Rare new barklice species found in India's Nilgiri Mountains

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorScientists at the Zoological Survey of India have described a new insect called Allocaecilius nilgiriensis, a barklouse found in the damp, shaded forests of Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOnly the second time anyone has recorded this genus in India, and it brings the worldwide total to thirteen species.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd they named it after its home, the Nilgiri Mountains. Its name is its address.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the kindest thing you can do for a bug.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt can never get lost. Any postal worker reads the name and knows where to take it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou tell it apart by the brown patches on its forewings. The males also have thumb-like structures on the lower abdomen.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThumbs.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFinally, some good news. Five stars for a bug that knows exactly where it's from.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThirteen species, and this is the only one that can't tell people it's from somewhere else.