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]
| Davus | |
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| Davus fasciatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
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Diagnosis
editThey 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
editAs of October 2021[update], 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c d "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.
- ^ a b 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.
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