Endolichenic fungal diversity associated with some lichens of the Western Ghats

Planta Medica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 86 (13/14) ◽  
pp. 960-966
Author(s):  
Meenavalli Babu Govinda Rajulu ◽  
Nagamani Thirunavukkarasu ◽  
Subramanya Shravan Kumar ◽  
Tanveer Kaur ◽  
Mondem Sudhakara Reddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Fungal Diversity ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Growth Forms ◽  
Ecological Amplitude ◽  
Colonization Frequency ◽  
Endolichenic Fungi ◽  
The Western Ghats

AbstractA total of 389 strains of fungi belonging to 38 species were isolated from 10 lichen species of the Western Ghats, southern India. All the lichens screened, irrespective of their growth forms or location, harboured endolichenic fungi. Most of the fungi belonged to the Ascomycotina. Chaetomium sp. 1, Hypoxylon investiens, Nemania bipapillata, Nodulisporium sp., Paecilomyces sp., and Sporormiella intermedia were the most common ones and were present in 5 or more lichen species. Of the 28 sporulating fungi, 7 belonged to Xylariales, and their total colonization frequency in all the lichens was also high. This observation further substantiates the high ecological amplitude of Xylariales, possibly due to overlapping ecological niches and their ability to inhibit co-occurring endolichenic fungi.

Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3348 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
ANVAR ALI ◽  
SIBY PHILIP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

Dario urops, new species, is described from a small stream of the Barapole tributary of Valapattanam River in southern Karna-taka and from Wayanad District, Kerala. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a conspicuous blackblotch on the caudal peduncle and a horizontal suborbital stripe, by the anterior dorsal fin lappets in males not being produced beyond fin spines, and by its vertebral count.

A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (3) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Tamil Nadu State ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis is described based on a series of nine specimens from near Sankari in Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The new species is diagnosable by the following suite of characters: a small-sized Cnemaspis (adult snout to vent length less than 33 mm); heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis consisting of weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with large strongly keeled, conical tubercles, 9–11 rows of dorsal tubercles, 12–17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; spine-like scales absent on flank, 17–20 lamellae under digit IV of pes. Males with 4–6 femoral pores on each thigh, separated on either side by eight poreless scales from four precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by a single poreless scale; two single dorsal ocelli on occiput and between forelimb insertions, two pairs of ocelli on either side just anterior and posterior to forelimb insertions. Cnemaspis agarwali sp. nov. is the fifth endemic species of Cnemaspis from peninsular India outside the Western Ghats and highlights the rich and unique diversity of this understudied region. 

Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-265
Author(s):  
ISHAN AGARWAL ◽  
AARON M BAUER ◽  
SAUNAK PAL ◽  
ACHYUTHAN N SRIKANTHAN ◽  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Meristic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Nd2 Gene

Two new species of the gekkonid genus Hemiphyllodactylus are described from mountains of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, southern India. Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis sp. nov. and H. peninsularis sp. nov. are > 5 % divergent in the mitochondrial ND2 gene from each other and members of the H. aurantiacus complex and differ from each other and members of the H. aurantiacus complex in several meristic characters and colouration. The description of these two new species takes the number of Indian Hemiphyllodactylus to six and the number of endemic geckos from Tamil Nadu to 15. 

A new species of Cryptothecia (Arthoniales, Arthoniaceae) from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 409 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-104
Author(s):  
PUSHPI SINGH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Cryptothecia panchganiensis, a new lichen species is described from the Western Ghats, India. It is characterized by verrucose heteromerous thallus, distinctly raised whitish ascigerous areas, small muriform ascospores and produces barbatic acid and zeorin.

scholarly journals Revisiting the taxonomy of Strobilanthes lawsonii and S. pushpangadanii (Acanthaceae), two endemic taxa of Western Ghats, India

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 18054-18058
Author(s):  
Blessy Cherian ◽  
K.M. Prabhukumar ◽  
R. Jagadeesan ◽  
V.V. Naveen Kumar ◽  
Indira Balachandran
Keyword(s):  
Species Identification ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Detailed Comparison ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
The Western Ghats

Strobilanthes lawsonii was described by Gamble based on a collection made from Sispara Ghat of Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu.  Later researchers reported its distribution in Kerala, and S. gamblei and S. pushpangadanii, two endemic species of the Western Ghats, were synonymised with S. lawsonii during the genus revision in southern India in 2006.  During a recent expedition to Muthikulam forest of Palakkad, Kerala the authors collected typical S. lawsonii.  After comparing the new collections with S. gamblei and S. pushpangadanii, it was found that both taxa are distinct from S. lawsonii, with the most notable morphological differences being partially fused corolla lobes and exserted stamens.  A detailed comparison of the three taxa is provided here, along with color photographs and a taxonomic key for easy species identification.

scholarly journals Mosquito diversity in Keeriparai and Mundanthurai hill ranges of the Western Ghats, southern India

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 7552-7556
Author(s):  
A. Munirathinam ◽  
R. Krishnamoorthi ◽  
G. Baskaran ◽  
R. Govindarajan ◽  
A. Veerapathiran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
The Western Ghats

scholarly journals Inventory of teloganodid mayflies (Ephemeroptera: Teloganodidae) from southern India with records of endemic taxa

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 11800
Author(s):  
C. Selvakumar ◽  
K. G. Sivaramakrishnan ◽  
T. Kubendran ◽  
Kailash Chandra
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Eastern Ghats ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
The Family ◽  
Present Pattern ◽  
The Western Ghats

The present study deals with diagnostic characters, diversity, distribution and status of seven species belonging to four genera of Teloganodidae from southern India.  Six of them are endemic to the Western Ghats as is the genus Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 and one is endemic to the Eastern Ghats.  Due to this high percentage of endemism, conservation of habitats and microhabitats harbouring this ancient gondwanan lineage gains priority.  A larval key to the known genera and species of Teloganodidae of southern India is also provided.  The present pattern of distribution of the family Teloganodidae is confined to southern Africa, Madagascar, southern India and Southeast Asia. 

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