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.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/new-species-of-spider-and-millipede-discovered/article38383375.ece