A preliminary study of odonate fauna in the high ranges of Munnar, southern Western Ghats, India

Abstract

A study was conducted at Munnar Forest Division Idukki District, Kerala, the southern Western Ghats, to assess the diversity of odonates. Around 44 species of odonates, which include 29 species of Anisoptera (dragonflies) and 15 species of Zygoptera (damselflies). The odonate diversity of Munnar Forest Division accounted for 24.72 % of the odonates in Kerala and 22.45 % of the odonates of the Western Ghats. The study highlights the importance of biodiversity documentation at high altitudes in the Western Ghats.

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 Krishnanunni, T.S., Nazar Neha, R. Arya & P.O. Nameer (2024). A preliminary study of odonate fauna in the high ranges of Munnar, southern Western
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  -




       

M. Sunil and Sreehari K. Mohan, the research scholars, for their support.


 1  2  3 &
1,2,3,4 
1 , 2 , 3 , 4  (corresponding author)
Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 December 2024 | 16(12): 26240–26250
ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print)
https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.8366.16.12.26240-26250
#8366 | Received 12 January 2023 | Final received 30 November 2024 | Finally accepted 03 December 2024
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
             


Malayalam:     
        
       
        
      
      
  
Malayalam:     
        
         
       
      
      
    
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Malayalam:    



    

       

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Odonate fauna in high ranges of Munnar Krishnanunni et al.
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     
      

    
        
of assessments and monitoring, such as measures of



  
 

          
   
Studies 2022), and 68 species are endemic to the
Western Ghats.
Studies on odonates of the Western Ghats are far and
       


   
       
      
      
       
(2015) recorded 48 species of odonates from Chinnar

et al. (2022) recorded 116 species of odonates from
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollam District, Kerala.




        
ranges of the southern Western Ghats. It consists of
     

    The study focused on the hilly

      
       0N
 0  

        
    
          
       

      
and northeastern monsoons. Temperatures range 6–35
°C, and the climate is more or less temperate in high-
        


      
      
     
     
      

     
     
2011).


from 



(21 sites in total). The habitats include grassland,
     
      







   
 ).
      
    
 
        
         
     
       
       



  
      



Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 December 2024 | 16(12): 26240–26250
Odonate fauna in high ranges of Munnar Krishnanunni et al.
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

        

       


The study has encompassed 44 species of odonates,
      

   
 
by Aeshnidae (3), Macromiidae (1), and Gomphidae (1).

      
and Chlorocyphidae (1). 
      

       
      
      
         
       
      
     

  
  

      
      
 
      


       
       
      


        

Out of the 44 species recorded, four of the odonate

peninsular India, and one to India. Esme cyaneoviata
and Esme mudiensis are endemic to the Western Ghats,
Heliocypha bisignata is endemic to peninsular India
and Hylaeothemis apicalis is endemic to India. There
  


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number of species of Odonates in Kerala, the present
     

of the odonate species from the region is protected

         
 


     
1




10.028 00
00
10.036 00



Sunny
Sunny
Sunny
25
23
25
48

48
2



c) Signal Point
00
00
00
1,615

1,522
Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
Sunny
24
22
24
68
63

3

a) Aranmanai Shola


10.061 00
10.052 00
00

1,801

Sunny
Sunny
Cloudy
22
23

51

68
4




00
00
00



Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy






5




10.066 00
10.045 00
00
1,615

1,143
Partly cloudy
Sunny
Cloudy
21
24
22

42
81
6




00
00
10.008 00
1,254
1,143

Cloudy
Cloudy
Cloudy
22
24
23
81


7




00
10.036 00
00

1,518
1,630
Partly Cloudy
Sunny
Cloudy
23
22
24
63
66
68
   


study is listed as a threatened species.
 

order Odonata is considered an important component

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    
A. 

1Aciagrion approximans krishna   RP, C
2Aciagrion occidentale  O
3Agriocnemis pieris   R
4Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842)   P
5Ceriagrion coromandelianum    P
6Ischnura rubilio    P
Ischnura senegalensis (Rambur, 1842)  R G, P
8Pseudagrion microcephalum (Rambur, 1842)   P
Pseudagrion rubriceps    P

