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New genus of jumping spiders
November 1 , 2024
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- Arachnologists have discovered a new genus of jumping spiders, ‘Tenkana’, found across southern India, encompassing two previously known species.
- It also introduced a new species, Tenkana jayamangali, from Karnataka.
- This new group belongs to the Plexippina subtribe of jumping spiders.
- But it is different from related groups such as Hyllus and Telamonia.
- Two species that were previously in Colopsus have now been moved to the new genus.
- They are Tenkana manu (found in south India and Sri Lanka) and Tenkana arkavathi (from Karnataka).
- Tenkana jayamangali for the first time, named after the Jayamangali river in Karnataka.
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