Davus

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
Davus fasciatus
Scientific classification
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

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^[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

• 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