THE SPIDERS OF THE TELENGANA
Telangana, the newly formed State in India, now got a spider named after it: the Telangana crab spider. The spider is named Thomisus telanganensis, which also resemble crabs and so, called ‘Crab spiders’.
Research scholar G.B. Pravalikha and Assistant Professor Chelmala Srinivasulu from the Zoology Department of Osmania University chanced upon a female of the species on an expedition at Nagnur in Karimnagar district.
The spiders of the Thomisidae family structurally resemble crabs and are hence called “crab spiders”. The Telangana variety has a tendency to walk sideways like crabs. They are also known as “flower spiders” as they lie in wait for prey on flowering plants.
The study supported by grants from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Union Department of Science and Technology, and the University Grants Commission is published in the recent issue of the Journal of Threatened Taxa.
Research scholar G.B. Pravalikha and Assistant Professor Chelmala Srinivasulu from the Zoology Department of Osmania University chanced upon a female of the species on an expedition at Nagnur in Karimnagar district.
The spiders of the Thomisidae family structurally resemble crabs and are hence called “crab spiders”. The Telangana variety has a tendency to walk sideways like crabs. They are also known as “flower spiders” as they lie in wait for prey on flowering plants.
The study supported by grants from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Union Department of Science and Technology, and the University Grants Commission is published in the recent issue of the Journal of Threatened Taxa.
Link: http://threatenedtaxa.org
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