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| female D. guidonae | |
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| juvenile D. guidonae | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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, 20251 |
| Type species | |
| Hapalopus akroa Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024
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Devicarina is a genus of spiders in the family Theraphosidae.2
Distribution
The genus Devicarina is endemic to Brazil.2
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.1
D. akroa honors the Akroá people. D. guidonae is named after French-Brazilian archaeologist Niède Guidon (1933–2025).3
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes two species:2
- Devicarina akroa (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) – Brazil
- Devicarina guidonae (Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024) – Brazil
References
References
- 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.
- "Gen. Devicarina Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Gabriel, Léon-E., Rollard, Leguin, Brescovit & Lucas, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
- 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.