Taxonomy of the dung beetle genus Ochicanthon Vaz-de-Mello (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent, with notes on distribution patterns and flightlessness

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2745 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MATHEWS LATHA ◽  
GIULIO CUCCODORO ◽  
THOMAS K. SABU ◽  
K. V. VINOD
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Distinct Pattern ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Predominantly Black ◽  
Orange Yellow ◽  
The Western Ghats

The taxonomy of the genus Ochicanthon Vaz-de-Mello of the Indian subcontinent is revised and an identification key to the species is provided. The number of Ochicanthon species from the region is increased to 15, eight of which are new: O. besucheti Cuccodoro sp. nov., O. ceylonicus Cuccodoro sp. nov., O. devagiriensis Sabu & Latha sp. nov., O. ernei Cuccodoro sp. nov., O. gauricola Cuccodoro sp. nov., O. murthyi Vinod & Sabu sp. nov., O. mussardi Cuccodoro sp. nov. and O. vazdemelloi Latha & Sabu sp. nov. Four species from the upper montane cloud forests are wingless, raising the number of wingless species of Ochicanthon to five. At least two groups of Ochicanthon exist in the Indian subcontinent: i) the O. tristis group with dorsum predominantly black-brown, with a distinct pattern of orange-yellow patches on the elytra and ii) the O. laetus group with dorsum entirely brown or black and with or without a faint orange patch. The distributions in the moist forests of the southwestern and northeastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, the possible origin of the genus in the Western Ghats in the southwest of the subcontinent and the flightlessness of montane species are discussed.

Checklist of Indian Lebiinae Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-63
Author(s):  
RAJ T. SHIJU ◽  
THOMAS K. SABU
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Indian Species ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
Gondwana Land ◽  
The Western Ghats

Distribution patterns and literature details of 263 Lebiinae species reported from India are provided. List includes 14 species missed out by Andrewes (1930a) and the 98 species described thereafter. Distribution patterns revealed among the 263 species, 104 species are exclusively Oriental species and 35 species are exclusively Palaearctic species. Among the 263 Indian speceis, 130 species are exclusively Indian species with reports only from the Indian subcontinent and one species with report only from Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Of the 130 Indian species,  89 species are recorded from the Oriental, 27 species from the Palaearctic and 14 species recorded from both Oriental and Palaearctic regions in India. Among the 129 Indian subcontinent species, 45 species are endemics to the three global hotspots of the biodiversity in India with 31 species endemic to the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka hotspot of biodiversity; six species endemic to the Eastern Himalayas hotspot of biodiversity; eight species endemic to the Indo-Burma hotspot of biodiversity; four species recorded only from Chota Nagpur plateu and 27 species recorded only from Indian Himalayas. Four species (Microlestes parvati, Singilis indicus, S. squalidus and Lebia cardoni) recorded only from Chota Nagpur plateu and the 31 endemic species from the Western Gahts and Sri Lanka are of special interest for their Gondwana relationships. 133 species have wider geographic distribution pattern with 15 species having distribution in Oriental and Indian regions; 8 species having distribution in Palaeractic and Indian regions; 10 species having distribution in Oriental and Indo-Australian regions; 48 species with distribution in Oriental and Palaearctic regions; 29 species with distribution in Oriental, Indo-Australian and Palaearctic regions; 2 species with distribution in Oriental, Australian and Palaearctic regions; 6 species with distribution in Oriental, Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions; 9 species with distribution in Oriental, Indo-Australian, Australian and Palaearctic regions; and 6 species with random distributions in different regions. Distribution records indicate that the arrival/origin of 228 species- 137 species with wider geographic distribution outside India and the 91 species with Indian distribution and not endemics to the Western Ghats and the Chotanagpur Plateau- is likely to have occurred after the joining of Indian subcontinent with Asian continent and during the subsequent faunal exchange between the newly formed Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions (Indo-Burma and Indo-China on the north east front; Mediterranean and Ethiopian regions on the north-western front; Central Asian elements on the northern front). These 228 species represent the younger Indian Lebiinae species compared to the 35 species representing the older/ancient species with Gondwana land origin. Key words: Carabidae, Lebiinae, Perigonini, Pentagonicini, Odacanthini, Cyclosomini, Lebiini, India  

Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
AKHIL S. VENUGOPAL ◽  
SABU K. THOMAS
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Western India ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Eastern Himalayas ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
South West ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

