''Devendra'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
Asia
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n
false wolf spiders first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen
Pekka T. Lehtinen (born 1934) is a Finnish arachnology, arachnologist and taxonomy (biology), taxonomist. He is known for his works in systematics and for the many expeditions in which he has participated.
Biography
Lehtinen was born on 5 April ...
in 1967.
The genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to Sri Lanka.
Species
it contains five species:
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Devendra amaiti''
Polotow & Griswold, 2017 — Sri Lanka
*''
Devendra pardalis''
(Simon, 1898) — Sri Lanka
*''
Devendra pumilus
Devendra () is a common Indian masculine given name. It comes from Sanskrit ' 'chief of the gods', which has been used as an epithet of the Vedic god Indra.
Notable people with the name include:
*Devendra Banhart, Venezuelan/American musician ...
''
(Simon, 1898) — Sri Lanka
*''
Devendra saama''
Polotow & Griswold, 2017 — Sri Lanka
*''
Devendra seriatus''
(Simon, 1898) — Sri Lanka
References
Araneomorphae genera
Zoropsidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Taxa named by Pekka T. Lehtinen
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