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- 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.
- It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- The river drains into the Adriatic Sea.
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