10 Esme cyaneoviata   DD  S
11 Esme mudiensis   DD  S
Chlorocyphidae
12 Heliocypha bisignata     S

13 Indolestes gracilis davenpor    
14 Lestes dorothea    P
15 Lestes elatus    P
B. 

16 Anaciaeschna marni    P
 Anax immaculifrons Rambur, 1842   P
18 Gynacantha dravida DD  

 Acisoma panorpoides Rambur, 1842  R
20 Brachydiplax chalybea Brauer, 1868   P
21 Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur, 1842)  O
22 Brachythemis contaminata   R
23 Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur, 1842)  O
24 Crocothemis servilia   O
25 Diplacodes trivialis (Rambur, 1842)  O
26 Hylaeothemis apicalis   DD R P, C
 Orthetrum chrysis   O
28 Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer, 1865)   C
 Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer,1868)  R G, C
30 Orthetrum pruinosum   O
31 Orthetrum sabina    P
32 Orthetrum triangulare   RW, C
33 Palpopleura sexmaculata    
34 Pantala avescens   R G, W
35 Rhodothemis rufa (Rambur, 1842)   P
36 Sympetrum fonscolombii (Selys, 1840)   S

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 


        
Ghats, especially in light of increasing anthropogenic
     
      
odonate fauna in the high ranges of the Munnar
      
        
      
       


Sanctuary (Adarsh et al. 2015), a component of Munnar
        
    
 Tetrathemis platyptera   O
38 Tramea limbata (Rambur, 1842)   P
 Trithemis aurora    
40 Trithemis fesva (Rambur, 1842)   
41 Urothemis signata (Rambur, 1842)   P
42 Zyxomma peolatum Rambur, 184  R

43 Epophthalmia viata    C

44 Icnogomphus rapax (Rambur,1842)  R S, P





  Chlorocyphidae      
Grassland 0 0 2 0 8 0 0
 1 0 6 0 23 0 0
 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3
 0 0 2 0 5 0 0
 2 0 25 1  25 0 0
 0 0 0 4 15 1 0
 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
s 
  




Cardamom

Tea

Species richness 6  6 8 26 11 5
Abundance   8 16   11
 0.14  0.14 0.18  0.25 0.11
 1.56 2.53     
 0.21 0.08  0.12  0.131 0.182

 4.86 12.81 14.00 8.00 14.64  5.50
    0.88   0.82

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               

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    Agriocnemis pygmae  Pseudagrion microcephalum  Brachidiplax chalybea  Orthetrum
triangulareHylaeothemis apicalisOrthetrum glaucumEpophthalmia viataDiplacodes trivialis.
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Anaciaeschna marni Gynacantha dravidaAcisoma panorpoides Anax immaculifrons.
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Pantala avescens Brachydiplax sobrinaUrothemis signata Rhodothemis rufa.
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  



       
 Anaciaeschna marni   


September 2014 and later from the Munnar region in
   
       
      
        

     


        
      
      
        
common’ species.
  





      
      
     
habitat preference of the recorded odonate species
during the pre-monsoon period. The short-term study
also acts as a preliminary report on odonates and forms
a trail for further studies during the monsoon and post-
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
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        Odonata (Insecta)

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

Journal of
Threatened Taxa 14(6): 21282–21284. 

 Are Odonata useful as bioindicators. Libellula

     Odonata (Insecta) of
     Records of the
Zoological Survey of India
   The Fauna of Britsh-India Including Ceylon and
Burma, Odonata. Vol. I
   The Fauna of Britsh-India Including Ceylon and
Burma, Odonata. Vol. II
   The Fauna of Britsh-India Including Ceylon and
Burma, Odonata. Vol. III
 Evoluon of the Insects. Cambridge

         

       
   Zootaxa   

        
  . Part I Chapter I, 1–8. 

 Dragonies and Damselies of Kerala
(Keralathile Thumbikal).     
156 pp.
        
     
Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa  


  
Rapid Communicaons 10(1): 1–10.



Accessed on 20 August 2022.
 
        
forests. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 
562.
       
  

        
 Journal of Threatened Taxa 

          
      
southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(6):
21213–21226. 
21226
         

