A third species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Indotyphlidae) lacking secondary annular grooves

A new species of indotyphlid caecilian amphibian, Gegeneophis primus sp. nov., is described based on a series of eight speci-mens from the state of Kerala in the southern region of the Western Ghats, India. This species is distinguished from all otherGegeneophis, except G. seshachari and G. pareshi, in lacking secondary annular grooves and scales. It differs from G. ses-hachari and G. pareshi in several features, including having fewer primary annuli and lacking a well-developed unsegmented terminal shield.

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Description of a new species of freshwater crab of the genus rcithelphusa Pati & Sudha Devi, 2015 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from the Western Ghats, Kerala, India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4674.2.2 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4674 (2) ◽

pp. 203-214

Author(s):

S.K. PATI ◽

P.S. SUJILA ◽

A.R. SUDHA DEVI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Terminal Segment ◽

The State ◽

Freshwater Crab ◽

Related Genus ◽

The Third ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

A new species of the hitherto monotypic gecarcinucid freshwater crab genus, Arcithelphusa Pati & Sudha Devi, 2015, is described from the Western Ghats, in the Wayanad district of Kerala, India. Arcithelphusa tumpikkai sp. nov. can be easily distinguished from the only congener, A. cochleariformis Pati & Sudha Devi, 2015, mainly by its relatively broader carapace, the presence of a short flagellum on the exopod of the third maxilliped, and the relatively less stout male first gonopod, with a sharply bent and relatively long terminal segment. The diagnosis for Arcithelphusa is emended to include the new species, which can be useful in distinguishing it from the closely related genus Cylindrotelphusa Alcock, 1909. The state of Kerala now has 38 species of gecarcinucid crabs, including the present new species.

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A new species of the previously monotypic genus Iningainema (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) from the Western Ghats, India

European Journal of Phycology ◽

10.1080/09670262.2020.1834147 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Yevhen Maltsev ◽

Elena Kezlya ◽

Svetlana Maltseva ◽

Balasubramanian Karthick ◽

Petr Dvořák ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Monotypic Genus ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

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Exacum keralense (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India

Botany Letters ◽

10.1080/23818107.2016.1225267 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 163 (4) ◽

pp. 429-433

Author(s):

M. P. Geethakumary ◽

K. M. Prabhukumar ◽

A. G. Pandurangan ◽

S. Deepu

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

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Nemacheilus stigmofasciatus, a new species of nemacheiline loach (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from the Western Ghats, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.o1942.147-50 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 147-150

Author(s):

M. Arunachalam ◽

M. Muralidharan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

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Impatiens megamalayana, a new species of Impatiens from the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.302.2.10 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 302 (2) ◽

pp. 193 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

R. RAMASUBBU ◽

C. DIVYA ◽

N. SASI KALA ◽

ANJANA SURENDRAN ◽

A.K. SREEKALA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Pollen Grains ◽

Critically Endangered ◽

Floral Structure ◽

Effective Strategies ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

Impatiens megamalayana, a new species from Tamil Nadu, India is described and illustrated. This species is characterized by a ridged stem, ensiform and villous leaves, a wrinkled boat-shaped lower sepal with outwardly curved tip, ornamented seeds and strictly ovate pollen grains. This combination of characters makes determining the relationships of I. megamalayana difficult. The floral structure of I. megamalayana is closely allied to I. herbicola Hook.f. and I. inconspicua Benth. in Wall., the latter with three varieties, but it differs by several unique vegetative and floral features. Impatiens megamalayana is assessed as Critically Endangered in accordance with the IUCN guidelines. The habitat of the species is severely affected by landslides. As a result, effective strategies should be developed to protect I. megamalayana from exinction.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4985.3.7 ◽

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.

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Discovery of the genus Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 1979 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species from the Western Ghats

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5057.3.7 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5057 (3) ◽

pp. 129-136

Author(s):

JOSHUA B. TERINE ◽

ARKADY S. LELEJ ◽

GIRISH P. KUMAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Western Ghats ◽

Oriental Region ◽

The Western Ghats ◽

A New Species

The Afrotropical genus Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 1979, which was recorded only from Sri Lanka in the Oriental Region, is newly reported from India with the description of a new species Strangulotilla sureshani sp. nov. from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. Differences between the new species and the closely related S. krombeini Lelej, 2005 as well as a key to the Oriental species of Strangulotilla are given.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3348.1.5 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3348 (1) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

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.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.6 ◽

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.

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