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Cfiftafion: Pandey, P. & A.K. Mohapaftra (2017).Dfiversfifty of ftwo famfiflfies Lfibeflfluflfidae and Coenagrfionfidae (Odonafta)fin Regfionafl Insfiftufte of Educafion Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odfisha,Indfia.Journafl of Threaftened Taxa 9(2):9851–9857;hftp://dofi.org/10.11609/joft.2547.9.2.9851-9857

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Acknowfledgemenfts: The aufthors are graftefufl fto Dr. Lafla A. K. Sfingh, Former Research Oficer, Odfisha and Dr. Sfiba Prasad Parfida, Scfienfisft, RMNH, Bhubaneswar, Odfishafor fthefir vafluabfle gufidance.

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fam

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L

fibeflflufl

fidae

and

Coenagr

fion

fidae

(Odonafta

)

fin

Reg

fionafl

Insft

fiftufte

of

Educaft

fion

Campus

,

Bhubaneswar

,

Od

fisha

,

Ind

fia

Pr

fiyamvada

Pandey

1

_{& An}

_fimesh

_Kumar

_Mohapaftra

2

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Journafl of Threaftened Taxa | www.fthreaftenedftaxa.org | 26 February 2017 | 9(2): 9851–9857

Odonaftes

represenft

one

o

f

fthe

pr

fim

fifive

orders

o

f

finsecfts

hav

fing

fthe

fir

evo

flufionary

or

fig

fin

abouft

220 m

fi

fl

fion

years

ago

fin

fthe

carbon

fi

ferous

per

fiod

(M

fiftra

2006

)

.

There

are

approx

fimafte

fly

6000

spec

fies

be

flong

fing

fto

630 genera

and

28 fam

fi

fl

fies

wh

fich

have been

reporfted

wor

fldw

fide

ouft

o

f

wh

fich

on

fly

one

spec

fies

are

finc

fluded

under

Schedu

fle

I

o

f

fthe

W

fi

fld

fl

fi

fe

Proftecfion

Acft

,

1972

(Tsuda

1991

;

S

fi

flsby

2001

;

Rafthod

eft

a

fl

.

2012

)

.

Dragonfl

fies

be

flong

fto

fthe

suborder

An

fisopftera

and

are

characfter

fized

by

fthe

fir

unequa

fl

fly

-s

fized

w

fings

and

a

sftoufter

abdomen

.

Damse

flfl

fies

are

finc

fluded

under

fthe

sub

-order

Zygopftera

hav

fing

a

more

s

flender

body

w

fifth

bofth

w

fings

approx

fimafte

fly

o

f

s

fim

fi

flar

s

fize

and

shape

(McGav

fin

eft

a

fl

.

2002

)

.

L

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fidae

and

Coenagr

fion

fidae

are

fthe

flargesft

,

success

fu

fl

and

fthe

mosft

hefterogenous

fam

fi

fly

among

dragonfl

fies

and

damse

flfl

fies

finc

flud

fing

abouft

1 ,000

spec

fies

a

fl

over

fthe

wor

fld (R

fichards

eft

a

fl

.

1977

)

.

Odonaftes

rema

fin

c

flose

fly

assoc

fiafted

fto

sftand

fing

wafter

bod

fies

fl

fike

reservo

firs

,

flakes

,

ponds

,

even

seasona

fl

ra

fin

wafter

pudd

fles

are

pre

ferred

by

severa

fl

spec

fies

wh

fi

fle

some

pre

fer

runn

fing

wafter

fl

fike

r

fivers

,

r

fivu

flefts

,

h

fi

fl

sftreams

,

eftc

.

(Bora

&

Me

fifte

fi

2014

)

.

Severa

fl

reporfts

convey

fthaft

fthe

d

fisftr

fibufions

o

f

Odonaftes

are

dependenft

on

fthe

nafture

o

f

wafter

hab

fiftaft

and

ftemperafture

,

fi

.e

.

,

fthey

choose

spec

fific

env

fironmenfts

for

fthe

fir

surv

fiva

fl

(Rehn

2003

;

V

fincenft

eft

a

fl

.

