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{"title":"Additional Records of Mantodea and Phasmida from Andaman and Nicobar Islands","authors":"G. Srinivasan, C. Surendar, Parbati Chatterjee, T. Mukherjee","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I3/2017/120969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I3/2017/120969","url":null,"abstract":"The Zoological Survey of India undertook surveys in the islands of Andaman and Nicobar in 2013-14 and 2016 for the mantids and phasmids. During these surveys, 6 species of mantids belonging to 5 genera were collected of which 2 genera and 3 species are new record. The phasmids collected during the surveys belonged to 3 genera and 4 species of which 1 genus, 1 subgenus and 2 species are new record from the islands. All new records are marked by*. All the specimens are present at the Orthoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Mantids are predatory insects and are easily recognized by their elongated body equipped with raptorial fore legs, power to camouflage and diurnal foraging activity. According to Mukherjee et al., (2014), 71 genera and 169 species are known from India including 60 endemic species. According to Ehrmann (2002), the world record of mantids was 2300 species belonging to 434 genera. According to Sureshan et al., (2004) Acromantis montana Giglio-Tos, 1915 Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784) were new to the islands. According to Mukherjee et al., (2014), so far 5 genera and 8 species of mantids are reported from the islands. These are: Acromantis montana Giglio-Tos, 1915, Acromantis nicobarica Mukherjee, 1995, Tenodera superstitiosa superstitiosa (Fabricius, 1781), Hierodula tenuidentata Saussure, 1869, Hierodula nicobarica Mukherjee, 1995, Mesopteryx robusta WoodMason, 1882, Statilia apicalis (Saussure, 1871) and Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784). Phasmids are very timid, slow walking, nocturnal, herbivorous stick-like insects. They have great power to mimic and perfectly blend with the environment to avoid predation. The knowledge on Indian phasmids is scanty and fragmentary. Otte et al., (2003) published the first complete catalog of the world’s stick and leaf insects. The authors listed 523 genera and 2822 species throughout the world. Shishodia (1998) mentioned that there are 146 species known to India. A preliminary study (unpublished) reveals that the number of Indian stick insects is 140 species belonging to 42 genera. The number is an approximation only because of incomplete information and doubtful locality. According to literatures (Redtenbacher, 1906; WoodMason, 1876; Wood-Mason, 1873 and Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893), 6 genera and 6 species of stick insects are known from these islands. They are Abrosoma virescens Redtenbacher, 1906 (doubtful as per Phasmid Species File Online), Lonchodes verrucifer Wood-Mason, 1876, Ramulus westwoodii (Wood-Mason, 1873), Sceptrophasma hispidulum Wood-Mason, 1873, Trachythorax atrosignatus (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893) and Phyllium (Phyllium) westwoodii Wood-Mason, 1875. Abstract","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126356104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversity of Odonates (Insecta: Odonata) in Fish Farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India","authors":"R. Babu","doi":"10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121291","url":null,"abstract":"Dragonflies and damselflies are regarded as beneficial insects because they are carnivorous throughout their life, mostly feeding on smaller insects such as mosquitoes, termites, ants, mayflies, small moths etc. They are widely distributed in freshwater habitats like ponds, lakes, streams, rivers, canals, etc. and although some species roam widely and found far from their breeding sites. The presence of dragonflies and damselflies are good indicators of freshwater ecosystem because they dependent on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats to maintain viable populations (Briers & Biggs, 2003; Samways, 1993). The odonate larvae occupy a great diversity of aquatic habitats and form significant constituent of aquatic food webs involving many invertebrates, fishes and other vertebrates and serving as the dominant invertebrate predators of many aquatic insect larvae and as the prey of fish. The Odonata diversity in fish ponds are not yet studied well. In view of above context, the present attempt was undertaken to evaluate the Odonata diversity in the Fish Farm of Department of Fisheries, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSK Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, which is located at 32.097699° N and 76.556835° E in Palampur, Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh. Palampur is situated in the laps of Dhauladar range of mountains at a height of 1,270 meters above sea level.","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130018755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First Records of Two Species of Groupers, Cephalopholis