Current Affairs - Environment - Discussion

Odisha is the state where the new scorpion species Liocheles similipalensis was discovered in the Similipal Tiger Reserve. The species was identified through a collaboration between the Thackeray Wildlife Foundation and officials of the reserve. This discovery marks the first confirmed record of the Liocheles genus in Odisha and increases the globally recognised number of species in this genus to seven. The newly discovered scorpion measures between 44 mm and 53 mm and has a glossy, bluish-black body. It inhabits rocky areas within tropical moist deciduous forests at an elevation of around 1,000 metres.