2008

)

.

In

Ind

fia

,

470 spec

fies

o

f

odonaftes

are

recorded

represenfing

139 genera

and

19 fam

fi

fl

fies

ouft

o

f

wh

fich

95 spec

fies

be

flong

fto

fthe

fam

fi

fly

L

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fidae

and

65 spec

fies

be

flong

fto

fthe

fam

fi

fly

Coenagr

fion

fidae

(Prasad

&

Varshney

1995

;

Subraman

fian

2009

)

.

In

fthe

pen

finsu

flar

reg

fion

,

50 spec

fies

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

and

25 spec

fies

o

f c

oenagr

fion

fids

were

Absftracft: Lfibeflfluflfidae and Coenagrfionfidae are fthe mosft domfinanft

famfiflfies among dragonflfies and damseflflfies. The presenft sftudy deafls wfifthfthe dfiversfifty, occurrence and presenftsftaftus offlfibeflfluflfids and coenagrfionfids wfifthfinfthe RegfionaflInsfiftufte of Educafion Campusfin Bhubaneswar, Odfisha,Indfia (RIEC). The major objecfives of fthfis sftudy are fto prepare a preflfimfinary checkflfisft offlfibeflfluflfids and coenagrfionfids specfiesfinfthe RIEC andfto find ouftfthesftaftus and dfisftrfibufion of genera andspecfiesfinfthefirrespecfivefamfiflfies. Thfissftudyfis aflso afimed aftsysftemafic pflannfingfor deveflopfing dfiferenftsftraftegfiesfor conservafion of odonaftesfin fthe campus. Durfing fthfis sftudy a ftoftafl of 24 specfies have been recorded ouft of whfich 20 specfies beflong fto fthe famfifly Lfibeflfluflfidae represenfing 15 genera and four specfies beflong fto fthe famfifly Coenagrfionfidae represenfing four genera. The findfings of fthfis sftudy are based on fthe survey whfich was carrfied ouft for a perfiod offour monfthsfin 2015.

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Journaflof Threaftened Taxa | www.fthreaftenedftaxa.org | 26 February 2017 | 9(2): 9851–9857 Dfiversfifty of Lfibeflfluflfidae and Coenagrfionfidaefin RIE Campus, Bhubaneswar Pandey & Mohapaftra

9852

recorded

(Gunafth

fi

flagara

j

eft

a

fl

.

1999

;

Kand

fibane

eft

a

fl

.

2005

;

Aru

flprakash

&

Gunafth

fi

flagara

j

eft

a

fl

.

2010

)

.

Na

fir

(2011

)

descr

fibed

45 spec

fies

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

and

25 spec

fies

o

f c

oenagr

fion

fids

fin

Od

fisha

and

easftern

Ind

fia

.

Sftudy

Area

The

Reg

fiona

fl

Insfiftufte

o

f

Educafion

(R

IE

)

,

Bhubaneswar

fis

flocafted

fin

fthe

m

fidd

fle

o

f

fthe

c

fifty

aft

20

0

₁₇

_’20”N

_&

₈₅

0

₄₉

_′57″E

_,

_a

_flfiftude

_,

_45m

_,

_cover

_fing

_an

area

o

f

approx

fimafte

fly

40 .7ha

,

hav

fing

a

per

fimefter

o

f

2 .65km

.

The

sftudy

area

has

dense

vegeftafion

and

prov

fides

a

favourab

fle

hab

fiftaft

for

a

var

fied

d

fivers

fifty

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

and

coenagr

fion

fids

.

Ift

exper

fiences

ftrop

fica

fl

weafther

cond

fifions

w

fifth

an

average

ftemperafture

rang

fing

beftween

20

0

_C

_and

₃₆

0

_C

_.

_The

_summer

_season

_exftends

from

March

fto

May

hav

fing

max

fimum

ftemperaftures

often

exceed

fing

40

0

_C

_,

_fo

_fl

_flowed

_by

_monsoon

_season

from

June

fto

Ocftober

w

fifth

a

ftemperafture

range

o

f

25–

32

0

_C

_.

