Rediscovering the genus Losgna in India: A new type of parasitic wild bee called ‘Losgna Occidentalis’ discovered in Chandigarh.

Losgna Occidentalis, the type of new wild bees collected from Chandigarh.

The discovery of a new type of parasitic wild bee called ‘Losgnna Occidentalis’ from Chandigarh at a time when the loss of habitat and climate change threatened numerous types drew attention to the discovered wealth of India’s biological diversity.

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“Only Losgna (WASP) example was collected from a window in Chandigarh in 2023-24 in winter. This place marks that it was officially defined from Chandigarh for the first time. He has not been recorded in India since Heinrich’s 1965 monograph. It turned out that London was once lacking the distribution range in Northeast India. Hindu.

“We call new species ‘Losgna Occidentalis’ because it represents the most known event of the genus: previous records came from the tropical forests of East India and the adjacent regions of Southeast Asia.

The only existing examples of any Losgna species are the Nature History Museum, London, Umut Collection, Oxford University and Zoologische Staatssammlung München (ZSM), Munich to indicate that the protection of Munich, British Age, Mr Chaudhary, “other collections – the remover of the USSGN, 1965,” he said.

“As a researcher of Hymenoptera, I am very excited about the discovery of Losgna Occidentalis. It emphasizes the importance of solid taxonomic work and shows how young people and even citizens can find new species in their backyard. Important, so defining and defining new types is necessary to understand and maintain our ecosystems.