Spider Malenadu

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Researchers discover new species of spider in a Chikkamagaluru village, name it after Malenadu
A team of researchers exploring biodiversity in the Western Ghats has discovered a new species of spider belonging to pilia, a genus of jumping spiders, at Madhugundi village in Mudigere taluk of Chikkamagaluru.
The researchers named it “Pilia malenadu”, to give credit to the place it was found

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