Devendra amaiti

Devendra amaiti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. It is endemic to the southern highlands of Sri Lanka.

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.

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. ↑ Biodiversity Profile: Sri Lanka’s Sixth National Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity - 2019 (PDF) (Report). Biodiversity Secretariat, Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment, Sri Lanka. 2019.
  5. ↑ California Academy of Sciences (2017-12-18). "85 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2017". Phys.org.