Devendra amaiti
| Devendra amaiti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zoropsidae |
| Genus: | Devendra |
| Species: | D. amaiti
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| Binomial name | |
| Devendra amaiti (Polotow & Griswold, 2017)
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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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ "Devendra amaiti". iNaturalist. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
- ^ "Devendra amaiti (Polotow & Griswold, 2017)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ https://lk.chm-cbd.net/sites/lk/files/2022-06/Biodiversity_ProfileSriLanka.pdf
- ^ https://phys.org/news/2017-12-species-california-academy-sciences.html