A NEW OWLFLY SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALA AFTER 134 YEARS

* SCIENTISTS FROM THE SHADPADA ENTOMOLOGY RESEARCH LAB ( SERL) AT CHRIST COLLEGE, HAVE UNCOVERED A NEW OWLFLY SPECIES IN KERALA AFTER 134 YEARS.

* FAMILY - MYRMELEONTIDAE 

* SPECIES NAME - PROTIDRICERUS ALBOCAPITATUS 

( IN 1891 IN WEST BENGAL PROTIDRICERUS ELWESII DISCOVERED) BRITISH ENTOMOLOGY MC LACHLAN DISCOVERED 

* ALBOCAPITATUS MEANS ( LATIN - ALBUS - WHITE & CAPITATUS - LONG TUFT (