20 August 2022.
        
    
Indian Insects: Diversity and Science. CRC
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Mr. Jashwor Singh Irungbam, Biology Centre CAS, Branišovská, Czech Republic.
Dr. Ian J. Kitching, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, UK
Dr. George Mathew, Kerala Forest Research Instute, Peechi, India
Dr. John Noyes, Natural History Museum, London, UK
Dr. Albert G. Orr, Grith University, Nathan, Australia
Dr. Sameer Padhye, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Nancy van der Poorten, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Kareen Schnabel, NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand
Dr. R.M. Sharma, (Retd.) Scienst, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, India
Dr. Manju Siliwal, WILD, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. G.P. Sinha, Botanical Survey of India, Allahabad, India
Dr. K.A. Subramanian, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, India
Dr. P.M. Sureshan, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Dr. R. Varatharajan, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India
Dr. Eduard Vives, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain
Dr. James Young, Hong Kong Lepidopterists’ Society, Hong Kong
Dr. R. Sundararaj, Instute of Wood Science & Technology, Bengaluru, India
Dr. M. Nithyanandan, Environmental Department, La Ala Al Kuwait Real Estate. Co. K.S.C.,
Kuwait
Dr. Himender Bhar, Punjabi University, Punjab, India
Mr. Purnendu Roy, London, UK
Dr. Saito Motoki, The Buery Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Sanjay Sondhi, TITLI TRUST, Kalpavriksh, Dehradun, India
Dr. Nguyen Thi Phuong Lien, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dr. Nin Kulkarni, Tropical Research Instute, Jabalpur, India
Dr. Robin Wen Jiang Ngiam, Naonal Parks Board, Singapore
Dr. Lional Monod, Natural History Museum of Geneva, Genève, Switzerland.
Dr. Asheesh Shivam, Nehru Gram Bhar University, Allahabad, India
Dr. Rosana Moreira da Rocha, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curiba, Brasil
Dr. Kurt R. Arnold, North Dakota State University, Saxony, Germany
Dr. James M. Carpenter, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
Dr. David M. Claborn, Missouri State University, Springeld, USA
Dr. Kareen Schnabel, Marine Biologist, Wellington, New Zealand
Dr. Amazonas Chagas Júnior, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brasil
Mr. Monsoon Jyo Gogoi, Assam University, Silchar, Assam, India
Dr. Heo Chong Chin, Universi Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Selangor, Malaysia
Dr. R.J. Shiel, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
Dr. Siddharth Kulkarni, The George Washington University, Washington, USA
Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, ATREE, Bengaluru, India
Dr. Phil Alderslade, CSIRO Marine And Atmospheric Research, Hobart, Australia
Dr. John E.N. Veron, Coral Reef Research, Townsville, Australia
Dr. Daniel Whitmore, State Museum of Natural History Stugart, Rosenstein, Germany.
Dr. Yu-Feng Hsu, Naonal Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan
Dr. Keith V. Wolfe, Anoch, California, USA
Dr. Siddharth Kulkarni, The Hormiga Lab, The George Washington University, Washington,
D.C., USA
Dr. Tomas Ditrich, Faculty of Educaon, University of South Bohemia in Ceske
Budejovice, Czech Republic
Dr. Mihaly Foldvari, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
Dr. V.P. Uniyal, Wildlife Instute of India, Dehradun, Uarakhand 248001, India
Dr. John T.D. Caleb, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Dr. Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
(ATREE), Royal Enclave, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Fishes
Dr. Neelesh Dahanukar, IISER, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Dr. Topiltzin Contreras MacBeath, Universidad Autónoma del estado de Morelos, México
Dr. Heok Hee Ng, Naonal University of Singapore, Science Drive, Singapore
Dr. Rajeev Raghavan, St. Albert’s College, Kochi, Kerala, India
Dr. Robert D. Sluka, Chiltern Gateway Project, A Rocha UK, Southall, Middlesex, UK
Dr. E. Vivekanandan, Central Marine Fisheries Research Instute, Chennai, India
Dr. Davor Zanella, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croaa
Dr. A. Biju Kumar, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Dr. Akhilesh K.V., ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Instute, Mumbai Research
Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Dr. J.A. Johnson, Wildlife Instute of India, Dehradun, Uarakhand, India
Dr. R. Ravinesh, Gujarat Instute of Desert Ecology, Gujarat, India
Amphibians
