Devicarina guidonae Moeller, Galleti-Lima & Guadanucci, 2024

Described by José Paulo Leite Guadanucci, Arthur Galleti-Lima, Wolf J Moeller

♂ Male described

Male © W. Moeller

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Moeller, W. J., 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.

Distribution

Brazil

Type Locality: Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara, Piauí

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 3 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Brazil. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 502 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

Named in honor of the French-Brazilian archaeologist Dr Niède Guidon, for her fundamental contribution to the creation and preservation of the Serra da Capivara National Park.

Specimen Records (3)

CAD 1443 ♂ Holotype Brazil

Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara, Piauí

October 2017 · col. R. Fonseca-Ferreira

Holotype male of Hapalopus guidonae.

CAD 1446-1447 ♂ Paratype Brazil

Manga, Mata de Babagaçu, Maranhão

July 2023 · col. A. Galleti-Lima, R.P. Indicatti, L. Carvalho and J.P.L. Guadanucci

Two paratype males of Hapalopus guidonae.

CAD 1448-1449 ♂ Paratype Brazil

São Raimundo das Mangabeiras, Campo Mamão, Maranhão

July 2023 · col. A. Galleti-Lima, R.P. Indicatti, B. Gambaré and J.P.L. Guadanucci

Two paratype males of Hapalopus guidonae.

Taxonomic History

Transferred from Hapalopus to Devicarina by Sherwood et al. (2025).

Bibliography (2)

Sherwood, D., Gabriel, R., Peñaherrera-R., P. J., León-E, R. J., Rollard, C., Leguin, E., 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.