Taxon details
Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2021-10-28
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001945]
- Distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (AR-4575) (Sherwood & Gabriel, 2020c)
Hapalopus pentaloris F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897a: 31, pl. 2, f. 2-3, pl. 3, f. 2 (f, Dm).
Hapalopus pentaloris Smith, 1986b: 84, f. 43h (m).
Hapalopus pentaloris Smith, 1987d: 84, f. 43h (m).
Pseudoschizopelma pentalore Smith, 1995: 187, f. 1041-1061 (Tmf from Hapalopus).
Pseudoschizopelma pentalore Schmidt, 1997g: 17, f. 115-118 (mf).
Davus pentalore Schmidt, 1998h: 17, f. 115-118.
Pseudoschizopelma pentalore Vol, 1999a: 13, f. V (f).
Davus pentaloris Peters, 2003: 166, f. 660, 662-663 (mf).
Davus pentaloris Schmidt, 2003f: 9, f. 6-7 (m).
Davus pentaloris Schmidt, 2003l: 131, f. 148-151 (mf).
Davus pentalore Peters, 2005b: 56, f. 176-180 (mf).
Davus pentaloris Schmidt, 2005c: 15, f. 3-5 (mf).
Davus mozinno Estrada-Alvarez, 2014: 59, f. 31-34 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047630].
Davus pentaloris Gabriel, 2016: 67, f. 10-18, 36, 39, 42-43, 45 (mf, S of Davus mozinno).
Davus pentaloris Gabriel, 2020b: 32, f. 4-26 (m).
Davus aff. pentaloris Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2021: 79, f. 2A-O, 3A-F, 4A-J, 5A-H, 6A-L, 7A-G, 8A-F (mf).
Candia-Ramírez, D. T. & Francke, O. F. (2021). 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 
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Estrada-Alvarez, J. C. (2014). New data from mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) of Estado de Mexico, with taxonomic comments about the genus Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892. Dugesiana 21(1): 55-66. -- Show included taxa
Gabriel, R. (2016). Revised taxonomic placement of the species in the Central American genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, with comments on species in related genera (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 17(2): 61-92. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61 -- Show included taxa
Gabriel, R. (2020b). Some notes and observations on the variation in abdominal pattern, colour and other features in species of the genus Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Journal of the British Tarantula Society 35(2): 30-48. -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2003). Tarantulas of the world: Amerika's Vogelspinnen. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 328 pp. [Longhorn & Gabriel, 2019: 109: "We consider much of the information in Peters (2003) as erroneous"] -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, 130 pp. -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1897a). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 1-40, pl. 1-3. [for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011] -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1997g). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnologisches Magazin 3(Sonderausgabe): 1-27. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (1998h). Bestimmungsschlüssel für die Gattungen der Unterfamilie Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). 2. Aktualisierte Auflage. Arachnologisches Magazin Sonderausgabe 4: 1-28. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003f). Amerikanische Bezeichnungen von Vogelspinnen. Tarantulas of the World 80: 5-12. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2005c). Die Gattung Davus O. P.-Cambridge, 1892 (Arachnida: Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae). Tarantulas of the World 104: 7-18. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1888b). Etudes arachnologiques. 21e Mémoire. XXIX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'Amérique centrale et des Antilles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 8: 203-216. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1995). Tarantula Spiders: Tarantulas of the U.S.A. and Mexico. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 196 pp. -- Show included taxa
Vol, F. (1999a). A propos d'une spermatheque inhabituelle. Arachnides 42: 1-13. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-28 | New taxonomic reference entry | Candia-Ramírez & Francke, 2021 | n/a |
| 2021-10-24 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel, 2020b | n/a |
| 2020-06-15 | Species distribution update | Gabriel, 2016 | n/a (Old value) |
| 2016-10-03 | Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon | Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891) | |
| 2016-10-03 | Species synonymy | Gabriel, 2016 | Davus mozinno synonymized with Davus pentaloris |
| 2016-10-03 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel, 2016 | n/a |
| 2015-06-01 | Species updated | Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 | Species epithet corrected (Old value) |
| 2015-06-01 | Species transferred to new genus | Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 | Species transferred from Cyclosternum to Davus |
| 2014-09-14 | Species distribution update | Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 | n/a (Old value) |