Just Published Davus, Metriopelma and Shizopelma

[angelarachnid]

The genera Davus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma Becker, 1878, and Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 are redefined. The genus Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 is removed from synonymy with Stichoplastus Simon, 1903, and the genus Eurypelmella Strand, 1907b is removed from synonymy with Schizopelma F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 gen. rest. The holotype specimens of Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892, Metriopelma zebratum Banks, 1909, Metriopelma drymusetes Valerio, 1982, Metriopelma breyeri Becker, 1878, Schizopelma bicarinatum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897, and conspecifics of Cyclosternum pentaloris Simon, 1888 are redescribed. Hapalopus ruficeps Simon, 1891 is removed from synonymy with Cyclosternum pentaloris Simon, 1888 and, along with Cyclosternum fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 and Metriopelma zebratum Banks, 1909, are transferred to the genus Davus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) comb. nov. Davus santos sp. nov. is described. Davus ruficeps is regarded as senior synonym of Metriopelma zebratum syn. nov., Metriopelma drymusetes Valerio, 1982 is regarded as junior synonym of Davus fasciatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 syn. nov. Davus mozinna Estrada-Alvarez, 2014 is regarded as junior synonym of D. pentaloris syn. nov. The specimen of Metriopelma breyeri Becker, 1878 from the Natural History Museum, London, is formally nominated as topotype because the holotype is missing (see Discussion). Metriopelma familiare (Simon, 1889) and Metriopelma ledezmae Vol, 2000 are tentatively transferred to the genus Cyclosternum Ausserer, 1871 comb. nov., while Metriopelma coloratus Valerio, 1982 and Metriopelma variegatus (Caporiacco, 1955) are transferred to the genus Hapalopus Ausserer, 1875 combs. nov. Metriopelma velox Pocock, 1903, Lasiodora trinitatis (Pocock, 1903), and L. trinitatis pauciaculeis (Strand, 1916) are transferred to the genus Pseudhapalopus Strand, 1907a combs. nov. Metriopelma spinulosum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899 is transferred back to the restored genus Acentropelma Pocock, 1901 comb. rest. along with Cyclosternum macropus Ausserer, 1875, Schizopelma sorkini Smith, 1995, and Lasiodora gutzkei Reichling, 1997, transferred from Lasiodora Koch, 1850 combs. nov. Hapalopus nigriventris (Mello-Leitão, 1939) is redescribed. Lasiodora tetricus (Simon 1889) is transferred from Lasiodora Koch, 1850 to the restored genus Miaschistopus Pocock, 1897 comb. rest. The genera Neischnocolus Petrunkevitch, 1925, with its single species Neischnocolus panamanus Petrunkevitch, 1925, and Barropelma Chamberlin (1940), with its single species Barropelma parvior Chamberlin and Ivie, 1936, are removed from the synonymy of Lasiodora and restored gen. rest.

Basically there are no Davus fasciatus in the hobby everything is D. pentaloris if the carapace is black it is fasciatus if coloured pentaloris.

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

What journal was this published in?

 

[advan]

What journal was this published in?

Arachnology (2016) 17(2), 61-92

PM incoming.

 

[Chris LXXIX]

I'm not sure if I'm able to follow all of those recently new mess changes/names that jumps out :-(

Still today my "brain" keep saying Haplopelma lividum instead of C.lividum. I'm stuck in that limbo of old and romantic of once names :-s

 

[Mauri]

Shizopelma? Really hahaha....or just me thinks this is funny. (oops).

p.s like the Davus name as well...something I might call my brother as a joke.

 

[saturnthegrey]

@KezyGLA this isn't where I read it but here you go! Cyclosternum fasciatum back to Davus

 

[KezyGLA]

Looks like I will be re-labelling tomorrow

 

[saturnthegrey]

@KezyGLA I get mine on Thursday so let's hope it doesn't change back before then haha

 

[angelarachnid]

I get mine on Thursday so let's hope it doesn't change back before then haha

You will be getting [I]D. pentaloris[/I] there are no [I]D. fasciatus[/I] in the pet trade

R

 

[saturnthegrey]

@angelarachnid so C. fasciatum is now D. pentaloris?

 

[angelarachnid]

@angelarachnid so C. fasciatum is now D. pentaloris?

Nope there is Davus fasciatus which have never been in the pet trade ( I have 3 females here and dont know of any any other live ones) and there is Davus pentaloris which dealers have been selling as D. fasciatus as well as D. pentaloris.....even though both spiders look totally different ......the clues are in my post above.

R

 

[saturnthegrey]

@angelarachnid so if I purchased a cyclosternum fasciatum then that is actually pentaloris? I've read several places that MOST fasciatum are actually pentaloris but not all of them