A NEW MOSQUITO SPECIES DISCOVERD IN KERALA

* RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW SPECIES OF MOSQUITO IN WESTERN GHATS ( KERALA) 

* SPECIES NAMED - URANOTAENIA KANI 

* SPECIES NAMED AFTER KANI TRIBE OF KERALA 

* THIS IS THE 124TH GLOBAL URANOTAENIA GENUS ( 15th IN INDIA) 

* KANI TRIBES ARE RECITED AT AGASTHYAMALA BIOSPHERE RESERVES 

* BLUISH WHITE HEAD VERTEX, DARK SCALE WINGS & LEGS, SMALL PALE BROWN BODY, 

* RESEARCHERS FROM ICMR - NIVCR RESEARCHERS HAVE DISCOVERED