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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 |
| 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.
See also
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.
- https://lk.chm-cbd.net/sites/lk/files/2022-06/Biodiversity_ProfileSriLanka.pdf
- https://phys.org/news/2017-12-species-california-academy-sciences.html
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