scholarly journals Angiosperm flora from wetlands of Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu, India

Check List ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 486
Author(s):  
Selvamony Sukumaran ◽  
Solomon Jeeva
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Wetland Ecosystem ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Asiatic Species

Qualitative floristic surveys were carried out during 2007-2009 in the wetland ecosystem of Kanyakumari district, Tamilnadu, India. During the survey, 124 species of angiosperms belonging to 31 families and 81 genera were documented. Dominant families were Poaceae with 39 species followed by Cyperaceae (24), Scrophulariaceae (9), Commelinaceae (5), Acanthaceae and Convolvulaceae (4 speceis each) and Hydrocharitaceae and Verbenaceae (3 species each.) Ten families were represented by two species each, whereas thirteen families were monospecific. Of the 124 species, there are 21 dominant Pantropical species, 15 subdominant Asiatic species and 11 co-dominant Indian species. Five species are endemic to Southern Western Ghats. 

A new Indian species of the orb-weaving spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887, with a new combination and a new synonymy of Tylorida marmorea (Pocock, 1901) (Araneae, Tetragnathinae) 

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4808 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-200
Author(s):  
PRADEEP M. SANKARAN ◽  
JOHN T.D. CALEB ◽  
POTHALIL A. SEBASTIAN
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Verbal Description ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
New Synonymy

The spider genus Glenognatha Simon, 1887 (Tetragnathidae) currently has 34 nominal species distributed in Afrotropical region, Indo-Malaya, Nearctic, Neotropics, Oceania and Palearctic regions (Cabra-García & Brescovit 2016; World Spider Catalog 2020). It has one representative in India: Glenognatha dentata (Zhu & Wen, 1978) (World Spider Catalog 2020). The genus Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823 currently comprises 46 nominal species distributed in Africa, Holarctic, South and South-East Asia (World Spider Catalog 2020). Biswas and Roy (2004) recorded this genus in India, while they described Pachygnatha silentvalliensis Biswas & Roy, 2004. The species is known from its original verbal description only since the genitalic illustrations were apparently not published along with the description (Biswas & Roy 2004), thus leaving its identity obscured. To redescribe and illustrate this species, we examined its type material and found that Biswas and Roy (2004) had misidentified the species and in fact it belongs to Tylorida Simon, 1894. In this paper, we describe a new Glenognatha species from the southern Western Ghats of India, transfer Dyschiriognatha ganeshi Bodkhe, Manthen & Tanikawa, 2014 to Glenognatha and synonymise P. silentvalliensis with Tylorida marmorea (Pocock, 1901). 

A new species of Dudgeodes Sartori, 2008 (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from Megamalai hills of southern Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (3) ◽  
pp. 571-576
Author(s):  
PANDIARAJAN SRINIVASAN ◽  
T. SIVARUBAN ◽  
S. BARATHY ◽  
RAJASEKARAN ISACK
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Distal Region ◽  
Outer Margin ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Dudgeodes sartorii sp. nov. is described based on nymphs from the Megamalai hills of Western Ghats, Southern India. The nymph of Dudgeodes sartorii sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Indian species of Dudgeodes by i) prothorax with two rounded tubercles; (ii) outer margin of mesothorax with simple setae; (iii) distinct maculae in the distal region of femora; (iv) transverse row of setae on fore femora narrower with blunt apex and (v) dark brownish band on the 5th segment of cerci  

Burmannia munnarensis (Burmanniaceae) a new species and rediscovery of B. indica after 110 years from southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 507 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112
Author(s):  
DANI FRANCIS ◽  
VISHNU MOHAN ◽  
DIVYA K. VENUGOPAL ◽  
SANTHOSH NAMPY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Iucn Red List ◽  
Red List ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Iucn Red List Categories ◽  
Perianth Tube ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Red List Categories ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Burmannia (Burmanniaceae), endemic to the southern Western Ghats of Kerala, India is described as Burmannia munnarensis and illustrations are provided. The new species is morphologically most similar to B. indica but can be easily distinguished by its narrow flower wings, involute margin of the perianth lobes, shorter perianth tube and shape of inflorescence. Burmannia indica, known only from the type locality Peermade in Idukki district, Kerala, is rediscovered after a lapse of 110 years on another locality, Meenuliyanpara in the same district. Key to the Indian species of Burmannia is included and status of both taxa is provisionally assessed as per IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria.

