Biology:Devicarina
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Devicarina is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.[1]
Distribution
The genus Devicarina is endemic to Brazil.[1]
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.[2]
D. akroa honors the Akroá people. D. guidonae is named after French-Brazilian archaeologist Niède Guidon (1933–2025).[3]
Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes two species:[1]
- Devicarina akroa (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) – Brazil
- Devicarina guidonae (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) – Brazil
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gen. Devicarina Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, Léon-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn%3Alsid%3Anmbe.ch%3Aspidergen%3A06434. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q136996222 entry
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