06-07-02-22 Daily-Kerala-KPSC Current Affairs

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New Species Of Spider And Millipede In Kerala

Researchers from Christ College, Irinjalakuda’s Department of Zoology, identified a new spider species in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary and a new millipede species on the University of Calicut’s Tenhipalam campus.

Highlights:

Carrhotus tholpettyensis is a new species of spider discovered from the moist deciduous forest of the Tholpetty range of wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats.

It’s a nocturnal jumping spider, which retreats to cover under leaves during daytime. It comes out only during already dark for feeding. As of now, 287 species of jumping spiders are reported from India.

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