Money Spiders
- Money spiders have been reported for the first time in the country from the Muthanga range of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary. It has been given the name Prosoponoides biflectogynus.
- The spider belongs to the family of dwarf spiders (Linyphiidae) under the genus Prosoponoides.
- Linyphiidae spiders are commonly known as sheet weavers (from the shape of their webs).
- Only six species of spiders belonging to this genus have been identified from across the world so far.
- Both sexes are dark brown and have irregular silver patches and black spots on the elliptical abdomen.
- The species is called so as ....
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