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Scientists have discovered Lestes paloti, a new species of spreadwing damselfly, in the Western Ghats of Kerala. It belongs to the family Lestidae of the order Odonata and is named after Dr. Muhamed Jafer Palot of the Zo...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive triumph for Indian entomological research, field biologists strictly and officially discovered two completely new solitary bee species—Elaphropoda triangulata and Hab...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive botanical discovery, phycologists strictly and officially identified a completely novel species of freshwater red algae, named Sheathia meghalayensis, thriving in the...
Introduction In a deeply structural and highly massive biodiversity discovery, a new herpetological study strictly and officially reported the first confirmed record of the Sistan sand boa (Eryx sistanensis) in India. Ba...
IntroductionIn a deeply structural and highly massive biodiversity discovery, researchers have strictly and officially identified a completely new genus and species of a nocturnal tiger moth. The fierce absolute new inse...
Two new species of jumping spiders belonging to the family Salticidae, Mogrus shushka and Mogrus pune, have been discovered in India. Mogrus shushka was found in the dry regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat, while Mogrus pun...
Researchers have discovered a new species of 'fanged frog', named Limnonectes motijheel, in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve located in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh. Fanged frogs of the genus Limnonectes are known f...
Scientists from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new species of wild kiwi, named Actinidia indica, near Ziro Valley in Arunachal Pradesh. The find adds to the documented plant diversity of India's no...
Three notable biodiversity records have been reported. A new parasitic wasp, Chelonus (Carinichelonus) mahadeb, was discovered in tea estates of Assam; it belongs to the Braconidae family, known for parasitoid behaviour....
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has described two new species of lichen moths, Caulocera hollowayi and Asura buxa, from the eastern Himalayas. They were recorded in the Sikkim and West Bengal regions. Lichen moths b...
A faunal survey by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, has identified nine species new to science. They include the jumping spider Stenaelurillus megamalai, the mayflies E...
A new flowering plant of the Acanthaceae family, Dicliptera pakhalica, was described from Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary, Telangana, named after Pakhal Lake and rated Data Deficient under IUCN guidelines; the genus has over 2...
