A team of researchers from Kerala and Tamil Nadu have discovered two new species of jumping spiders that belong to the genus Afraflacilla. Only three species belonging to the genus had been hitherto discovered in the country.

Specimens of Afraflacilla kerala were spotted in Kuttanad and Irinjalakuda by researchers Nishi Babu of Kerala University and Rishikesh Tripathi of Christ College, Irinjalakuda, while M. Sampathkumar of ICAR – National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), Bengaluru, discovered Afraflacilla adavathurensis from Adavathur in Tiruchirappalli.