Devicarina

Devicarina
female D. guidonae
juvenile D. guidonae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Type species
Hapalopus akroa
Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024
Species

2, see text

Devicarina is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.

Distribution

The genus Devicarina is endemic to Brazil.

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.

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

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:

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. Bibcode:2024EJTax.947...53M. doi:10.5852/ejt.2024.947.2611.