A new species of dragonfly discovered in Assam has been named after two women for their pioneering work in the northeast.
Platygomphus benritarum
- The new species, ‘Platygomphus benritarum’, has been named after Monisha Behal, a founder member of North East Network (NEN) and Rita Banerji, founder of Green Hub.
- The species, a single male, was found by two researchers, Shantanu Joshi and Anuja Mital, in June, 2020 near the banks of the Brahmaputra in Tezpur district.
- The species epithet is the feminine genitive plural created from combining the two names Ben and Rita.
- Behal or ‘Ben B’ as she is popularly known, works with NEN, a women’s rights organisation that links with rural and urban women and civil society organisations on issues of development, social, gender and environmental justice in the northeast.
- Banerji is a project director of Geen Hub. She is a leading environmental filmmaker.
(Source: HT)
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