{"id":26365,"date":"2024-09-06T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26365"},"modified":"2025-10-15T12:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T07:14:43","slug":"carrhotus-piperus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/carrhotus-piperus\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrhotus Piperus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Carrhotus Piperus:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>new jumping spider species<\/strong> which was found on pepper (Piper nigrum) plants, about two metres above the ground.<\/li>\n<li>The specific epithet, \u2018piperus\u2019, is derived from the plant\u2019s generic name, reflecting the spider\u2019s distinctive habitat.<\/li>\n<li>This discovery again highlights the region\u2019s rich biodiversity and brings the number of known Carrhotus species <strong>in India to 10, and to 37 globally.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Feature:<\/strong> The spider is distinguishable from its closely-related species by its <strong>unique prolateral protrusion<\/strong> and beak-shaped embolus, setting it apart from other members of its genus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key facts about Palani Hills<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an eastward extension of the <strong>Western Ghats<\/strong>, in southwestern Tamil Nadu state, southern India.<\/li>\n<li>The range is a continuation of the <strong>Anaimalai Hills in Kerala state.<\/strong> In the south the hills terminate abruptly in steep slopes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: Where is Western Ghats?<\/h3>\n<p>It is a mountain range (in a stretch of 1,600 Km) parallel to the western coast of the Indian peninsula. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the 36 biodiversity hotspots in the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/new-spider-species-discovered-in-tamil-nadus-palani-hills\/article68609379.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New spider species discovered in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Palani Hills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrhotus Piperus is a new jumping spider species which was found on pepper (Piper nigrum) plants, about two metres above the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26366,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}