Researchers from the molecular biodiversity laboratory in the department of Zoology and Wildlife Biology in the Government Arts College in Ooty have discovered a new wingless insect in the Nilgiris.
The 1mm-long flightless insect has been named Bionychiurus tamilensis as it was recorded in Tamil Nadu.
There are only six species under this genus reported so far across the world.
Those species are reported only from cold high-altitude regions of Switzerland, China and Korea.