{"id":32131,"date":"2025-04-16T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T09:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=32131"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T12:11:49","slug":"clinidium-lalitae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/clinidium-lalitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinidium lalitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clinidium lalitae Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently identified a new species of beetle named, Clinidium lalitae, from the northeast.<\/p>\n<h2>About Clinidium lalitae<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a newly found <strong>species of beetle.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was discovered in the <strong>Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It has been named &#8216;Clinidium lalitae&#8217;, in<strong> tribute to the late Dr. Lalita Ray Chaudhury<\/strong>, a <strong>respected coleopterologis<\/strong>t and former scientist at Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) .<\/li>\n<li>The &#8216;Clinidium lalitae&#8217; beetle is characterised by its unique morphology and belongs to a rare<strong> group of ground beetles<\/strong> that<strong> inhabit forest floors.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>These beetles play a significant ecological<strong> role in nutrient cycling and soil health.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is located in the Lower Subansiri district of <strong>Arunachal Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Situated at an elevation range of 1,200 to 3,000 meters above sea level, it spans an area of approximately 337 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>contains 20 percent of the floral and faunal species in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers like Pange, Sipu, Karing, and Subansiri<\/strong> flow through the sanctuary.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary is home to the <strong>Apatani tribe<\/strong>, known for their unique customs, traditions, and handicrafts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a stunning spectrum of<strong> subtropical and alpine forests<\/strong> like silver<strong> fir trees, ferns, orchids, bamboo, and rhododendron.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pleioblastus simone <\/strong>is a <strong>bamboo variety only found in Talley Valley.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also home to several <strong>medicinal plants <\/strong>and herbs used by the local tribes for traditional medicine.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>: It is home to a variety of animal species such as <strong>elephants, barking deer, giant squirrels, <\/strong>porcupines, leopards, <strong>clouded leopards<\/strong>, wild boars, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtribune.com\/north-east\/new-beetle-species-discovered-in-northeast-by-zsi-scientists-1574238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinidium lalitae is a newly discovered species of beetle, adding to the diversity of the ground beetle family and contributing to entomological research and taxonomy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":32132,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[149,21,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-32131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-clinidium-ialitae","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32131","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\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}