{"id":2035,"date":"2019-06-21T06:25:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T06:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2019-07-07T04:53:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T04:53:53","slug":"arunachal-pradesh-new-species-of-dung-beetle-found-in-tawang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/arunachal-pradesh-new-species-of-dung-beetle-found-in-tawang\/","title":{"rendered":"Arunachal Pradesh: New species of dung beetle found in Tawang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new species of&nbsp;<strong>dung beetle<\/strong>&nbsp;discovered\nin&nbsp;<strong>Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Tawang\ndistrict<\/strong>.<br>\nThe new discovery named \u2018Enoplotrupes\ntawangensis\u2019 is a 27-mm-long insect, relatively bigger than most dung beetles.<br>\nThe shining dark blue insect was first examined\nby two scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) &#8212; Kailash Chandra\nand Devanshu Gupta.&nbsp;<br>\nCzech scientist David Kr\u00e1l confirmed that he\nfound a similar specimen from Bhutan which borders the frontier state.<br>\nDung beetles feed exclusively or partially on\nfeces.&nbsp;<br>\nThey belong to the super family called\n\u2018Scarabaeoidea\u2019 and have clubbed antennae and pro-tibiae (pro-legs) modified\nfor burrowing dung inside the soil.<br>\nThe species plays an important in agriculture\nand tropical forests.&nbsp;<br>\nThey bury and consume dung and in turn improves\nnutrient recycling and soil structure.&nbsp;<br>\nFurther, they also help in seed dispersal and\nprotect livestock from pests by removing dung from nearby.<br>\n<br>\n<strong>About Arunachal Pradesh<\/strong><br>\nCapital: Itanagar<br>\nChief minister: Pema Khandu<br>\nOfficial languages: English;<br>\nPopulation: 12.6 lakhs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new species of&nbsp;dung beetle&nbsp;discovered in&nbsp;Arunachal Pradesh\u2019s Tawang district. The new discovery named \u2018Enoplotrupes tawangensis\u2019 is a 27-mm-long insect, relatively bigger than most dung beetles. The shining dark blue insect was first examined by two scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) &#8212; Kailash Chandra and Devanshu Gupta.&nbsp; Czech scientist David Kr\u00e1l confirmed that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3379,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2035\/revisions\/3379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}