Scientists have
recently identified a new
species of wasp from the genusKudakrumia in Goa. The
wasp, Kudakrumia rangnekari, has been named after Goa-based researcher Parag Rangnekar. It
belongs to 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 Cotigao Wildlife
sanctuary. The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is located
in South Goa
district, of Goa. The sanctuary was established in 1968.
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.
Mr.Rangnekar:
Mr.Rangnekar’s quest to document the butterflies
of this unique region resulted in a record of 220 species, of which 13 species had
not been spotted before.
Mr. Rangnekar, who is the founder-president of
the Goa Bird
Conservation Network (GBCN), has now taken up the
documentation of the dragonflies in the State. He wrote ‘Butterflies of Goa’, a
first field guide with photographs of the species found in Goa region.
