Taxon details
Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2022-01-10
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048738]
- Distribution: Costa Rica, Nicaragua
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- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; jm (AR4573) [not f!] (Gabriel, 2016)
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).
Banks, N. (1909a). Arachnida from Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 61: 194-234. 
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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
Pérez-Miles, F., Lucas, S. M., Silva Jr., P. I. da & Bertani, R. (1996). Systematic revision and cladistic analysis of Theraphosinae (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Mygalomorph 1: 33-68. -- Show included taxa
Peters, H.-J. (2000b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 2. Published by the author, 162 pp. -- 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
Petrunkevitch, A. (1911). A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29: 1-791. -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Lucas, S. M. & Brescovit, A. D. (2021e). An anomalous spermathecae resolved after moulting events in a female of Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 with a review of spermathecal anomalies in theraphosid spiders (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 39: 139-143. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1891a). Descriptions de quelques arachnides du Costa Rica communiqués pa M. A. Getaz (de Genève). Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 16(4): 109-112. -- 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
Valerio, C. E. (1982). Arañas terafosidas de Costa Rica (Araneae, Theraphosidae). IV. Generos Metriopelma y Cyclosternum, incluyendo especies de Panama. Brenesia 19/20: 407-423. -- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-10 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood et al., 2021e | n/a |
| 2021-10-24 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel, 2020b | n/a |
| 2016-10-03 | Species synonymy | Gabriel, 2016 | Davus zebratum synonymized with Davus ruficeps |
| 2016-10-03 | New taxonomic reference entry | Gabriel, 2016 | n/a |
| 2016-10-03 | Taxonomic reference added from other taxon | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2016-10-03 | New species inserted | Gabriel, 2016 | n/a |