scholarly journals Integrative taxonomic review of the genus Peschetius (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) from India with description of two new species

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 535-553
Author(s):  
Sayali D. Sheth ◽  
Hemant V. Ghate ◽  
Neelesh Dahanukar ◽  
Jiří Hájek
Keyword(s):  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
New Records ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit 1 ◽  
Taxonomic Approach ◽  
Diving Beetle

Abstract The diving beetle genus Peschetius Guignot, 1942 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in India is reviewed. Integrative taxonomic approach using morphology, multivariate morphometry and genetic analysis of cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 revealed the presence of four species, two of which are described here as new: Peschetius bistroemisp. nov. from southern Western Ghats (Kerala) differs from all known congeners with distinctly broadened male antennomeres IV and V, shape of the prosternal process and the male genitalia; P. nilssonisp. nov. from northern Western Ghats, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh is similar to the widespread Indian P. toxophorus Guignot, 1942, from which it differs in habitus, elytral colour pattern and the shape of the male genitalia. New records are presented for the remaining Indian species, namely P. quadricostatus (Aubé, 1838) and P. toxophorus. All species are diagnosed, illustrated and a key to their identification is provided.

Peperomia ekakesara: A new species of Piperaceae from Mathikettan shola National Park, Kerala, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 364 (3) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
S. SYAM RADH ◽  
SANTHOSH NAMPY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
National Park ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
South Indian ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Peperomia ekakesara (Piperaceae) is described and illustrated as a new species from Mathikettan shola National Park in southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Information is given on the distribution, ecology, phenology, and conservation status of this new species. A key for the identification of south Indian species is provided.

Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India

ENTOMON ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. C. Sujitha ◽  
G. Prasad ◽  
R. Nitin ◽  
Dipendra Nath Basu ◽  
Krushnamegh Kunte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Original Description ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Field Identification ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Nilgiris

Eurema nilgiriensis Yata, 1990, the Nilgiri grass yellow, was described from Nilgiris in southern India. There are not many published records of this species since its original description, and it was presumed to be a high-elevation endemic species restricted to its type locality. Based on the external morphology (wing patterns) as well as the male genitalia, the first confirmed records of the species from Agasthyamalais and Kodagu in the southern Western Ghats, is provided here. This report is a significant range extension for the species outside the Nilgiris, its type locality. Ecological data pertaining to this species as well as the field identification key to all known Eurema of Western Ghats are also presented.

A Checklist of the Genus Pogostemon Desf. in Southern Western Ghats

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalathummarath Shinoj ◽  
Kollancheri Puthanveetil Vimal ◽  
Purayidathkandy Sunojkumar
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Properties of Streptomyces Sp. (ERINLG-51) Isolated from Southern Western Ghats

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandransekar Balachandran ◽  
Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan ◽  
Nobuhiko Emi ◽  
Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern Western Ghats

New locality records and call description of the Resplendent Shrub Frog Raorchestes resplendens (Amphibia: Anura: Rhacophoridae) from the Western Ghats, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 16502-16509
Author(s):  
Sandeep Das ◽  
K.P. Rajkumar ◽  
K.A. Sreejith ◽  
M. Royaltata ◽  
P.S. Easa
Keyword(s):  
Endangered Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Small Area ◽  
Grassland Ecosystem ◽  
Critically Endangered Species ◽  
Controlled Burning ◽  
New Locations ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Western Ghats

Abstract: The Resplendent Shrub Frog, Raorchestes resplendens Biju, Shouche, Dubois, Dutta, & Bossuyt, 2010 is a Critically Endangered species endemic to the Western Ghats and was considered to be restricted to a three-square kilometer patch atop Anamudi summit.  In this study, we report 36 new locations of the species from the Anamalai massif of the southern Western Ghats.  Niche-based prediction modelling suggests that the species is restricted to Anamalai massif.  The call description of this frog is also provided for the first time. The preferred microhabitat of the frog is Chrysopogon grass clumps in the marshy/swampy montane grassland ecosystem. Restricted to a small area with controlled burning management practiced in its habitat, R. resplendens needs immediate attention.

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