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5 New Species of Rare Darwin Wasps
December 19 , 2024
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- The Researchers have discovered five new species of the Darwin wasp subfamily Microleptinae (Hymenoptera:Ichneumonidae) from India and Thailand.
- Darwin wasps are parasitic wasps whose larvae consume their hosts from within.
- This marks the first documentation of this subfamily in India.
- The family Ichneumonidae comprises 42 subfamilies, with Microleptinae being one of the smallest.
- It contains a single genus, Microleptes, with 14 previously known species world-wide.
- Until now, Microleptes malaisei, reported from Myanmar in 1998, was the only known species from the Oriental region.
- Out of the four new species from India, Microleptes chiani collected from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve (KMTR), Tamil Nadu.
- The other 3 speices are Microleptes gowrishankari, Microleptes sandeshkaduri and Microleptes tehriensis.
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