SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY A NEW SPECIES OF WASP IN GOA
02, Jun 2019
Prelims level : Environment- Plant / Animal Species
Mains level :
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