Marengo sachintendulkar: Rare Species of Asian Jumping Spider
Dhruv Prajapati, a PhD research scholar in spider taxonomy with the Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation, recently discovered two new species of spiders. He named one after Sachin and the other after Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara, who played an important role in creating awareness about education in Kerala.
Highlights
- There are nearly 48,000 types of spiders found worldwide, spread across 120 families. The two new species belong to Indomarengo genus and Marengo genus of Asian jumping spiders.
- Marengo sachintendulkar: It was found in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat. The specimens of this species were collected in 2015, but the ....
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