Two Extraordinary Alycaeid Species From Northeastern India (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Cyclophoroidea)
Aravind N.A. & Páll-GergelyB Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungarica | 30 October, 2023 Cycloryx pemaledai Gittenberger & Sherub, 2022, which was described from northwestern Bhutan, is reported for the first time in Sikkim, India. That species differs from all its congeners by the short R3 (the region between the constriction and the peristome). The differences between […]
‘Trojan fish’: Exploring haplotypic and genotypic diversity of introduced Gambusia holbrooki in India
M. Nobinraja & G. Ravikanth Hydrobiologia | 30 October, 2023 Assessing haplotypic and genotypic diversity is crucial for comprehending biological invasion dynamics and devising effective management strategies. In India, Gambusia spp. were introduced in the early twentieth century for mosquito biocontrol, but recent studies have demonstrated their detrimental impact on native biota. The present research […]
Butterflies with a taste for elephant dung: Puddling of adult butterflies on elephant dung in India’s Western Ghats
Anoop N.R, Femi E Benny , M.A. Yathumon , Aswaj Punnath Food Webs | 26 October. 2023 Elephants ingest a large quantity of plant material across the landscape and concentrate it at specific locations through dung and urine excretion, greatly enhancing local nutrient availability for various organisms. During our two-year study in India’s Western Ghats, […]
Discovery of a new species of dwarf frog (Anura: Ceratobatrachidae: Alcalus) extends the northwestern distributional limits of the genus to Northeast India
Bitupan Boruah,Surya Narayanan,Jason D. Gerard,Abhijit Das &V. Deepak Systematics and Biodiversity | 23 October, 2023 We describe a new species of the genus Alcalus from the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh based on molecular, morphological, and osteological characters. The new species differs from its congeners based on a combination of morphological characters including snout-vent […]
Two New Reports of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) Species from the Indian Subcontinent
Sahanashree R, Aswaj Punnath, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Sociobiology | 20 October, 2023 Two species of Stigmatomma Roger, 1859, namely Stigmatomma amblyops Karavaiev, 1935 and Stigmatomma luyiae Hsu, Esteves, Chou & Lin, 2017 are reported for the first time from the Indian subcontinent. Stigmatomma amblyops was previously known from Vietnam and China whereas S. luyiae was recorded from Taiwan. Workers of the aforementioned species were […]
Values and Knowledges in Decision-making on Environmentally Disruptive Infrastructure Projects: Insights From Large Dams and Mines
Sharachchandra Lele, Daniela Del Bene, Duygu Avcı, Tatiana Roa-Avendaño, Brototi Roy, Geetanjoy Sahu, Maureen Harris, Deborah Moore Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability | Oct 2023 Large infrastructure projects generate irreducible trade-offs between different societal values towards nature. We asked what kinds of values and knowledges are articulated in decision-making around these projects, and specifically how […]
Factors determining the seasonal habitat use of Asian elephants in the Western Ghats of India
Anoop N.R, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Nachiket Kelkar, Milind Bunyan, T. Ganesh The Journal of Wildlife Management | 11 August, 2023 Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are globally endangered, and their populations persist in several meta-populations within fragmented landscapes across their distribution. Developing landscape-level management plans for elephants requires reliable information on the pattern and determinants of their […]
A New Species of Chalcis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) From South India
Ranjith AP, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Entomon | 30 September, 2023 The morphologically diverse and cosmopolitan chalcidid genus, Chalcis includes 59 species. Most of the species are distributed in the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Till date only two species were recorded from the Oriental region. A new species, Chalcis biligiriensis from scrub forests of […]
What counts as evidence? Examining the controversy over pesticide exposure and etiology in an environmental justice movement in Kerala, India
R.K. Sony, Daniel Münster & Siddhartha Krishnan Environmental Sociology | Sep 17, 2023 Scientific evidence and knowledge are central to movements for environmental justice. Cases of pesticide toxicity have often led to the emergence of controversies around the nature of evidence and its causal connection to observed pathologies. Toxic effects depend on multiple, situated socioecological […]
Phylogeny of the Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae): A new tribal order!
Donald L. J. Quicke, Jovana M. Jasso-Martínez, A. P. Ranjith, Michael J. Sharkey, Ramya Manjunath, Suresh Naik, Paul D. N. Hebert, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan, Jessa Thurman, Buntika A. Butcher Systematic Entomology | 12 September, 2023 Generic relationships within the parasitoid wasp subfamily Braconinae are assessed based on a molecular phylogenetic analysis of four gene fragments: […]
