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New Tarantula Species in Western Ghats
January 21 , 2025
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- A researcher described four new species of tarantulas, including one new genus, from India’s Western Ghats.
- An entirely new genus of tarantulas called Cilantica is named after the Tamil word for spider.
- The 2nd new species named Haploclastus bratocolonus (meaning “tree dweller”), makes its home in hollow trees along rivers.
- Another species, Haploclastus montanus, was found living at elevations higher than 2,000 metres (6,600 feet) in mountain forests.
- This was making it one of the highest-living tarantulas known from the region.
- Around 1,264 arachnid species are currently illegally traded worldwide.
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