The status and distribution of Idionyx Hagen, 1867 (Odonata: Corduliidae), of the Western Ghats, India, is updated and a new species Idionyx gomantakensis is described and illustrated based on male and female specimens from Kulem (= Collem), Goa, India. This new species can be differentiated from other species of Idionyx by long and slender cerci and epiproct, absence of teeth in the basal half...

DNA Barcoding is one of the emerging tools in molecular identification faunal diversity, specifically insect fauna. The Surinam cockroach, Pycnoscelus surinamensis only known roach to be obligatorily parthenogenetic, with reported haplotypes. P. well established Indomalayan, tropical and subtropical regions substantially documented from India a phenetic approach. Herewith we report first set mt...

In situ propagation of Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd. a threatened endemic tree of Agasthiamalai Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, India has been done.