Two Hungarian and Swedish entomologists have recently announced their discoveries of 19 new insect species from the oriental region, including 14 found in Vietnam.

Professor János Oláh Kjell of Hungary’s Tessedik College and Kjell Arne Johanson of Swedish Museum of Natural History announced their discovery after taxonomic journal Zootaxa published their findings on October 27.

The 19 new species of Dipseudopsidae were found in India, Malaysia, Laos and Vietnam.

Among them, 14 species were found in the rivers, lakes and streams in Lam Dong, Cat Tien, Quang Tri, Ninh Binh, Bac Can, Hai Phong, Hanoi, Vinh Phuc and Hoa Binh.

Dipseudopsidae is a family level taxon consisting of certain caddisflies. Also called sedge-flies or rail-flies, they are small moth-like insects having two pairs of hairy membranous wings.

Caddisflies have aquatic larvae and are found in a wide variety of habitats such as streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, spring seeps, and temporary waters (vernal pools). The larvae of many species make protective cases of silk decorated with gravel, sand, twigs or other debris.

Source: SGTT/Tuoi Tre