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Tetrastichus narayandebnath

 Jun 28, 2026   Admin

A new wasp ('bolta') species named Tetrastichus narayandebnathi was recently discovered in Rajarhat.

About Tetrastichus narayandebnathi

  • It is a new species of parasitoid wasp.
  • It was discovered in the Rajarhat region of West Bengal.
  • It has been named after award-winning cartoonist and creator of 'Batul' and 'Nonte-Phonte', Narayan Debnath. 
  • It has been recorded as a gregarious primary parasitoid of a tortoise beetle pupa. 
  • A parasitoid is an organism that spends a significant portion of its life cycle attached to or inside a single host organism, which it ultimately consumes and kills.
  • Not only the third account of the genus Tetrastichus Haliday, 1844, as a parasitoid of Cassidinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles), but it's also the second report from India among 86 valid Indian species.
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