Biology:Davus pentaloris
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Davus |
| Species: | D. pentaloris
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| Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888)[1]
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Davus pentaloris is a species of New World tarantula (family Theraphosidae) native to Mexico and Guatemala. Davus was at one time considered to be a synonym of Cyclosternum, and its species were placed in that genus, but this is no longer accepted.[1]
D. pentaloris has been found to display high morphological variation across its widespread distribution.[2] Due to the typically low dispersal capability of tarantulas and associated high levels of local endemism this led to a hypothesis of hidden diversity within the species, with the high morphological variation suspected to be evidence that D. pentaloris is actually a species complex.[3] Morphological and molecular analyses employing mtDNA data led to the recognition of 13 clearly diagnosable species, with 12 of them being new to science.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taxon details Davus pentaloris (Simon, 1888)", World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern), http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/37348, retrieved 2016-05-23
- ↑ 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: 61-92. doi:10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61. https://doi.org/10.13156/arac.2006.17.2.61.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Candia-Ramírez, Daniela T.; Francke, Oscar 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. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa107.
- E. Simon (1888). "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.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1647230 entry
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