Key to the 22 species of genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 of Indian subcontinent with diagnostic characters, notes, new synonyms, distribution patterns and record of two new species—Pheropsophus devagiriensis sp. nov. and P. indicus sp. nov.—from south west India are provided. Synonymisation of Pheropsophus discicollis (Dejean 1826) with Pheropsophus hilaris (Fabricius 1798) syn. nov., clearing the complications regarding the taxonomy of P. hilaris and P. sobrinus by tracking down the type series of P. hilaris, and reinstating the species status of Pheropsophus sobrinus (Dejean 1826) are the other outcomes of the present study.                Out of the 22 species recorded in India, 14 species are confined to Oriental realm and rest of the eight species penetrates into the Palearctics also; 10 (of the 22) are endemic to Indian subcontinent with P. indicus sp. nov. endemic to south western India; P. devagiriensis sp. nov. endemic to the Western Ghats; P. andrewesi, P. krichna and P. prophylax are endemic to the Indo-Burma; and P. nanodes and P. scythropus are endemic to the Eastern Himalayas.

Checklists of subfamilies Dryptinae and Panagaeinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae) from the Indian subcontinent

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 18559-18577
Author(s):  
J.A. Jithmon ◽  
Thomas K. Sabu
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Palearctic Region ◽  
The Himalaya ◽  
The Western Ghats

Distribution patterns and literature details of 45 Dryptinae and 33 Panagaeinae species reported from the Indian subcontinent are provided.  Out of the 45 Dryptinae species, six species are endemic to the Western Ghats & Sri Lanka hotspot of biodiversity, two species are endemic to the Indo-Burma hotspot of biodiversity and two species are endemic to the Himalaya hotspot of biodiversity.  Distribution patterns revealed that 24 Dryptinae species are endemic to the Indian subcontinent with 22 species recorded from the Oriental (ORR) region and two from the Palearctic (PAR) region.  Out of the 33 Panagaeinae species, 20 species are endemic to the Indian subcontinent with 17 of these species distributed in the Oriental region; two in the Palearctic region and one species in both Oriental and Palearctic regions.  Seven species are endemic to the Western Ghats & Sri Lanka hotspot of biodiveristy and two endemic to the Himalaya hotspot of biodiversity.  Six Panagaeinae species and seven Dryptinae species recorded only from the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka hotspot of biodiversity are likely to be representatives of the Gondwana remnants.  Genus Ardistomopsis with five species is endemic to the Indian subcontinent.

scholarly journals Ochicanthon fernandoi: a replacement name for the primary junior homonym O. vazdemelloi Latha and Sabu 2011 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 3097 (1) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
THOMAS K. SABU ◽  
MATHEWS LATHA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Dung Beetle ◽  
Cloud Forests ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
New Name ◽  
Tropical Montane Cloud Forests ◽  
The Western Ghats

Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Latha & Sabu 2011, a wingless new species of dung beetle, was described from the tropical montane cloud forests in the Western Ghats, India (Latha et al. 2011). Authors named the species after Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello (Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiaba, Brazil). However, we discovered after publication that this species name was a primary junior homonym of another Ochicanthon species from Sumatra: Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Ochi, Kon & Hartini, 2009 (Ochi et al. 2009). Hence, Ochicanthon fernandoi Sabu & Latha, new name is here proposed as a replacement name for Ochicanthon vazdemelloi Latha & Sabu 2011.

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHID ALI AKBAR ◽  
HIMENDER BHARTI ◽  
MARIUSZ KANTURSKI ◽  
AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
National Park ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Here we describe and illustrate Syllophopsis peetersi sp. nov. from Silent Valley National Park, a biodiversity hotspot region of the Western Ghats of India. The discovery also marks a first native report of the genus from the Indian subcontinent. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was carried out to elucidate the general morphology and sensilla of the new species. The new species is similar to congeners from Madagascar, but with larger differences from species that occur elsewhere.

