New species of spider and millipede discovered
Context: New species of spider and millipede discovered.
Carrhotus tholpettyensis
- This new species of spider was found from the moist deciduous forest of Tholpetty range of the wildlife sanctuary in Western Ghats.
- It is a nocturnal jumping spider that hides under leaves during day time and comes out only in the night for feeding.
Delarthrum anomalans
- It is a new species of millipede discovered from Calicut University campus.
- These flat millipedes live under leaf litter.
- They hide beneath the soil during the span of the dry period and resurface only in the wet season.
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