_W

_finfter

_flasfts

_for

_abouft

₁₀

_weeks

_from

_November

fto

February

w

fifth

a

ftemperafture

range

o

f

15–18

0

_C

_.

_May

fis

fthe

hoftesft

monfth

w

fifth

da

fi

fly

ftemperaftures

rang

fing

from

32–42

0

_C

_.

_December

_fis

_fthe

_co

_fldesft

_monfth

_,

_w

_fifth

ftemperaftures

vary

fing

from

15–28

0

_C

_.

_The

_area

_rece

_fives

an

average

annua

fl

ra

fin

fa

fl

o

f

1 ,492mm

(58

.73

fin

)

.

Mafter

fiafls

and

Mefthods

The

presenft

sftudy

was

done

over

a

per

fiod

o

f

four

monfths

from

Au gusft

fto

November

2015

.

Surveys

were

carr

fied

ouft

fthroughouft

fthe

morn

fing

,

noon

and

even

fing

hours

fto

record

max

fimum

spec

fies

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

and

coenagr

fion

fids

.

Max

fimum

numbers

o

f

spec

fies

were

recorded

dur

fing

afternoon

hours

from

ear

fly

Augusft

fto

flafte

Sepftember

.

Observafions

were

made

w

fifth

fthe

a

fid

o

f

a

b

finocu

flar

and

phoftographs

were

ftaken

fin

fthe

fir

naftura

fl

hab

fiftaft

w

fifth

fthe

he

flp

o

f

d

fig

fifta

fl

cameras

(N

fikon

L100

and

O

flympus

E

-420

)

.

Idenfificafion

:

The

spec

fies

were

fidenfified

,

and

c

flass

fified

w

fifth

fthe

he

flp

o

f

fidenfificafion

keys

prov

fided

by

Fraser

(1933

,

1934

,

1936

)

,

Subraman

fian

(2005

)

,

M

fiftra

(2006

)

,

Bed

jan

fiè

eft

a

fl

.

(2007

)

,

Andrew

eft

a

fl

.

(2009

)

and

Na

fir

(2011

)

.

The

ftofta

fl

number

o

f

genera

and

spec

fies

were

fl

fisfted

and

fidenfified

spec

fies

were

c

flass

fified

finfto

fthree

caftegor

fies

accord

fing

fto

fthe

fir

occurrence

and

monfth

fly

v

fis

fib

fi

fl

fifty

w

fifth

fin

fthe

sftudy

area

:

C

-

common

(10–30

s

fighfings

)

,

O

-

occas

fiona

fl

(5–10

s

fighfings

)

,

R

-rare

(2–5

s

fighfings

)

.

Resuflfts

In

fthe

presenft

find

fings

,

20 (83

.33%

)

spec

fies

o

f

dragonfl

fies

represenfing

15 (78

.95%

)

genera

be

flong

fing

fto

fthe

fam

fi

fly

L

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fidae

and

four

(16

.67%

)

spec

fies

o

f

damse

flfl

fies

represenfing

four

genera

(21

.05%

)

be

flong

fing

fto

fthe

fam

fi

fly

Coenagr

fion

fidae

have

been

reporfted

(Tab

fles

1 and

2 )

.

The

phoftographs

o

f

fthe

recorded

spec

fies

are

presenfted

as

Images

1–31

.

Mosft

o

f

fthe

recorded

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

were

found

near

fthe

fish

pond

area

fin

fthe

campus

.

Coenagr

fion

fids

have

been

reporfted

fin

fthe

grasses

and

swampy

areas

.

Members

o

f

fthe

L

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fidae

fam

fi

fly

are

sma

fl

fto

med

fium

-s

fized

,

br

fighft

fly

co

floured

,

often

hav

fing

w

fing

paftches

and

fthey

breed

ma

fin

fly

fin

sfi

fl

wafter

.

One

o

f

fthe

un

fique

feaftures

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

fis

fthaft

fthey

frequenft

fly

refturn

fto

and

de

fend

fthe

same

perch

or

marsh

edge

.

