''Devendra'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
Asia
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n
false wolf spiders first described by
Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.
The genus is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found elsew ...
to Sri Lanka.
Species
it contains five species:
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Devendra amaiti''
Polotow & Griswold, 2017 — Sri Lanka
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Devendra pardalis''
(Simon, 1898) — Sri Lanka
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Devendra pumilus''
(Simon, 1898) — Sri Lanka
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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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