CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The odonates’ checklist of Kerala has now grown to 182 with the discovery of a new damselfly species from the Western Ghats in the Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur.

Detailed explanation-2: -The genus Protosticta Sels, 1885 consists of slender built damselflies commonly known as Reed- tails or Shadow-damsels. Thrissur: A new species of Damselfly has been discovered and described from the Western Ghats of Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur, Kerala.

Detailed explanation-3: -A group of researchers has described a new species of damselfly from the Brahmagiri Hills of Western Ghats. Francy’s Reedtail (scientific name: Protosticta francyi sp.

Detailed explanation-4: -The species is named Anamalai Reed-tail (scientific name: Protosticta anamalaica Sadasivan, Nair and Samuel, 2022). The discovery has been published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa.

Detailed explanation-5: -Notes: Entomologists from the Travancore Nature History Society (TNHS) have recently identified the species, Anamalai Reed-tail (Protosticta anamalaica) from the Western Ghats in the Peechi Wildlife Sanctuary in Thrissur. With this, the number of odonates in Kerala has grown to 182.