{"id":67275,"date":"2025-10-08T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T07:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=67275"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:19:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:49:47","slug":"nesolynx-banabitanae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/nesolynx-banabitanae\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesolynx Banabitanae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Nesolynx Banabitanae Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new species of wasp named Nesolynx banabitanae was recently discovered in Salt Lake, West Bengal.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Nesolynx Banabitanae<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> new species of wasp.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was found in the lush environs of Central Park, <\/span><b>Salt Lake, West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was named \u2018Nesolynx banabitanae&#8217; in honour of Banabitan, the local name for Central Park, where the wasp was first identified.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discovery marks<\/span><b> only the seventh wasp species <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to be <\/span><b>identified in India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to the<\/span><b> Eulophidae family<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a group<\/span><b> known for its diverse parasitic behaviours.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This particular species is a <\/span><b>hyperparasitoid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, meaning it <\/span><b>parasitises other parasitoid wasps, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adding a complex layer to the ecological interactions within its habitat. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The wasp was found to be a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">hyperparasitoid of the ichneumonid parasitoid Charops aditya, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which itself parasitises caterpillars of the common palmfly and Common castor butterflies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/kolkata\/new-wasp-species-discovered-in-salt-lake-named-after-banabitan\/articleshow\/124369390.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TOI<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nesolynx banabitanae is a new species of wasp. 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