Volume 26, Issue 77, 2025 (Forthcoming Issue)

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Simulium (Nevermannia) kiliyurense sp. nov. is described based on female, pupa, and larva collecting from the Eastern continuous hills of Kollimalai, India. At present, the newly discovered species has been placed under Simulium ruficorne species group of the subgenus Nevermannia Enderlein. S. (N.) kiliyurense sp. nov. is characterized by a female antenna with nine flagellomeres, a pleural membrane bare, a Subcosta has medium brown hairs except for the apical 1/4 bare, male unknown, pupal cocoon sleeper-shaped and larval hypostoma with eight hypostomal bristles per side lying parallel to the lateral margin. It is similar to S. (N.) aureohirtum Brunetti, 1911 from India.

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A new black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) with a mild black to yellow thorax, belong the subgenus Nevermannia Enderlein (1921), from Eastern Ghats, South India

Suruliyandi Vijayan, Sankarappan Anbalagan, Subramani Pandian

Simulium (Nevermannia) kiliyurense sp. nov. is described based on female, pupa, and larva collecting from the Eastern continuous hills of Kollimalai, India.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e1s1757

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A new species of eight-gilled hagfish (Myxinidae: Eptatretus) off Kerala, Western Indian Ocean

Ida Elizabeth George, Bineesh KK, Agnita Sharon E, Ranjana Bhaskar, Hashim M, Dhriti banerjee

This paper describes Eptatretus sunilii Ida & Bineesh, a new hagfish species from the west coast of India. The specimens were caught as bycatch by a deep-sea shrimp trawler operated at a depth of 400-600 m and were landed at Sakthikulangara Fisheries Harbour, Kollam, Kerala

Species, 2025, 26(77), e2s1751

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An Elusive and Endangered Life in Grassland: A Rare Sighting of the Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

Binod Chaudhary, Chudamani Chaudhary, Abhinaya Pathak, Bijaya Dhami, Sujan Khanal

Endemic to the grassland of the Indian sub-continent, the hispid hare (Caprolagus hispidus) confronts various conservation challenges. Though it is enlisted as an Endangered species on the IUCN Red List, there has been limited study of this species.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e3s1753

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Strophanthus wallichii A.DC. (Apocynaceae), a new record for the state of Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha

Rajeev Kumar Singh, Ravi Kiran Arigela, Sujana KA

Strophanthus wallichii A.DC. is reported here as a new record to the flora of Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha. Detailed taxonomic description, key to the Indian species and coloured photographs are provided for easy identification

Species, 2025, 26(77), e4s1759

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Seasonal prevalence on the Parasitism of Istiophorus platypterus (Shaw, 1792) by Pennella sp. (Copepoda: Pennellidae) from the Tamil Nadu Coastal waters, India

Vasanthan Koothan, Mukesh Murukesan, Ayyaru Gopalakrishnan, Deepa Joan of Arc, Nagarajan Arumugam

This study investigates the parasitism of Indo-Pacific sailfish along the Tamil Nadu coastal waters during the December 2023 and November 2024. The examination of 1,207 fish specimens were collected from three landing stations: Annan Koil, Mudasalodai, and MGR Thittu, where we have found 142 infested fish, thereby reporting an overall prevalence of 11.76%.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e5s1767

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A preliminary study on butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the Todgarh- Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, Rajasthan (India)

Jitendra Kumar, Indu Sharma

The present study provides a preliminary assessment of butterfly diversity in Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary (TR-WLS) based on surveys conducted from 2023 to 2024 across three forest ranges

Species, 2025, 26(77), e6s1771

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Initial Colonization of Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin- Méneville, 1843) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae) in Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India

Samjetsabam Bharati Devi, Toyesh Sharma, Ram Kumar Rai, Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Kumar Manish, Kishor Sharma

Sikkim forming part of the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot harbors more than half of the butterfly diversity of India. Since its first records from Uttarakhand two decades ago, Red Pierrot Talicada nyseus nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) have been reported from other parts of the Indian Himalayan region and Bhutan

Species, 2025, 26(77), e7s1763

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Anjaneri reserved forest: A potential vulture habitat

Vinaykamal D Dethe

Vultures are important scavengers in ecosystem, and their decline can have severe ecological and cultural implications. In this study, we surveyed the habitat and population of vultures in the Anjaneri Reserve Forest, Maharashtra, India

Species, 2025, 26(77), e8s1773

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Report of the Titan Cardinal fish Holapogon maximus (Boulenger, 1888) from Chennai coast of India, Bay of Bengal

Sweta Beura, Bineesh KK

This article deals with the report of the Titan cardinal fish (Holapogon maximus) from a new locality (Chennai, South-East coast of India, Bay of Bengal).

