Abdus Shakur MohammadIndian Institute of Science Bangalore | IISC · Centre for Ecological Sciences
Abdus Shakur Mohammad
Diploma (Biology) MSc. (Wildlife Science)
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August 2016 - March 2019
Silver Jubilee Government College
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A new species of the genus Aenictus Shuckard, 1840 is described from the Western Ghats region, India, under the name A. kodagura Shakur & Bagchi, sp. nov. based on the worker caste. The new species belongs to the Aenictus pachycerus species group and shares affinities with A. sirenicus Yamane & Wang, 2015, in having a smooth head, smooth pronotum a...
Polyrhachis illaudata Walker, 1859, is known to have variability in nesting locations ranging from nesting in the ground to nesting under the bark of tree trunks. Here I describe the brood chambers of P. illaudata from the nests encountered beneath the bark of Silver Oak ( Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. ex R. Br.) and report the presence of pupal cocoo...
The Wildlife Institute of India was approached by the Self Help group/organisation, Dehradun to conduct a reconnaissance and validation surveys of identified forest trails with respect to their potential development as bird-watching sites for tourists in the region in the future. A team of three persons with expertise, training, and experience in a...
This is a compilation of some common ants of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun campus. This checklist consists of ants collected during 2019-2021 and previous collections by Valerie S Bansbach in 2013.
Human-made changes to the ecosystem are leading to the loss of biodiversity across the world. Western Ghats (WG) known for its rich biodiversity has historically undergone fragmentation and loss of its primary forest cover which has significant negative effects on biodiversity. Studies have shown that fragmentation almost invariably leads to a decr...