nigripinnis and Epinephelus retouti (Perciformes: Epinephelidae) from India, with a Note on Epinephelids from Andaman and Nicobar Islands","authors":"P. T. Rajan, S. Mishra, K. Bineesh","doi":"10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120972","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120972","url":null,"abstract":"The groupers of the family Epinephelidae, earlier placed as a subfamily in Serranidae, are mostly reef dwellers and commercially important as food fish, game fish and aquarium curio as well. The family comprises more than 160 species in 16 genera in the world (Craig et al., 2011; Zhuang et al., 2013; Tucker et al., 2016). Juveniles of these fishes inhabit tidal pools and coastal waters; whereas adults live at depths of 10– 150 m. Owing to their size and value, the epinephelids attracted icthyologist’s eye since the fish faunal study began in Andamans. Day (1871) has recorded ten groupers from Andamans. By now, 54 species in 7 genera belonging to the family Epinephelidae have been recorded from the waters around Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Rajan et al. (2013) listed 47 species of epinephelids, but missed out Epinephelus summana, recorded by Day (1871), Epinephelus morrhua, listed by Rao (2009) and Cephalopholis polyspila, reported by Allen & Erdmann (2012). Further, Sachithanandam and Mohan (2014), Rajan (2015) and Rajan et al. (2016) reported four more species of the family Epinephelidae, viz., Cephalopholis aurantia, Epinephelus epistictus, E. heniochus and E. tukula, from Andamans. The present paper reports new record of two more grouper species, Cephalopholis nigripinnis and Epinephelus retouti, for the first time from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"10 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114134097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Significance of the Chaetotaxy in Larval Identification of Pyrausta bambucivora Moore (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Pyraustinae)","authors":"D. Deep, P. C. Pathania, H. Rose","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121292","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121292","url":null,"abstract":"Pyrausta bambucivora Moore is commonly known as bamboo leaf roller. Larvae of this species rigorously attack bamboo tree and left it deskeletonized after feeding on them. The identification and control of this pest species is much more important at imago stage than that at adult by studying their biology and chaetotaxy. The purpose to carry out chaetotaxic studies of aforesaid species is to identify the different setae and puncture on the larval head and other body segments by studying their arrangements, distribution pattern and size, which further help to classify the species. Globally, the minority of workers such as Mathur (1954 and 1959), Singh (1956), Mathur and Singh (1963), Azam and Ali (1965), Franzmann and Garrett (1978), Yoshiyasu (1980), Goel and Kumar (1981), Stehr (1987), Lin (1993), Amutha and David (1998), Rose and Singh (2010) and Pinheiro et. al., (2011) have given significant contribution in intensification of the chaetotaxic study. So due to paucity of chaetotaxic information and nomenclature, in the present paper, we endow with detailed descriptions of the chaetotaxic study of Pyrausta bambucivora Moore along with diagram’s. Material and Methods","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115340753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Amphibians of the Duars Area of Northern West Bengal","authors":"Kaushik Deuti, Sukumar Ray, P. Bag, S. Dey","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I3/2017/120966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I3/2017/120966","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"859 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113995502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New record of Hydaticus (Prodaticus) Bipunctatus Bipunctatus Wehncke, 1876 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Meghalaya","authors":"Rita Deb","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121400","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121400","url":null,"abstract":"Hydaticus Leach, 1817 is a large genus under the family Dytiscidae which comprises of predatory water beetles. These beetles generally occupy clean and fresh macrophytic leaves near bottom along littoral zone of both lentic and lotic freshwater habitats. Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus Wehncke, 1876 was originally described from the Philippines. In India, it was first reported from the Andaman Islands (Wewalka 1982). Thereafter, the species has been reported from Kerala (Mukherjee & Sengupta, 1986), Sikkim (Mukhopadhyay & Ghosh, 2003) and Manipur (Mukhopadhyay & Ghosh, 2004). So far, from Meghalaya only two species of Hydaticus Leach, 1817 have been reported: Hydaticus luczonicus Aube, 1838, and Hydaticus vittatus vittatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Mukhopadhyay et al., 2000). In the course of study of aquatic beetles collected from Jaiñtia Hills, one of the least explored and ecologically threatened part of Meghalaya, the author came across two specimens of Hydaticus collected from Wah Kongong in East Jaiñtia Hills District, Meghalaya. These specimens are identified as Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus Wehncke, 1876, based on observed diagnostic characters and confirmed with available literatures on the species (Ghosh and Nilsson, 2012; Wewalka, 1975b; Vazirani, 1969; 1973; 1977). Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus Wehncke, 1876, has not yet been reported from Meghalaya. Therefore, the present paper forms the first confirmed report on the availability of this species in Meghalaya.","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128566738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First Report of Ptycholaimellus macrodentatus (Timm, 1961) (Nematoda: Chromadorida) from Indian Coast","authors":"T. K. Datta, S. Chakraborty, A. Mohapatra","doi":"10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120970","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i3/2017/120970","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"827 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127589363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Waterbirds of Arunachal Pradesh with Special Reference to High Altitude Rivers and Wetlands","authors":"G. Maheswaran, Imran Alam","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/122298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/122298","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114266112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"First Report of Psechrus Inflatus Bayer (Araneae: Psechridae) from India","authors":"Sumantika Chatterjee, J. Caleb, K. Tyagi, S. Kundu, Vikas Kumar","doi":"10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121288","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/RZSI/V117/I4/2017/121288","url":null,"abstract":"There are about 46,617 species under 4,048 genera known worldwide (World Spider Catalog 2017) and 1686 species under 438 genera from India (Keswani et al., 2012). The family Psechridae Simon, 1890 is represented by 61 species under 2 genera (World Spider Catalog, 2017). The lace sheet weaver spider genus Psechrus was erected by Thorell in 1878. Presently, 57 species are known to be distributed in the South-east Asian region and the central Indo-pacific Islands, of which three species are known from India; Psechrus himalayanus Simon, 1906, P. torvus (O.P.-Cambridge, 1869) and P. crepido Bayer, 2012 (World Spider Catalog, 2017). The objective of the present study is to formally record the presence of the species Psechrus inflatus Bayer, 2012 for the first time in India. DNA barcode data has also been provided.","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133147621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversity of Moths (Lepidoptera) with New Faunistic Records from North East Jharkhand, India","authors":"N. Singh, J. Ahmad, R. Joshi","doi":"10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i4/2017/121289","url":null,"abstract":"Jharkhand is a state in eastern India, carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the North, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the West, Odisha to the South, and West Bengal to the East. It is divided into 24 districts under five divisions. North-East Jharkhand comes under the Santhal Paragna division (Figure 1). Forest covers of north-east Jharkhand is 1953 km2 and the vegetation varies from rich forests to sparsely covered grasslands. The main plants species of forests are Sal (Shorea robusta), Asan (Terminalia tomentosa), Dhaura (Anogeissus latifolia), Gamhar (Gmelina arborea) and Mahua (Madhuca indica) etc. The only protected area present in North-East Jharkhand is Udhwa Bird Sanctuary (surveyed locality) (24058’23.02”N & 87049’20.30”E) which also represents the only Bird Sanctuary of the state. Udhwa bird sanctuary is situated in Sahibganj district having an area of 5.65 km2. Avian fauna of this sanctuary is Gull, Jacana, Teal, Cormorant, Dabchick, Darter, Lapwing, Plover, Wagtail, Egret, Heron, Ibis, Stork, Blue Rock Pigeon, Lark, bee-eater, Sparrow, Myna, Pipit, Brahminy, Kite, Fishing Eagle, Hawk, Vulture, Swallow, Kingfisher, Drongo, Indian Foller and Parakeet (Nigam et al., 2015). Another surveyed locality is Masanjor Dam (Figure 2) which is situated in Dumka district and it is also rich in forest cover. There is hilly forest that surrounded the dam. Invertebrate fauna of this area remained unexplored so far. Therefore, a survey was undertaken to study the moth diversity of this area which reflects the presence of 81 species under 70 genera belonging to 14 different families of moths. A total of 20 species are reported for the first time from Jharkhand as well as from Gangetic plains region. Abstract","PeriodicalId":415799,"journal":{"name":"Records of the Zoological Survey of India","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124023551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}