Ooceraea joshii, a new species of a rare ant genus have been recently discovered in

Answer & Explanation

Option: Kerala

Explanation:

Two new species of a rare ant genus have been discovered in Kerala and Tamil Nadu by a team of scientists. One of them found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve of Kerala, has been named Ooceraea joshii, in honour of Prof. Amitabh Joshi, a distinguished evolutionary biologist from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) an autonomous institute of the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.