29 new insect species identified in south, North East India

ATREE, the Bengaluru-based non-profit, identified many new species of wasps and ants found in the Western Ghats and the North East in the last one year
In Karnataka’s Biligiri Rangaswamy Hills (BR Hills), a popular trekking spot, scientists from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment have discovered a new species of parasitoid wasp. They are known to inject their eggs into the bodies of other insects, killing their hosts before emerging out. It has been named ‘Trieces irwini’ after an American scientist, Michael Edward Irwin, emeritus professor, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, United States. Scientists have recorded the Trieces genus for the first time in a dry deciduous, evergreen and wet forest, suggesting that they can inhabit wet climates, too. Photo: ATREE
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