Davus
Davus fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

4, see text

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]

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

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-10-29
  2. "Tiger Rump Tarantulas (Genus Davus)". iNaturalist.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
  3. 1 2 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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