Dr. Sushil K. Dua, Indian Instute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Dr. Annemarie Ohler, Muséum naonal d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Reples
Dr. Gernot Vogel, Heidelberg, Germany
Dr. Raju Vyas, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Dr. Pritpal S. Soorae, Environment Agency, Abu Dubai, UAE.
Prof. Dr. Wayne J. Fuller, Near East University, Mersin, Turkey
Prof. Chandrashekher U. Rivonker, Goa University, Taleigao Plateau, Goa. India
Dr. S.R. Ganesh, Chennai Snake Park, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Himansu Sekhar Das, Terrestrial & Marine Biodiversity, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Birds
Dr. Hem Sagar Baral, Charles Sturt University, NSW Australia
Mr. H. Byju, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Chris Bowden, Royal Society for the Protecon of Birds, Sandy, UK
Dr. Priya Davidar, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
Dr. J.W. Duckworth, IUCN SSC, Bath, UK
Dr. Rajah Jayapal, SACON, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Rajiv S. Kalsi, M.L.N. College, Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, India
Dr. V. Santharam, Rishi Valley Educaon Centre, Chioor Dt., Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr. S. Balachandran, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
Mr. J. Praveen, Bengaluru, India
Dr. C. Srinivasulu, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Dr. K.S. Gopi Sundar, Internaonal Crane Foundaon, Baraboo, USA
Dr. Gombobaatar Sundev, Professor of Ornithology, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Prof. Reuven Yosef, Internaonal Birding & Research Centre, Eilat, Israel
Dr. Taej Mundkur, Wetlands Internaonal, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Dr. Carol Inskipp, Bishop Auckland Co., Durham, UK
Dr. Tim Inskipp, Bishop Auckland Co., Durham, UK
Dr. V. Gokula, Naonal College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Arkady Lelej, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia
Dr. Simon Dowell, Science Director, Chester Zoo, UK
Dr. Mário Gabriel Sanago dos Santos, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro,
Quinta de Prados, Vila Real, Portugal
Dr. Grant Connee, Smithsonian Instuon, Royal, VA, USA
Dr. P.A. Azeez, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Mammals
Dr. Giovanni Amori, CNR - Instute of Ecosystem Studies, Rome, Italy
Dr. Anwaruddin Chowdhury, Guwaha, India
Dr. David Mallon, Zoological Society of London, UK
Dr. Shomita Mukherjee, SACON, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Angie Appel, Wild Cat Network, Germany
Dr. P.O. Nameer, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur, Kerala, India
Dr. Ian Redmond, UNEP Convenon on Migratory Species, Lansdown, UK
Dr. Heidi S. Riddle, Riddle’s Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary, Arkansas, USA
Dr. Karin Schwartz, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Dr. Lala A.K. Singh, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Dr. Mewa Singh, Mysore University, Mysore, India
Dr. Paul Racey, University of Exeter, Devon, UK
Dr. Honnavalli N. Kumara, SACON, Anaikay P.O., Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Nishith Dharaiya, HNG University, Patan, Gujarat, India
Dr. Spartaco Gippoli, Socio Onorario Società Italiana per la Storia della Fauna “Giuseppe
Altobello”, Rome, Italy
Dr. Justus Joshua, Green Future Foundaon, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. H. Raghuram, The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr. Paul Bates, Harison Instute, Kent, UK
Dr. Jim Sanderson, Small Wild Cat Conservaon Foundaon, Harord, USA
Dr. Dan Challender, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Dr. David Mallon, Manchester Metropolitan University, Derbyshire, UK
Dr. Brian L. Cypher, California State University-Stanislaus, Bakerseld, CA
Dr. S.S. Talmale, Zoological Survey of India, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Prof. Karan Bahadur Shah, Budhanilakantha Municipality, Kathmandu, Nepal
Dr. Susan Cheyne, Borneo Nature Foundaon Internaonal, Palangkaraja, Indonesia
Dr. Hemanta Kaey, Wildlife Sciences, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA
Other Disciplines
Dr. Aniruddha Belsare, Columbia MO 65203, USA (Veterinary)
Dr. Mandar S. Paingankar, University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India (Molecular)
Dr. Jack Tordo, Crical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Arlington, USA (Communies)
Dr. Ulrike Streicher, University of Oregon, Eugene, USA (Veterinary)
Dr. Hari Balasubramanian, EcoAdvisors, Nova Scoa, Canada (Communies)
Dr. Rayanna Hellem Santos Bezerra, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Brazil
Dr. Jamie R. Wood, Landcare Research, Canterbury, New Zealand
