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A research team of the Shadpada Entomology Research Lab (SERL) of Christ College Irinjalakuda, has found a rare species of Osmylidae or lance lacewing from Janakikadu in Kozhikode district.

Highlights:

• The species Spilosmylus tuberculatus has been discovered for the first time in the Western Ghats.
• Also this forms the first record of Osmylidae family (lance lacewing) in the Western Ghats.
• The findings were published in the recent issue of the international scientific journal Taprobanica.
• Spilosmylus tuberculatus has been reported from other regions of India such as Balaghat (Madhya Pradesh), Assam, Andaman Islands, and Maharashtra.
• The research was conducted with financial assistance from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.

• The climatic zones of the Western Ghats are conducive to the survival of lance lacewings.