New plant species Osbeckia zubeengargiana discovered in Assam named after Zubeen Garg

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) identified two new lichen moth species named Caulocera hollowayi and Asura buxa. Caulocera hollowayi was discovered in Sikkim and Asura buxa in West Bengal.

A new species of trapdoor spider, named Titanidiops kolhapurensis, has been discovered in the grasslands of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra. The discovery was made by a joint research team from the Thackeray Wildlife…

Scientists at ICAR-Directorate of Floricultural Research (ICAR-DFR), Pune, discovered Contarinia icardiflores, a new species of blossom midge. The pest was found causing significant economic losses in jasmine cultivation…

Entomologists identified two new fruit-fly species, Acidoxantha paratotoflava and Hemilea suneriae, in the Solan region of Himachal Pradesh. Acidoxantha paratotoflava is a medium-sized greenish-yellow fly with four black…