Biologist Halil Ibrahimi has named a newly discovered insect after COVID-19 virus.
The species was found in Accursed Mountains (Kosovo’s Western Bjeshket e Nemuna National Park).
It has now been named as “Potamophylax coronavirus”.
The species is endemic to the National Park.
The new species is considerably smaller and lives in open and high-altitude zones, that is, 2,000 metres above the sea level.
During his study about the Caddisfly species, the scientists have also found that the Decanit River is severely deteriorated due to the construction of a hydropower plant.
The construction of the hydropower plant across the river has a similar effect as the coronavirus creates on humans.
Thus, the new species found near that place has been named after coronavirus.
Decanit river
It is a tributary of White Drin.
The Monastery of Visoki Decani is located on the bank of the River Decanit.