type Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871 by Estrada-Alvarez, 2014: 59 (see also Schmidt, 2005c, contra Valerio, 1982: 412); genus redefined by Gabriel, 2016: 65.

In synonymy:
Davus drymusetes (Valerio, 1982, T from Metriopelma) = Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (Gabriel, 2016: 65).
Davus morosus (Banks, 1909) = Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891) (Valerio, 1982: 409, sub Metriopelma zebratum).
Davus mozinno Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 = Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888) (Gabriel, 2016: 67).
Davus zebratus (Banks, 1909, T from Metriopelma) = Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891) (Gabriel, 2016: 69).

Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 91, pl. 12, f. 4 (Dm; legend reads Pella fasciata).
Davus fasciatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899a: 41, pl. 3, f. 4 (m).
Cyclosternum fasciatus Valerio, 1982: 412, f. 21-25 (m).
Metriopelma drymusetes Valerio, 1982: 410, f. 2, 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002235].
Cyclosternum fasciatus Smith, 1986b: 78, f. 17h (m).
Cyclosternum fasciatus Smith, 1987d: 78, f. 17h (m).
Cyclosternum fasciatus Hancock & Hancock, 1989: 47, f. 42 (f).
Metriopelma drymusetes Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53 (T from Crypsidromus = Lasiodora, contra Raven, 1985a).
Metriopelma drymusetes Vol, 1999a: 12, f. P1 (f).
Davus fasciatus Peters, 2000a: 114, f. 361 (m).
Davus fasciatus Peters, 2003: 165, f. 653, 658 (mf).
Davus fasciatus Schmidt, 2003l: 162, f. 346-349 (mf).
Neischnocolus drymusetes Schmidt, 2003l: 177, f. 440 (f).
Davus fasciatus Schmidt, 2005c: 12, f. 1, 7-8 (mf).
Davus fasciatus Gabriel, 2016: 65, f. 1-9, 35, 38, 44 (mf, S of Metriopelma drymusetes).

Crypsidromus pentaloris Simon, 1888b: 216 (Df).
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).

Hapalopus ruficeps Simon, 1891a: 109 (Df).
Metriopelma zebrata Banks, 1909a: 195, pl. 5, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002240].
Metriopelma morosus Banks, 1909a: 196, pl. 5, f. 16 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055994].
Crypsidromus morosus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 55.
Crypsidromus zebratus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 56.
Metriopelma zebrata Valerio, 1982: 409, f. 1, 4, 7-9, 26 (m, Df, S of Metriopelma morosum).
Metriopelma zebratum Smith, 1986b: 93, f. 81h (m).
Metriopelma zebratum Smith, 1987d: 93, f. 81h (m).
Metriopelma zebratum Pérez-Miles et al., 1996: 53 (T from Crypsidromus = Lasiodora, contra Raven, 1985a).
Metriopelma zebrata Vol, 1999a: 12, f. P4 (f).
Neischnocolus zebratus Peters, 2000b: 55, f. 147-148 (mf).
Metriopelma zebratum Peters, 2003: 238, f. 965-966 (mf).
Neischnocolus zebratus Schmidt, 2003l: 130, 178, f. 143, 441 (mf).
Davus ruficeps Gabriel, 2016: 69, f. 19-25, 40, 47-48 (mf, T from Hapalopus, removed from S with Cyclosternum pentaloris, S of Metriopelma zebratum).
Davus ruficeps Sherwood et al., 2021e: 141, f. 18 (f).

Davus santos Gabriel, 2016: 71, f. 26-34, 41, 49-51 (Dm).