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Genus: Cilantica Mirza, 2024 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Cilantica devamatha (Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046891

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Described:

Distribution: India

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Arachnological Collections, Zoology, Museum, Deva Matha College, Kuravilangad (DMCK), India f (13/110; formerly coll. Prasanth & Sunil Jose, see Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014: 495) - (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b)
Paratype: Arachnology Division, Sacred Heart College (ADSH), Cochin, Kerala, India 1f (101501, formerly coll. Prasanth & Sunil Jose, see Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014: 495) - (Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b)
Holotype: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India f (SP115) of Thrigmopoeus phsycadelicus - (Sanap & Mirza, 2014)
Paratype: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), Mumbai, India 1f (SP116) of Thrigmopoeus phsycadelicus - (Sanap & Mirza, 2014)

Taxonomic References

Haploclastus devamatha Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014: 495, f. 1, 2A-I, 3A-D, 4A-D (Df) Original description

Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus Sanap & Mirza, 2014: 481, f. 1, 2a-d, 3a-c, e, 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047086]

Haploclastus devamatha Sunil Jose, 2017b: 6, f. 1C, 4A (f)

Haploclastus devamatha Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82, f. 1A-B, 2A-B (f, S of Thrigmopoeus psychedelicus)

Haploclastus devamatha Mirza, 2024: 200 (nomen nudum, not accepted here: the journal is not online only, type deposition is given, type numbers are not required)

Cilantica phsycadelicus Mirza, 2024: 200 (lapsus, T from Haploclastus, removed from S of H. devamatha, rejecting Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b: 82; not accepted here, see note above)

References

Mirza, Z. A. (2024). Systematics of the Western Ghats endemic tarantula subfamily Thrigmopoeinae with the description of a new genus and four new species. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 67(2): 183-234. doi: 10.3897/travaux.67.e112517 -- Show included taxa

Prasanth, M. T. & Sunil Jose, K. (2014). A new species of the genus Haploclastus from Western Ghats, India (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Munis Entomology and Zoology 9(1): 494-500. -- Show included taxa

Sanap, R. V. & Mirza, Z. A. (2014). A new iridescent tarantula of the genus Thrigmopoeus Pocock, 1899 from Western Ghats, India. Comptes Rendus Biologies 337(7-8): 480-486. doi: 10.1016/j.crvi.2014.06.003 -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2018b). A new synonym in the subfamily Thrigmopoeinae Pocock, 1900 (Araneae, Theraphosidae). ZooKeys 749: 81-86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.749.23414 -- Show included taxa

Sunil Jose, K. (2017b). Redescription of Haploclastus kayi Gravely, 1915 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Biosystematica 10(for 2016): 5-10. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Mirza, 2024
2025-01-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Mirza, 2024
2025-01-05	Species transferred to new genus	Mirza, 2024		Species transferred from Haploclastus to Cilantica
2018-04-22	Species updated		Old value	Author corrected
2018-04-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Sunil Jose, 2017b
2018-04-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b
2018-04-11	Species synonymy	Sankaran & Sebastian, 2018b		Haploclastus psychedelicus synonymized with Haploclastus devamatha
2014-07-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014
2014-07-10	New species inserted	Prasanth & Sunil Jose, 2014