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
Ten facts about land systems for sustainability
Patrick Meyfroidt , Ariane de Bremond , Casey M. Ryan , Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen, Sharachchandra Lele Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | February 7, 2022 Land use is central to addressing sustainability issues, including biodiversity conservation, climate change, food security, poverty alleviation, and sustainable energy. In this paper, we synthesize knowledge accumulated in land system science, […]
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 […]
Exponential rise in the discovery of endemic plants underscores the need to conserve the Indian savannas
Ganesan Rengaian Biotropica The scientific journal of the ATBC | January 22, 2022 Biodiversity of tropical grasslands and savannas (tropical grassy biomes, TGBs) remains poorly documented compared with tropical forests. This is in part due to the misplaced notion of TGBs being anthropogenic forest derivatives that support negligible biodiversity and endemism. For the Indian savannas, […]
Kerevata Belokobylskij (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) is no longer a Papua New Guinean endemic with descriptions of three new species from the Indomalayan Region
A.P. RANJITH, DHARMA RAJAN PRIYADARSANAN Zootaxa | VOL. 5091 NO. 2 | 13 January, 2022 The rogadine genus Kerevata Belokobylskij is newly reported from the Indomalayan region. We describe and illustrate three new species, two from India (K. kethai sp. nov. and K. orientalia sp. nov.) and one from Vietnam (K. longi sp. nov.) and provide an illustrated key to the extant […]
Sustenance of Himalayan springs in an emerging water crisis
Ruchi Verma and Priyanka Jamwal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | January 12, 2022 Springs are a significant source of high quality and perennial freshwater supply for remote communities and sustain rich biodiversity and ecosystems in the Himalayas. About 60–70% of the Himalayan population directly depends on springs to meet their domestic and livelihood needs. Despite that, […]
Characterization and Evaluation of Metarhizium spp. (Metsch.) Sorokin Isolates for Their Temperature Tolerance
Viswakethu Velavan, Rajendran Dhanapal, Govindaraju Ramkumar, Sengodan Karthi, Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan, Osmund A Ndomba, Eliningaya J Kweka J Fungi (Basel) | January 10, 2022
Forbidden fruits? Ecosystem services from seed dispersal by fruit bats in the context of latent zoonotic risk
Kadambari Deshpande, Abi T. Vanak, M. Soubadra Devy, Jagdish Krishnaswamy Oikos | 03 January 2022 Old world fruit bats are important seed dispersers of forest plants as well as of commercial fruit crops. Bats scatter seeds across landscapes and also aggregate (clump) seeds under feeding and roosting trees. In agroforestry landscapes, bat frugivory and seed dispersal can result […]
Satellite Evidence on the Trade-offs of the Food-water–air Quality Nexus Over the Breadbasket of India
Mrinal Singha a, Jinwei Dong a, Quansheng Ge a, Graciela Metternicht b, Sangeeta Sarmah a, Geli Zhang c, Russell Doughty d, Sharachchandra Lele e, Chandrashekhar Biradar f, Sha Zhou g, Xiangming Xiao h Global Environmental Change | November 2021 Access to food, water, and good air quality is indispensable for human life, as reflected in […]
