Three years ago, Kulkarni discovered another species of jumping spider, this time from the Baner hills, and named it Okinawicius tekdi. (File Photo) A scientist from the city has discovered a species of jumping spider and named it Mogrus Pune. On May 31, 2024, Atharva Kulkarni, who has an MSc in Environmental Science from MIT World Peace University, was at the Alfa Laval Biodiversity Park in Pimpri Chinchwad conducting a biodiversity survey for Eco Connect Environmental Consultancy, operated by Monali Shah, a landscape ecologist and botanist. The Alfa Laval Biodiversity Park is home to thorny trees, such as Acacia and the native Apta tree, which are the habitat of the Mogrus Pune . Kulkarni spotted the jumping spider resting on tree branches of the thorny trees. “I came to the conclusion that it’s a new species. Literature of the Mogrus genus is very poor; there is very little information when it comes to the habitat, ecology or predatory behavior of this genus.…