Why in News?

• • Scientists have recently identified a new species of Wasp from the genus Kudakrumia in Goa.

Highlights:

• • The Wasp, Kudakrumia Rangnekari, has been named after Goa-based researcher Parag
  Rangnekar.
• • It belongs to the genus Kudakrumia.
• • The Kudakrumia is a genus of primitive Wasps that is described and previously known only from Sri Lanka.
• • The new species was collected from Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary.
• • The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in South Goa district, of Goa.
• • The sanctuary was established in 1968.

What is a Wasp?

• • A Wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.
• • Wasps are adept at controlling pest populations and are regularly deployed to protect crops.

  • For example, in Brazil, farmers control sugarcane borers with a kind of parasitic wasp