World Spider Catalog

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: for the year of description (1869 vs. 1870) see Sherwood et al., 2021: 396, Breitling, 2021b published a different opinion; Raven, 1994: 333 considered the Trichopelmatinae (genera Trichopelma and Psalistops) to belong to the Theraphosidae rather than to Barychelidae, but has not provided a phylogenetic argument for this change; Trichopelma was finally transferred to the Theraphosidae (Guadanucci, 2014: 514) as well as Psalistops (Mori & Bertani, 2020: 37), so in fact Trichopelmatinae is now transferred to Theraphosidae; the monophyly of Theraphosidae and of the most recognized theraphosid subfamilies was confirmed by Lüddecke et al., 2018 and by Foley et al., 2019.

Gen. Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04261

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, 1892 | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001934

Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892b: 91, pl. 12, f. 4 (Dm; legend reads Pella fasciata) Original description

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)

Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888) | | Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001945

Crypsidromus pentaloris Simon, 1888b: 216 (Df) Original description

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)

Davus ruficeps (Simon, 1891) | | Costa Rica, Nicaragua urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048738

Hapalopus ruficeps Simon, 1891a: 109 (Df)

Metriopelma zebrata Banks, 1909a: 195, pl. 5, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002240] Original description

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 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048739

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