- Recently scientists have identified a new species of wasp from the genus Kudakrumia in Goa.
- The wasp has been named ‘Kudakrumia rangnekari’, after Goa-based researcher Parag Rangnekar.
- The new species was collected in the forests of the Western Ghats.
- Mr. Rangnekar’s quest to document the butterflies of this unique region resulted in a record of 220 species, of which 13 species had not been spotted before.
- Mr. Rangnekar is the founder-president of the Goa Bird Conservation Network and has now taken up the documentation of the dragonflies in the State.