Coenagr

fion

fids

are

fidenfified

from

fthe

fir

ftransparenft

w

fings

wh

fich

are

rounded

aft

fips

and

fthey

have

a

flong

fth

fin

abdomen

.

They

are

non

-mefta

fl

fic

and

found

fin

a

flmosft

a

fl

co

flours

from

b

flue

fto

orange

.

D

fiscuss

fion

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Journaflof Threaftened Taxa | www.fthreaftenedftaxa.org | 26 February 2017 | 9(2): 9851–9857

Dfiversfifty of Lfibeflfluflfidae and Coenagrfionfidaefin RIE Campus, Bhubaneswar Pandey & Mohapaftra

9853

s

fix

(30%

)

are

occas

fiona

fl

and

five

(25%

)

are

rare

(Tab

fle

3 ;

F

fig

2 )

.

Ouft

o

f

four

spec

fies

o

f

coenagr

fion

fids

observed

,

fthree

(75%

)

are

common

and

one

(25%

)

are

occas

fiona

fl

(Tab

fle

3 ;

F

fig

3 )

.

Ift

was

a

flso

nofted

fthaft

fthe

max

fimum

number

o

f

spec

fies

were

recorded

fin

fthe

monfth

o

f

Augusft

and

Sepftember

,

excepft

n

fine

spec

fies

o

f

fl

fibe

fl

flu

fl

fids

and

fthree

spec

fies

o

f

coenagr

fion

fids

wh

fich

were

presenft

fin

a

fl

four

monfths

.

S

fing

fle

spec

fies

were

recorded

from

fthe

genera

Ac

fisoma

, Aefthr

fiamanfta

, Brachyd

fip

flax

,

Brachyfthem

fis

, Brad

finopyga

, Crocofthem

fis

, D

fip

flacodes

,

Pa

flpop

fleura

, Panfta

fla

, Rhodofthem

fis

, Rhyofthem

fis

,

Tramea

and Tr

fifthem

fis consfiftufing 13 spec

fies.

There

were

ftwo

spec

fies

wh

fich

were

recorded

under

fthe

genus

Neurofthem

fis

(

finftermed

fia

and ftu

fl

fia)

and

five

spec

fies

Common

Occasfionafl Rare

Ffigure 2. Percenfifle dfisftrfibufion showfing sftaftus offlfibeflfluflfid specfies recordedfin RIE campus, Bhubaneswar

Common Occasfionafl

Ffigure 3. Percenfifle dfisftrfibufion showfing sftaftus of coenagrfionfid specfies recordedfin RIE campus, Bhubaneswar

Famfifly/ Genus Scfienfific name Common name Nafir(2011) vfisfibMonfthfiflfiftyfly(Aug–

Nov) Sftaftus

IUCN Red Lfisft sftaftus Lfibeflfluflfidae(15 genera, 20 specfies)

Acfisoma Acfisoma panorpofides (Rambur,1842) Trumpeft Tafifl A,S,O,N C LC Aefthrfiamanfta Aefthrfiamanfta brevfipennfis (Rambur,1842) Scarfleft Marsh Hawk A,S O LC Brachydfipflax Brachydfipflax sobrfina (Rambur,1842) _SkBflue_fimmer-ftafifled Marsh A,S,O,N C LC Brachyfthemfis Brachyfthemfis conftamfinafta (Fabrficfius, 1793) DfiftchJewefl A,S,O,N C LC Bradfinopyga Bradfinopyga gemfinafta (Rambur,1842) Granfifte Ghosft A,S,O,N C LC Crocofthemfis Crocofthemfis servfiflfia (Drury, 1770) Ruddy Marsh Skfimmer A,S,O,N C LC Dfipflacodes Dfipflacodes ftrfivfiaflfis (Rambur, 1842) Ground Skfimmer A,S,O,N C LC Neurofthemfis Neurofthemfisfinftermedfia (Rambur, 1842) Ruddy Meadow Skfimmer A,S O LC Neurofthemfis ftuflflfia (Drury, 1773) Pfied Paddy Skfimmer A,S O LC

