New group of wasp species discovered in India
The proposed name of the group adikeshavus, means 'first one to have long hairs' in Sanskrit.
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Bangalore: A team of Indian researchers has discovered a unique group of five new wasp species from different parts of the country.
Because of their uniqueness and their strong resemblance to each other, the new wasp species from India have been considered as constituting a group of their own.
Among the unique features that bring together the new five species, discovered by Veenakumari Kamalanathan from National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, and her team are the long hair-like structures along the margins of both of their wings.
Because of their uniqueness, "a new species group 'the adikeshavus-group’ from India is proposed”, the researchers wrote.
The proposed name of the group adikeshavus, means 'first one to have long hairs' in Sanskrit.
The tribe to which the new five wasp species belong is characterised by its exclusive preference for spider eggs.
Furthermore, all these species have a uniform length of one to two mm as a result of their getting used to parasitising relatively medium-sized spider eggs.
The discovery was reported in the journal Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift.
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