Species, 2025, 26(77), e9s1777

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First Record of Elattoneura nigerrima (Laidlaw, 1917) (Odonata: Platycnemididae) from Rajasthan, India: Habitat Insights and Morphological Observations

Anil Sarsavan, Manohar Pawar, Rahul Talegaonkar, Himani Sharma, Shivlal Kumawat

Elattoneura nigerrima, a new addition to Odonata fauna of Bhilwara, Rajasthan. Previously, this species was known only from a few states in peninsular, central, and western Indian regions

Species, 2025, 26(77), e10s1779

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New Distribution record of Cyathus striatus (Huds.) Willd. 1787 from Mandla Madhya Pradesh, India

Manohar Pawar

The present study shows the first record of fluted bird nest fungi (Cyathus striatus) in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. This species is observed on the dead stumps of Dendrocalamus strictus in Babaiha village near a Hot water spring in Mandla, Madhya Pradesh.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e11s1781

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An annotated checklist of plants of Delhi, India

Acharya Balkrishna, Bhasker Joshi, Anupam Srivastava, Amit Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Mishra

Delhi, the capital of India, is one of the most populated cities in North India. However, very little information is available regarding the diversity of vascular plants in this region after the work of Maheshwari

Species, 2025, 26(77), e12s1787

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Distribution record of the spiny crab Acanthonyx lunulatus (Risso, 1816) and the bristle crab Pilumnopeus vauquelini (Audouin, 1826) in the rocky bottom habitat of Mersin (Akkum)

Deniz Ayas, Deniz Ergüden

The present investigates the distribution of Acanthonyx lunulatus and Pilumnopeus vauquelini in rocky bottom habitats in the Akkum region of Mersin (the Mediterranean coast of Turkey).

Species, 2025, 26(77), e13s1791

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Vertical stratification of the butterfly flight and its variations with forest succession of a tropical forest in Sri Lanka

Buddhika Weerakoon, Kithsiri Ranawana

We assessed and compared the vertical stratification of butterfly flight in two forest types within the Maragamuwa forest regeneration study site (FRSS), Matale, Sri Lanka. Maragamuwa FRSS has two forest patches of different age categories, one is Early Secondary Forest (ESF) and the other is Late Secondary Forest (LSF).

Species, 2025, 26(77), e14s1793

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Lindernia tamilnadensis (Linderniaceae), a new record to the flora of Odisha state, India from Mahanadi River areas of Cuttack

Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Sweta Mishra, Sugimani Marndi, Rajeev Kumar Singh, Arun Kumar Mishra, Sanjeet Kumar

A new distributional habitat of Lindernia tamilnadensis M.G.Prasad & Sunojk. has been found from the banks of Mahanadi River areas of Cuttack, Odisha.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e15s1801

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Taxonomic note on Iphigenia magnifica (Colchicaceae) an endemic and vulnerable species from Maharashtra, India

Pravin Sangale, Ashok Chaudhari, Shailendra Kamble, Manoj Patil, Rahul Zanan

Iphigenia magnifica Ansari and R.S. Rao (family Colchicaceae) are commonly known as magnificent grass lilies or ranlasni. This species is vulnerable and endemic to the Western Ghat regions of Maharashtra State.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e16s1807

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Patterns of avian diversity in a tropical urban area provide valuable lessons for setting up urban green spaces

Joseph Kobina Daniels, Kimberly Armah-Agyeman

Rapid land conversion, mainly driven by urbanization, poses a serious threat to biodiversity across the world. To address this, urban green spaces are often created in temperate regions, to support biodiversity and improve human well-being.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e17s1809

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Reinstatement of the name Alysicarpus monilifer var. venosa (Fabaceae) and their IUCN Red List Assessment

Purohit CS, Meena SL

Alysicarpus monilifer (L.) DC. var. venosa Blatt. & Hallb. is reinstated. It used to be treated as a synonym of A. monilifer (L.) DC. but morphological characters of stem, inflorescence, and fruits support the reinstatement

Species, 2025, 26(77), e18s3101

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Diversity and documentation of ethnomedicinal plants from Naneghat & Daryaghat regions in Junnar tehsil, Maharashtra, India

Vidya D More, Sachin J Deore, Pravin P Sangale, Shailendra M Kamble, Ashok N Chaudhari

The ranges of Western ghats extended in Maharashtra represents biodiversity and abundance of traditional knowledge systems. The uses of medicinal plant species have a long and varied history in various cultural traditions.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e19s3109

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Report on the present status of ichthyofaunal diversity in and around Brahmapuri, Central India

Lalit Urkude, Sudhir Bhandarkar, Gopal Paliwal, Akshay Sonavane

The variety of fish found in Maharashtra's freshwater bodies, including lakes, rivers, irrigation canals, and dams, is abundant. The size of Maharashtra's fish and fisheries is of great interest from an economic standpoint

Species, 2025, 26(77), e20s3111

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Revisiting taxonomy of Litsea lancifolia var. alternifolia (Lauraceae), a neglected element of the East Himalayas in India

Anand Kumar, Tapas Chakrabarty

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Fern.-Vill. var. alternifolia (Meisn.) Hook.f. replaces the typical variety in the East Himalayas of India

Species, 2025, 26(77), e21s3117

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Glimpses of Rare and Infrequent Macrofungi in Southwest India

Namera Chinnappa Karun, Kandikere Ramaiah Sridhar

Macrofungi, or mushrooms, constitute an essential living segment worldwide, which serves humankind in terms of nutrition, health, industrially valued materials, and environmental preservation

Species, 2025, 26(77), e22s3123

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Argemone ochroleuca (Papaveraceae): A new addition to the Flora of Odisha state, India

Jashabanta Sethi, Subhalakshmi Rout, Rajkumari Supriya Devi, Sugimani Marndi, Nibedita Jena, Sanjeet Kumar

A new distributional record of Argemone ochroleuca Sweet is reported as new record to the flora of Odisha state, India from the open fields of Rourkela Forest Division, Odisha.

Species, 2025, 26(77), e23s3121

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