Orftheftrum

Orftheftrum prufinosum (Rambur,1842) Crfimson-ftafifled Marsh Hawk S R LC Orftheftrum gflaucum (Brauer, 1865) Bflue Marsh Hawk S R LC Orftheftrum sabfina (Drury, 1770) Green Marsh Hawk A,S,O,N C LC Orftheftrum ftrfianguflare (Seflys,1878) Bflue-ftafifled Foresft Hawk N R LC Orftheftrum vfiflflosovfiftaftum (Brauer, 1868)* Ffiery Skfimmer* S,O O LC Paflpopfleura Paflpopfleura sexmacuflafta (Fabrficfius, 1798) Bflue Tafifled Yeflflow Skfimmer N R LC Panftafla Panftafla flavescens (Fabrficfius, 1787) Wanderfing Gflfider A,S,O,N C LC Rhodofthemfis Rhodofthemfis rufa (Rambur, 1842) Rufous Marsh Gflfider N R LC Rhyofthemfis Rhyofthemfis varfiegafta (Lfinnaeus, 1763) Common Pficfture Wfing S,O O LC Tramea Trameaflfimbafta (Desjardfins,1842) Bflack Marsh Trofter A,S O LC Trfifthemfis Trfifthemfis paflflfidfinervfis (Kfirby, 1889) Long-Legged Marsh Gflfider A,S,O,N C LC

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IUCN Red Lfisft sftaftus Coenagrfionfidae(4 genera, 4 specfies)

Agrfiocnemfis Agrfiocnemfis pygmaea (Rambur, 1842) Pfigmy Darftfleft A,S,O,N C LC Cerfiagrfion Cerfiagrfion coromandeflfianum (Fabrficfius,1798) Coromandefl Marsh Darft A,S,O,N C LC Enaflflagma Enaflflagma parvum (Seflys,1876) Azure Darftfleft S,O O LC Ischnura Ischnura aurora(Brauer,1865) Goflden Darftfleft A,S,O,N C LC

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9855 Image 1. Acfisoma panorpofides(Trumpeft Tafifl)

Femafle ImageMarsh Hawk 2.Aefthr) Femafiamanftafle brevfipennfis (ScarfleftImage(Bflue Ta 3fi.fledBrachyd Marshfip Skflaxfimmer sobrfina ) Femafle

Image 4.Brachyfthemfis conftamfinafta (Dfiftch Jewefl) Mafle

Image 5.Bradfinopyga gemfinafta (Granfifte

Ghosft) Femafle SkImagefimmer 6.)Crocofthem Mafle fis servfiflfia (Ruddy Marsh

Image 7.Crocofthemfis servfiflfia (Ruddy Marsh

Skfimmer) Femafle skImagefimmer 8.) MaDfipflacodesfle ftrfivaflfis (Ground skImagefimmer 9.)D Femafipflacodesfle ftrfivfiaflfis (Ground

Image 10.Neurofthemfisfinftermedfia (Ruddy Meadow Skfimmer) Mafle

Image 11.Neurofthemfis ftuflflfia (Pfied Paddy

Skfimmer) Mafle Image_Ta_fi_fled_Marsh 12.Orftheftrum_Hawk₎_Ma pru_flefinosum (Crfimson

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Image 13. Orftheftrum gflaucum(Bflue Marsh

Hawk) Mafle HawkImage) Ma 14.fleOrftheftrum sabfina (Green Marsh HawkImage) Fema 15.Orftheftrumfle sabfina (Green Marsh

Image 16.Orftheftrum ftrfianguflare (Bflue Tafifled

Foresft Hawk) Mafle SkImagefimmer 17). FemaOrftheftrumfle vfiflflosovfiftaftum (Ffiery TaImagefifled Ye 18flflow.Paflpop Skfimmerfleura sexmacu) Mafleflafta (Bflue

Image 19.Panftafla flavescens (Wanderfing

Gflfider) Mafle _GImage_fl_fider₎_Ma 20._fleRhodofthemfis rufa (Rufous Marsh _PImage_ficfture 21_W._fingRhyofthem₎_Ma_flefis varfiegafta (Common

