Devicarina

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Devicarina
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female D. guidonae
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juvenile D. guidonae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Theraphosidae
Genus: Devicarina
Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, Léon-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025 [1]
Type species
Hapalopus akroa
Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024
Species

2, see text

Devicarina is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae. [2]

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Distribution

The genus Devicarina is endemic to Brazil. [2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Latin devius "inconsistent" and carina "keel", referring to the morphology of this genus' palpal bulb, which is strongly different from related genus Hapalopus . [1]

D. akroa honors the Akroá people. D. guidonae is named after French-Brazilian archaeologist Niède Guidon (1933–2025). [3]

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Sherwood, D.; Gabriel, R.; Peñaherrera-R., P.; León-E., R. J.; Rollard, C.; Leguin, E.-A.; Brescovit, A. D.; Lucas, S. M. (2025). "On the identity of some taxa in the tarantula tribe Hapalopini, with two synonymies, and description of four new genera and three new species (Araneae: Theraphosidae)". ZooNova. 46: 1–23. doi:10.5281/zenodo.17612014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gen. Devicarina Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, Léon-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  3. ↑ Moeller, W.; Galleti-Lima, A.; Guadanucci, J. P. L. (2024). "New species of tarantulas from Brazil and notes on the Hapalopini tribe (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 947: 53–87. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2611.
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