.3
Species
As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:1
- Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (type species) – Costa Rica, Panama
- Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888) – Mexico, Guatemala
- Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891) – Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
- Davus santos Gabriel, 2016 – Panama
In synonymy
- Davus drymusetes (Valerio, 1982) = Davus fasciatus
- Davus morosum (Banks, 1909) = Davus ruficeps
- Davus mozinno Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 = Davus pentaloris
- Davus zebratum (Banks, 1909) = Davus ruficeps
References
References
- "Gen. Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-10-29
- "Tiger Rump Tarantulas (Genus Davus)". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- Candia-Ramírez, Daniela T; Francke, Oscar F (2021-05-01). "Another stripe on the tiger makes no difference? Unexpected diversity in the widespread tiger tarantula Davus pentaloris (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 192 (1): 75–104. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa107. ISSN 0024-4082.