The findings raise concern as Darjeeling, Kalimpong draw tourists to West Bengal; ZSI scientists confirmed that no individual ...

The ZSI team collected blackflies or Simuliidae from eight distinct central Himalayan locations around Kalimpong and Darjeeling in West Bengal. These blackflies are locally called pipsa or potu.

These flies belong to the Simuliidae family and are notoriously difficult to identify by appearance alone. "Distinguishing between different species of Simuliidae by external features is often ...