Image 22.Rhyofthemfis varfiegafta (Common

Pficfture Wfing) Femafle (BImageflack Marsh 23.Tramea Trofterflfimbafta) Mafle LeggedImage 24 Marsh.Trfifthem Gflfiderfis pa) Femaflflfidfinervflefis (Long

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9857 Image 31.Ischnura aurora(Goflden

Darftfleft) Femafle

Image 25. Agrfiocnemfis pygmaea(Pfigmy

Darftfleft) Mafle _DarftImage_fleft 26₎_Fema. Agr_flefiocnemfis pygmaeae(Pfigmy _(CoromandeImage 27.Cer_fl_Marshfiagrfion_Darft coromande₎_Ma_fleflfianum

Image 28.Cerfiagrfion coromandeflfianum

(Coromandefl Marsh Darft) Femafle MaImagefle 29.Enaflflagma parvum (Azure Darftfleft) Image 30.Ischnura aurora(Goflden Darftfleft) Mafle

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Flora richness as an indicator of desert habitat quality in Kuwait

-- Yahya Al-Shehabi & Kevin Murphy, Pp. 9777–9785

Communications

Distribution of Cryptopotamon anacoluthon (Kemp, 1918) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), a freshwater crab endemic to Hong Kong

-- David John Stanton, Michael Robertson Leven &

Tommy Chung Hong Hui, Pp. 9786–9794

Moths of the family Limacodidae Duponchel, 1845 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea) from Bhutan with six new generic and 12 new species records

-- Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Meenakshi Singh Chib & Alexey V. Solovyev, Pp. 9795–9813

Odonates of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India -- M. Suhirtha Muhil & P. Pramod, Pp. 9814–9828

Twenty-three new records of mantodea (Insecta) from some

states of India

-- Tushar Kanti Mukherjee, Geetha Iyer & Parbati Chatterjee, Pp. 9829–9839

Short Communications

On the feeding habit of the Guiana Dolphin Sotalia

guianensis (van Bénedèn, 1864) (Mammalia: Cetartiodactyla:

Delphinidae) in southeastern Brazil (~220S): has there been any change in more than two decades?

-- Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto, Clara da Cruz Vidart Badia & Salvatore Siciliano, Pp. 9840–9843

Additions to the scorpion fauna (Arachnida: Scorpiones) of

Kerala, India, with an illustrated key to the genera

-- K. Aswathi & P.M. Sureshan, Pp. 9844–9850

Diversity of two families Libellulidae and Coenagrionidae (Odonata) in Regional Institute of Education Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

-- Priyamvada Pandey & Animesh Kumar Mohapatra,

Pp. 9851–9857

A report on occurrence of aphidophagous predators of Aphis odinae (van der Goot) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in cashew ecosystem from Goa, India

-- Ramasamy Maruthadurai & Narendra Pratap Singh,

Pp. 9858–9861

Notes

A new critical habitat for conservation of the White-bellied Heron Ardea insignis Hume, 1878 (Aves: Ardeidae) from Bhutan

-- Karma Wangdi, Tashi Dhendup & Tsethup Tshering,

Pp. 9862–9863

First report of the parasitoid wasp Piestopleura Förster

(Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae) from India

-- Kamalanathan Veenakumari, Peter Neerup Buhl, Anandhan

Rameshkumar & Prashanth Mohanraj, Pp. 9864–9865

A century later the Manipur Argus Callerebia suroia Tytler,

1914 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) recorded in its type locality in Manipur, India

-- Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Harmenn Huidrom &

Baleshwor Singh Soibam, Pp. 9866–9869

First record of the predatory stinkbugEocanthecona

concinna (Walker, 1867) (Pentatomidae: Asopinae) from

India

-- Sadashiv Hanumant Waghmare & Sunil Madhukar Gaikwad,

Pp. 9870–9873

New records of Aplousobranch ascidians to Indian waters from Andaman Islands

-- Jhimli Mondal, C. Raghunathan & K. Venkataraman,

Pp. 9874–9880