A NEW SNAPPING TERMITE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN WEST BENGAL

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SNAPPING TERMITE SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL FOREST. ( CHAPRAMARI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY) 

* SPECIES NAMED - 

PSEUDOCAPRITERMES NOVUS 

* A TEAM OF ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA (ZSI), KOLKATA UNIVERSITY AND CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY COLLGE DISCOVERED 

* THIS SPECIES HAS 16S rRNA GENE 

* NOVUS  A LATIN WORD - ( MEANS NEW) 

* THIS IS THE 5TH TERMITE SPECIES IN INDIA