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The type specimens of Indian membracids present in the National Zoological Collections of Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai are currently inventried. This comprises of 12 species and 19 examples. Type species are listed with generic name, original label information, date and place of collection along with geographical coordinates. In addition, the digital image of Type specimens and original labels are also documented.

Keywords

Homoptera, Insecta, Inventory, Membracidae.

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Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1978. Taxonomic notes on a new species of Gargara Amyot and Serville (Homoptera: Membracidae) and its immature stages. Entomon, 3(2): 291-294.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1980a. Description of a new genus and some new species of Membracidae (Homoptera) in the collections of the Zoological Survey of India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occasional Paper No. 16: 1-69.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1980b. Taxonomic studies on Indian Membracidae (Insecta : Homoptera). Entomon, 5(2): 113-128.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1982. Taxonomic notes on a new species of Tricentrus Stal (Homoptera : Membracidae). Entomon, 7(4): 475-479.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1984. Taxonomic notes on Anchon ulniforme Buckton (Homoptera : Membracidae). Entomon, 9(3): 225-229.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1996. Fauna of India (Homoptera: Membracidae). Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, p. I-XVIII + 1-534.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. and Ananthakrishnan, T.N. 1975a. Taxonomic, Biological and Ecological studies of some Indian Membracids (Insecta : Homoptera) Part-I. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 68: 161-272.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. and Ananthakrishnan, T.N. 1975b. Taxonomic, Biological and Ecological studies of some Indian Membracids (Insecta : Homoptera) Part-II. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 68: 305-340.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. and Ghosh, L.K. 1987a. Description of a new species of Cocosterphus Stål with revisionary notes on the genus (Homoptera: Membracidae). Entomon, 12(4): 339-343.

Ananthasubramanian, K.S. and Ghosh, L.K. 1987b. Redescription of Parayasa elegantula Distant with notes on its biology and immature stages (Homoptera). Bull. zool. Surv. India, 8(1-3): 159-163.

Thirumalai, G. 1986. Further studies on the Membracids from Silent Valley, Kerala (Insecta: Homoptera). Rec. zool. Surv. India, 84(1-4): 97-105.

Thirumalai, G. and Ananthasubramanian, K.S. 1981. Taxonomic studies on the Membracids collected from Silent Valley, Kerala (Insecta : Homoptera). Bull. zool. Surv. India, 4(1): 27-32.

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Diversity of Odonates (Insecta:Odonata) in Fish Farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Authors

R. Babu ¹

Affiliations
1 Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600 028, Tamil Nadu, IN

Source

Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 117, No 4 (2017), Pagination: 367-375

Abstract

Odonata diversity in fish farm of Department of Fisheries, CSKHPKV, Palampur, Kangra Valley, Himachal Pradesh were comprehensively studied and documented for the first time. A total of 27 species belonging to 19 genera and 7 families of two suborders are recorded. The suborder Zygoptera was represented by 13 species and 14 species represents Anisoptera. Among the families, Libellulidae was richest family with 13 species and followed by Coenagrionidae with 9 species. The wide range of habitats including foraging and nocturnal roosting habitat at Fish Farm, CSKHPKV leads to greatest species diversity.

Keywords

Damselflies, Diversity, Dragonflies, Fish Farm, Himachal Pradesh, Palampur.

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Babu, R. 2014. Diversity of dragonflies (Odonata) in Himachal Pradesh, India. Agrion, 18(2): 41-47.

Babu, R. and Nandy, S. 2010. New Odonata records from Himachal Pradesh, India. Notul. Odonatol., 7(6): 55-57.

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Fraser, F.C. 1936. Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Odonata. Vol. 3. pp. 1- 461, Taylor & Francis, London.

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Mc Cauley, S.J. 2006. The effects of dispersal and recruitment limitation on community structure of odonates in artificial ponds. Ecography, 29: 585-595.

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Subramanian, K.A. and Babu, R. 2017a. A Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India. Version 3.0. p. 1-51. www.zsi.gov.in downloaded on 4th October, 2017.

Subramanian, K.A. and Babu, R. 2017b. Insecta: Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies). In: Current Status of Freshwater Faunal

Diversity in India (Eds. Chandra, K., Gopi, K.C., Rao, D.V., Valarmathi, K. and Alfred, J.R.B.), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 401-418 pp.

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Range extension of Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854) (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) to India

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Authors

R. Babu ¹, G. Srinivasan ², K. A. Subramanian ¹

Affiliations
1 Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai – 600028, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai - 600028, Tamil Nadu, IN

Source

Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology, Vol 118, No 4 (2018), Pagination: 426-429

Abstract

Ictinogomphus decoratus (Selys, 1854) (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) is widely distributed in South East Asia. Here we report the range extension of the species to Indian Territory and new addition to the Indian Odonate fauna from the Little Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Keywords

Andaman Islands, Biodiversity, Gomphidae, India.

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Mitra, T.R. 1995. Additions to the Odonate fauna of Great Nicobar Islands, Indian Ocean. Opusc. zool. flumin., 129: 1-6.

Mitra, T.R., Babu, R. and Subramanian, K.A. 2013. Anax panybeus Hagen, 1867: An addition to the Odonata (Aeshnidae) of India. J. Threatened Taxa, 5 (2): 3682-3683.

Nandy, S. and Babu, R. 2009. On a collection of dragonflies (Odonata : Anisoptera) from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 109(4): 35-51.

Nandy, S. and Babu, R. 2012. Insecta : Odonata. In: Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, State Fauna Series, 19(1): 33-68, Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata.

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Selys Longchamps, E. de. 1854. Synopsis des Gomphines. Bull. Acad. r. Belg., 21(2): 23-113.

Subramanian, K.A. and Babu, R. 2017. A Checklist of Odonata (Insecta) of India, Version 3.0. p. 1-51. www.zsi.gov.in

Yeh, W.C. and Veenakumari, K. 2000. Description of Gynacantha andamanae Spec. Nov. from South Andaman Island, Indian Ocean (Anisoptera : Aeshnidae). Int. J. Odonatology, 3(2): 163-167.

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