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 the type locality, Parque Nacional Serra da Capivara, Piauí, 502 m. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER. 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.

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.