Devendra amaiti
| Devendra amaiti | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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.[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]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (2017-12-18). "85 new species described by the California Academy of Sciences in 2017". Phys.org.