Dr. Wendy Collinson-Jonker, Endangered Wildlife Trust, Gauteng, South Africa
Dr. Rajeshkumar G. Jani, Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat, India
Dr. O.N. Tiwari, Senior Scienst, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Instute (IARI), New
Delhi, India
Dr. L.D. Singla, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana, India
Dr. Rupika S. Rajakaruna, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Dr. Bahar Baviskar, Wild-CER, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440013, India
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OPEN ACCESS
ISSN 0974-7907 (Online) | ISSN 0974-7893 (Print)
December 2024 | Vol. 16 | No. 12 | Pages: 26187–26330
Date of Publicaon: 26 December 2024 (Online & Print)
DOI: 10.11609/jo.2024.16.12.26187-26330
Arcles
Negave interacon or coexistence? Livestock predaon and
conservaon of wild carnivores in Kazinag Naonal Park and
adjacent region in the Kashmir Himalaya, India
– Uzma Dawood & Bilal A. Bhat, Pp. 26187–26197
Avifaunal diversity and conservaon signicance of coastal
ecosystems on Rameswaram Island, Tamil Nadu, India
– H. Byju, H. Maitreyi, S. Ravichandran & N. Raveendran, Pp. 26198–
26212
Conservaon of sea tur tles on the beach areas from Sonadia Island
to Saint Marn’s Island in the Bay of Bengal in Bangladesh
– M. Farid Ahsan, Shital Kumar Nath & Ashim Barua, Pp. 26213–26224
Noteworthy records of vascular plants from the West Bank, occupied
Palesnian territories
– Banan Al-Sheikh, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh & Abdel-Salam Hubbieh,
Pp. 26225–26233
Communicaons
Cizen science conservaon: a case study using two threatened
large aquac American salamanders (Amphibia: Urodela), the
Common Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus (Proteidae) and the Eastern
Hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis (Cryptobranchidae)
observaons on iNaturalist
– Shem Unger, Pp. 26234–26239
A preliminar y study of odonate fauna in the high ranges of Munnar,
southern Western Ghats, India
– T.S. Krishnanunni, Nazar Neha, R. Arya & P.O. Nameer, Pp. 26240–
26250
A new species of Arctodiaptomus Kiefer, 1932 (Copepoda:
Diaptomidae) from the Kumaun Himalaya of India
– Shaikhom Inaotombi & Debajit Sarma, Pp. 26251–26263
Morpho-anatomical characterizaon and conservaon status of
the Whisk Fern Psilotum nudum (L.) P.Beauv. (Polypodiopsida:
Psilotaceae) from Cooch Behar District of West Bengal, India
– Aninda Mandal, Pp. 26264–26271
Six new reports of corcioid fungi from India
– Poonam, Avneet Pal Singh & Gurpaul Singh Dhingra, Pp. 26272–26282
On the Maravalia echinulata (Niessl ex Rabenh.) Ono (Pucciniales:
Chaconiaceae) with reference to its host range and distribuon
– Sayantan Jash & Asit Baran De, Pp. 26283–26290
Short Communicaons
A rare low elevaon photographic record of Himalayan Serow
Capricornis sumatraensis ssp. thar (Hodgson, 1831) from
Nameri Naonal Park, Assam, India
– B. Piraisoodan, Asish Immanuel Baglary, Saumitro Das & Debasish
Buragohain, Pp. 26291–26295
Sighngs of Red Goral Nemorhaedus baileyi in the community
forest of the Upper Siang region, Arunachal Pradesh: an insight
into its conservaon challenges and implicaons within a tribal-
managed landscape
– Takhe Bamin, Kishon Tekseng & Daniel Mize, Pp. 26296–26300
New record of Sapria himalayana Gri. (Raesiaceae) from
Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India
– Anisha Mandal, Aman Bishwakarma, Dibi Soma Monpa, Kabir
Pradhan, Karma Wangdi Monpa & Rohit Rai, Pp. 26301–26305
Pinnatella limbata (Bryophyta: Neckeraceae): reassessment of
conservaon status based on recent ndings
– O.M. Sruthi, C.N. Manju, K.P. Rajesh & J. Enroth, Pp. 26306–26311
Addions of two genera of liverworts (Marchanophyta)
to the bryoora of Nagaland, India
– Kazhuhrii Eshuo, Kholi Kaini & S.K. Chatur vedi, Pp. 26312–26316
Phycolepidozia indica (Marchanophyta: Jungermanniales)
an endemic leaess liverwort from Kerala part of Western Ghats,
India
– T. Krishnendhu, C.N. Manju, Ravi Athira & K.P. Rajesh, Pp. 26317–
26321
Notes
First photographic documentaon of avian egg predaon by
Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (Pallas, 1777)
(Mammalia: Carnivora: Viverridae)
– Aritra Bhaacharya, B.N. Achyutha, Nandini Iyer, Somaiah
Sundarapandian & Kuppusamy Sivakumar, Pp. 26322–26324
First record of Eurasian Crag Marn Ptyonoprogne rupestris
(Scopoli, 1769) (Aves: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) from Tamil
Nadu, India
– S. Naveenkumar, Pp. 26325–26327
Megachile vera Nurse, 1901 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae):
a new record of leaf cuer bee from Kerala, India
– Anju Sara Prakash & C. Bijoy, Pp. 26328–26330
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