Okinawicius tekdi

About Okinawicius tekdi:

• The spider has been named Okinawicius tekdi, after the Marathi word for hill, and takes the number of jumping spiders in India to 326.
• The species was first described by Atharva Kulkarni, an MSc student in environmental science from MIT-World Peace University in Pune.
• A spider species was last discovered in Pune over 30 years ago.

About Spider species:

• Spiders are a group of arthropods that have segmented bodies, a hard exoskeleton and legs that are jointed.
• One of the most defining characteristics of spiders is they have eight legs.
• Spiders are also known for spinning webs and using these webs to trap their prey.

Q1. What are evergreen forests?

Evergreen forests are forests in which there is no complete, seasonal loss of leaves (i.e., trees shed old leaves and produce new ones throughout the year, rather than during particular periods). The trees may be conifers or hardwoods. The distribution of these forests ranges through boreal, middle, and tropical latitudes. The northern coniferous forests and the equatorial rain forests (see tropical rain forests) are the most extensive evergreen forests.

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