{"id":99083,"date":"2026-04-19T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=99083"},"modified":"2026-04-19T14:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:00:06","slug":"new-species-of-jumping-spiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-species-of-jumping-spiders\/","title":{"rendered":"New Species of Jumping Spiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Jumping Spiders Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A team of scientists recently discovered two new species of jumping spiders named Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune, thriving in the country&#8217;s drylands and urban green spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are two newly discovered <\/span><b>arachnids <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">belonging to the <\/span><b>genus Mogrus,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 a group of <\/span><b>medium-sized jumping spiders typically found <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>arid regions of Africa, Europe, and Asia.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mogrus shushka:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was identified in <\/span><b>Desert National Park, Rajasthan, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a region better known for its sand dunes and iconic desert wildlife.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Derived from<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Sanskrit word shushka for &#8216;dry,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216; the name reflects the extreme, <\/span><b>arid conditions in which the spider thrives.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is highly <\/span><b>adapted to intense heat, low humidity, and sandy terrain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, conditions that define the Thar desert.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of M. shushka stand out from their closest relative, M. cognatus, by having a <\/span><b>distinct triangular-shaped bump on their mating appendage,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rather than a thumb-shaped one.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>females <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">feature a <\/span><b>deep, semi-circular depression on their underside<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with short, closely spaced internal ducts.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Mogrus pune:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was discovered in the <\/span><b>Alfa Laval Biodiversity Park in Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was named after the city of Pune.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Male <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">M. pune can be easily distinguished by a <\/span><b>heart-shaped bump on its reproductive organ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and uniquely curved structures, while the <\/span><b>female <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">possesses a <\/span><b>distinctively wide and membranous central depression.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmatters.in\/news\/researchers-discover-two-new-species-jumping-spiders-indias-arid-drylands-and-urban-parks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RM<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune are newly discovered jumping spiders from the Mogrus genus, found in arid regions of Africa, Europe, and Asia. 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