Two New Species of Zygosporium Mont. from Indian Subcontinent

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-168
Author(s):  
Rashmi Dubey
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Cocos Nucifera ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

During surveys for the collection of folicolous fungi from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, two new species of Zygosporium were found, these are described and illustrated as Zygosporium cocos and Zygosporium dilleniae from leaves of Cocos nucifera and Dillenia pentagyna respectively.

scholarly journals VEGETATION COMPOSITION, STRUCTURE AND PATTERNS OF DIVERSITY: A CASE STUDY FROM THE TROPICAL WET EVERGREEN FORESTS OF THE WESTERN GHATS, INDIA

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Giriraj ◽  
M. S. R. Murthy ◽  
B. R. Ramesh
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Forest Type ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Woody Species ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Diversity Indices ◽  
Evergreen Forests ◽  
Composition Structure ◽  
The Western Ghats

The composition, abundance, population structure and distribution patterns of the woody species having a girth at breast height of ≥ 10 cm were investigated in the tropical wet evergreen forests of the Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the southern Western Ghats, India. A 3 ha plot was established with an altitudinal range of 1170 to 1306 m. In the study plot 5624 individuals (mean density 1875 ha−1) covering 68 woody species belonging to 52 genera and 27 families were enumerated. The mean basal area was 47.01 m2 ha–1 and the Shannon and Simpson diversity indices were 4.89 and 0.95, respectively. Of these woody species nearly 51% are endemic to the Western Ghats. The four dominant species, Cullenia exarillata, Palaquium ellipticum, Aglaia bourdillonii and Myristica dactyloides, account for 34% of the trees and 67% of the basal area, and therefore constitute the main structure of the forest. Within this forest type, five species assemblages corresponding to altitudinal gradient were identified using correspondence analysis. Management of such mid elevation evergreen forests necessarily depends on knowledge of recognisable community types and their environmental variables. The present study provides essential background for formulating strategies for sustainable conservation of forest communities at the local level.

scholarly journals The genus Diplommatina Benson, 1849 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda: Diplommatinidae) in Nepal, with the description of seven new species

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prem B. Budha ◽  
Fred Naggs ◽  
Thierry Backeljau
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Western Ghats

This paper deals with the taxonomy and faunistics of the genus Diplommatina in Nepal. Altogether 16 species are reported, seven of which are new to science viz. D. abiesiana sp. nov., D. fistulata sp. nov., D. godawariensis sp. nov., D. maipokhariensis sp. nov., D. salgharica sp. nov., D. shivapuriensis sp. nov. and D. syabrubesiensis sp. nov. Information on nine previously reported species is provided: D. exserta Godwin-Austen, 1886, D. folliculus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846), D. miriensis Godwin-Austen, 1917, D. munipurensis Godwin-Austen, 1892, D. oviformis Fulton, 1901, D. pachycheilus Benson, 1857, D. regularis Fulton, 1901, D. silvicola Godwin-Austen, 1886 and D. sperata W.T. Blanford, 1862. Although D. canarica was once reported from Nepal, it is not treated here as it is an endemic of the Western Ghats. A dichotomous identification key for all Nepalese species is presented.

Cryptomonas indica sp. nov. (Cryptophyceae: Cryptomonadales), a new species described from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (4) ◽  
pp. 261-270
Author(s):  
EVGENIY GUSEV ◽  
BALASUBRAMANIAN KARTHICK ◽  
NIKITA MARTYNENKO ◽  
NATALIYA SHKURINA ◽  
MAXIM KULIKOVSKIY
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Northern Region ◽  
Basal Clade ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Cryptomonas indica sp. nov., is described from Western Ghats, India, based on morphological and molecular data. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from nuclear small and large subunit ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacer 2, and plastid psbA sequences show that the new species forms a separate lineage on the phylogenetic tree of the genus Cryptomonas. This new species is included in the basal clade of Cryptomonas tree, which consists of undescribed taxa from Europe and South Korea. Cells of this species are up to 19 µm in length, elliptical to slightly asymmetrical in broad view, and have a plastid with four pyrenoids. Cryptomonas indica has been observed in one locality, the Northern region of the Western Ghats. Notably, this is the first Cryptomonas taxon described from the Indian subcontinent with both morphology and molecular information.

A NEW SECTION (BEGONIA SECT. FLOCCIFERAE SECT. NOV.) AND TWO NEW SPECIES IN BEGONIACEAE FROM THE WESTERN GHATS OF INDIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Krishna ◽  
S. J. Britto ◽  
S. Thomas ◽  
B. Mani ◽  
A. K. Pradeep ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats

Two new species, Begonia bracteolata and Begonia keralensis, are described from the Western Ghats of India. They are placed in the newly created Begonia sect. Flocciferae, along with B. albo-coccinea Hook. and B. floccifera Bedd. Lectotypes are designated for three names within this section. Colour photoplates, illustrations and an identification key to Begonia sect. Flocciferae are also provided.

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