Windmill takes wind out of birds’ sails
The Indian Express
Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Northeast India – Patterns and gaps in discovery
SNEHA HARIDAS, HARSHA MALHOTRA, SEENA NARAYANAN KARIMBUMKARA, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN
Native tree species richness enhances matrix functionality for soil arthropods in tropical plantation landscapes: A case study from the Himalayas
Annesha Chowdhury, Abhishek Samrat, Rathnavel Pandian, Soubadra Devy
The Impact of Anthropogenic Disturbance to the Canopy Microclimate of Tropical Forests in the Southern Western Ghats, India
Soubadra Devy Front. For. Glob. Change | 13 April 2022
New species of predatory parasitic wasp found
Ranjith AP Nature India | February 17, 2022
India falsely claims forestry progress in ‘skewed’ report, experts warn
Climate Home News | February 14, 2022 The Indian government is using flawed forest data to falsely claim that it is making progress towards its climate goals and curbing deforestation, experts have warned.
First description of the metopiine genus Trieces Townes, 1946 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from the Indomalayan region with three new species from India
A.P. Ranjith, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan European Journal of Taxonomy | February 10, 2022
New gecko species discovered in Western Ghats at Attappadi
The Indian Express
A new species of large-bodied Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Western Ghats of India
Sandeep Das, Saunak Pal, Sasidharan Siddharth, Muhamed Jafer Palot, Veerappan Deepak, Surya Narayanan Vertebrate Zoology | February 4, 2022 A new large (94–107mm SVL) species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus is described from the drier parts of the Western Ghats of India. The new species is closely related to H. graniticolus, from which it can be distinguished based on dorsal pholidosis at mid-body, the structure […]
Completely predatory development is described in a braconid wasp
A. P. Ranjith, Donald L. J. Quicke, K. Manjusha, Buntika A. Butcher & M. Nasser Scientific Report | February 2, 2022 Hymenopteran parasitoids are well known for their ubiquitous diversity, important ecological roles and biocontrol potential. We report the first detailed documentation of mite predation by a parasitoid wasp, Bracon predatorius Ranjith & Quicke sp. nov., (Insecta: Hymenoptera), first case of obligate […]
