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Rare species of spider found again after 150 years
Why it is in news?
- Scientists rediscovered after 150 years a rare species of spider, which was believed have become extinct, from Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WWS) located in the Western Ghats region of Kerala.
- World famous Arachnologist Dr. Ferdinand Anton France Karsch of Berlin Zoological Museum, Germany, had described the inventory of a species of spider from Periyej Lake in Gujarat in 1868.But subsequently, it had vanished.
- The spider belonged to the family of jumping spiders (Salticidae) and scientifically named as Chrysilla volupes.
- Karsch’s inventory was based only on male specimen.
- But this time they found both male and female spiders.
- This species is found in India, Sri Lanka and Bhutan.
Source
The Hindu