TWO NEW RARE BEE SPECIES DISCOVERD IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH

* RESEARCHERS FROM ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT ( ATREE) BENGALURU HAVE DISCOVERED TWO NEW SPECIES OF RARE BEE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH.

* SPECIES NAMED - 

* ELAPHROPODA TRIANGULATA ( NAMED FOR ITS TRIANGULAR MARKING ON ABDOMEN) 

* HABROPODA ADI. ( NAMED IN HONOUR TO ADI INDIGENOUS TRIBE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH) 

* GENUS ELAPHROPODA IS NOW TOTAL 13 SPECIES ( IN WORLD) 

* AND HABROPODA SPECIES NOW 55 ( WORLD WIDE) 

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