Davus/C. fasciatus look-a-like living in Mexico?

See http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=47457

I found yesterday between roof tiles in a meadow a Tarantula that looks extremely similar to the D. Fasciatus. However, since I found it in Mexico (state: Veracruz, near Buenavista (town)), this seems to be impossible.

Has anyone tips on how to ID this Tarantula correctly?

I understand from the other thread that there are look-a-likes living in Mexico / more spiders with this look. Any pointers on this?

Many thanks.

Aren't Bonnetina sp. from mexico? Some resemble D. faciatus.

The problem is that this one is, in my opinion, one that looks a lot like D. Faciatus. My inexperienced eyes would say: identical.

I made the following picture for comparison:



(Note that this is my first T. so if I describe things in a naive way, bare with me )

How do you know the second photo is of Davus faciatus ?

Davus pentaloris is from Guatemala (much closer to where you found this spider than Costa Rica! But still quite far away)... here's a link to a picture of D. pentaloris by Fabian Vol... CLICK HERE
Much of what we have in the hobby may be this species... or a mix.

I'm not suggesting that's what you have, on the contrary.

As per your other thread, Vol also apparently found a lookalike in Mexico.

Aren't Bonnetina sp. from mexico? Some resemble D. faciatus.

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Yes, from Mexico, but Vol just described this genus in 2000... and it only currently contains 2 species... B. cyaneifemur and B. rudloffi... neither of which resemble this spider much at all.

Fabian would be the man to ask if you could get a moult or a dead one to him (if he has the time), i know he collected the real D.pentaloris that we have C/B over here and im sure he also collected and bred a Davus.sp from Veracruz (just called D.sp "Vera cruz").

Hi,

i can't really help on this issue, and i don't think you'll get a proper ID without sending a moult to somebody who has a keen interest in NW T's...

But none the less, I saw quite a few different spiders from different locations in central america which very much looked like fasciatum, and i've heard of even more.
One of this T's is a spider which is sold in Germany as "Cyclosternum (Davus) fasciatum - large form from south mexico" (for example by T. Vinmann).
If the location should be correct, maybe this is what you have found there, whatever it is?

Just some thoughts...

GoTerps said:

How do you know the second photo is of Davus faciatus ?

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I took the picture from here:
http://www.arachnopets.com/tarantulas/tgallery/cfasciatum02.htm

GoTerps said:

Davus pentaloris is from Guatemala (much closer to where you found this spider than Costa Rica! But still quite far away)... here's a link to a picture of D. pentaloris by Fabian Vol... CLICK HERE
Much of what we have in the hobby may be this species... or a mix.

I'm not suggesting that's what you have, on the contrary.

As per your other thread, Vol also apparently found a lookalike in Mexico.

Yes, from Mexico, but Vol just described this genus in 2000... and it only currently contains 2 species... B. cyaneifemur and B. rudloffi... neither of which resemble this spider much at all.

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The D. pentaloris seems to come much closer to what I found, including the colors (I know that colors etc. doesn't say much).