Devendra amaiti

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Devendra amaiti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zoropsidae
Genus: Devendra
Species:
D. amaiti
Binomial name
Devendra amaiti
(Polotow & Griswold, 2017)

Devendra amaiti is a species of spider of the family Zoropsidae. [1] [2] It is endemic to the southern highlands of Sri Lanka. [3] [4]

D. amaiti were first described in 2017 by Brazilian arachnologist, Daniele Polotow, and United States arachnologist, Charles Edward Griswold. The species were named after the Tamil word for peace. [5]

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References

  1. Polotow, D. & Griswold, C. (2017). Cleaning old cabinets: revealing the taxonomy of Sri Lankan wolf spiders (Araneae, Udubidae and Zoropsidae). Zootaxa 4362(1): 51-74. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.3
  2. "Devendra amaiti". iNaturalist. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  3. "Devendra amaiti (Polotow & Griswold, 2017)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. https://lk.chm-cbd.net/sites/lk/files/2022-06/Biodiversity_ProfileSriLanka.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  5. https://phys.org/news/2017-12-species-california-academy-sciences.html