Records of the Zoological Survey of India - A Journal of Indian Zoology

P. S. Bhatnagar ¹

Affiliations
1 Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune - 411 044, IN

Abstract

Coccinellidae is a family of coleoptera popularly called as ladybird beetles. Globally there are 5000 species of this group (Allen and Humphries, 2000). The majority of these beetles are carnivorous and feed on the small soft bodied insects such as aphids, aleuryds and plant mites (Chakraborty, 2010). Besides, some are mycophagous and phytophagus as well.

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P. S. Bhatnagar ¹

Affiliations
1 Western Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Pune 411044, IN

Abstract

Karnataka is one of India's larger states in the southern region. The studies on Acrididae are of significance as they are one of the largest group of plant feeding insects and are also a prey base for many of the vertebrates e.g amphibian, reptilian and birds because of their exoskeleton having rich protein content. Along with this, some of the acrididae are also pests of economic significance.

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J. R. B. Alfred ¹, P. S. Bhatnagar ²

Affiliations
1 Zoological Survey of India, M–Block, New Alipore, Kolkata 700 053, IN
2 Zoological Surgery of Indai, Western Region Centre, Pune, IN

Abstract

There have been some studies using molecular aspects such as that of Zhang and Shi (1993) on phylogeny of rhesus in China and that of Melnick et al. (1993) on rhesus from India and some of its neighbouring countries. Karanth et al. (2008) have researched on molecular phylogeny and biogeography of langurs and leaf monkeys (Colobine) of South Asia and Zhang and Ryder(1998) have worked on old world monkeys including Asian Colobines. There have been studies on new world monkeys as well (Ascunce et al., 2007).

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