2025

  1. Ansil, B. R., Viswanathan, A., Ramachandran, V., Yehwanth, H. M., Sanyal, A., & Ramakrishnan, U. (2025). Host–Pathogen–Vector Continuum in a Changing Landscape: Potential Transmission Pathways for Bartonella in a Small Mammal Community. Ecology and Evolution, 2025; 15:e71085. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71085

2024

  1. Dey, P. & Balakrishnan, R. (2024) A trait-based understanding of the vulnerability of a Paleotropical moth community to predation by a sympatric bat with flexible foraging strategies. Ecological Entomology, 1–12. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13335
  2. Khandekar, A., S. M. Gaikwad., T. Thackeray., S. Gangalmale., I. Agarwal., 2024. A preliminary taxonomic revision of the girii clade of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) with the description of four new species from southern Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5429 (1): 001–114. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5429.1.1
  3. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray., I. Agarwal., 2024. Two new species of the Cnemaspis galaxia complex (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the eastern slopes of the southern Western Ghats. ZooKeys 1196: 209–242 (2024).  DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1196.117947
  4. N. Jaya., M. Streinzer., J. Chakravorty., K. Megu., J. Spaethe., A. Brockmann., T. Schmitt., 2024. Cuticular Hydrocarbon Profiles of Himalayan Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Bombus Latreille) are Species-Specific and Show Elevational Variation. Journal of Chemical Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-024-01486-x
  5. Zeeshan A. Mirza., G. Gowande., T. Thackeray., H. Bhosale., M. Sawant., P. Phansalkar., & H. Patel., 2024. A New Montane-Dwelling Species Of Japalura GRAY, 1853 (SQUAMATA: AGAMIDAE) From Arunachal Pradesh, India. TAPROBANICA, ISSN 1800–427X. May, 2024. Vol. 13, No. 01: pp. 1–8, pls. 1–5. https://doi.org/10.47605/tapro.v13i1.317
  6. Dalvi. A., Y. Koli., & R. Thakur., 2024. Macromia kannharaiensis, a new species of dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata: Macromiidae) from Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5447 (2): 239–252. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5447.2.5
  7. Marathe. K., R. Tripathi., A. V. Sudhikumar., W. P. Maddison., 2024. Phylogenomic placement and revision of Iranattus Prószyński, 1992 jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina). Zoosyst. Evol. 100 (2) 2024, 531–542.  DOI 10.3897/zse.100.122034
  8. Tripathi. R., N. Kuni., G. Kadam., K. P. Kumaran., &  A. V. Sudhikumar., 2024. Four new species and five new distribution records of the jumping spider genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Salticidae: Aelurillines) from India. European Journal of Taxonomy 930: 124–156. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.930.2485
  9. Tripathi. R., D. Sherwood., & A. V. Sudhikumar., 2024. Ocular and appendage anomalies in a Thomisus from India (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, nº 44 (30/06/2024): 148–149.
  10. Kitnya N, Brockmann A and Otis GW (2024) Taxonomic revision and identification keys for the giant honey bees. Front. Bee Sci. 2:1379952. doi: 10.3389/frbee.2024.1379952
  11. Mirza Z. A. et al. 2024, A new long-snouted vine snake species in the genus Ahaetulla Link, 1807 (Colubridae: Chrysopeleinae) from India, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.04.017
  12. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray., I. Agarwal., 2024. Five new species of the Cnemaspis beddomei clade (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from high elevation, evergreen forests of the Southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5469 (1): 001–070. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5469.1.1
  13. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray., I. Agarwal., 2024. Two new nocturnal species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the wynadensis clade from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5443 (3): 353–386. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5443.3.3
  14. Ishan Agarwal, Tejas Thackeray & Akshay Khandekar (2024) Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the southern tip of the Western Ghats, India, Journal of Natural History, 58:41-44, 1803-1843, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2024.2400730
  15. Khandekar, A., T. Thackeray., I. Agarwal., S. Gangalmale., S. Kininge., S. M. Gaikwad., 2024. Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the far northern peaks of the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa 5463 (4): 451–478. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5463.4.1
  16. Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A (2024) A non-adaptive radiation of viviparous skinks from the seasonal tropics of India: systematics of Subdoluseps (Squamata: Scincidae), with description of a new genus and five cryptic new species. Vertebrate Zoology 74 23–83. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e110674
  17. Patel, A., Thackeray, T., Sheth, C., Khandekar, A., & Agarwal, I., (2024). A new small-sized Calotes Cuvier (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) from the Subansiri river basin, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 5523 (2): 151–170, https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5523.2.1
  18. Tripathi, R., G. Kadam., S. A. Vasu., (2024). Taxonomic and distributional notes on four recently described Stenaelurillus species from India (Araneae Salticidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 17 (2024) 617e623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2024.04.010
  19. Shakur, M.A., & Bagchi, S., (2024). A new species of the Aenictus pachycerus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Ghats, India, with a key to members of the A. pachycerus species group. https://doi.org/10.25674/429
  20. Shakur, M. A., Mangaly, P., Baidya, P., & Bagchi, S., (2024). A new species of the genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Western Ghats, India. Asian Myrmecology 17(e017005): 1-6. DOI: 10.20362/am.017005

2023

  1. Babu N., Tripathi R., Sampathkumar M., Caleb J.T.D., Prasad G., Mohanasundaram A., Mahendiran G., Sudhikumar A.V. 2023. Two new species of Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.4. P.459–465. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 32.4.10
  2. Willaiams. P. H., Jiandong AN., P. Dorji., J. Huang., S. Jaffar., G. Japoshvili, J. Narah., Z. Ren., M. Streinzer., C. Thanoosing., L. Tian., & M. C. Orr., 2023. Bumblebees with big teeth: revising the subgenus Alpigenobombus with the good, the bad and the ugly of numts (Hymenoptera: Apidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 892: 1–65 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.892.2283
  3. Khandekar A, Thackeray T, Kalaimani A, Agarwal I (2023) Two new species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from the Gingee Hills, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 73 887–913. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e110512
  4. Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A (2023) Two new spotted species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) complex from the south-eastern coast of India (Reptilia: Squamata). Vertebrate Zoology 73 475–498. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e102602
  5. I. Agarwal., P. K. Umesh., S. Das., A. M. Bauer., & A. Khandekar., 2023. A New Spotted Species of the Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) collegalensis (Beddome, 1870) (Reptilia: Squamata) Complex from Coastal Kerala, Southwestern India. Journal of Herpetology, Vol. 57, No. 1, 75–86, 2023. DOI: 10.1607/21-075
  6. Patel. H., T. Thackeray., Z. A. Mirza., & R. Vyas., 2023. A new species of naked-toed gecko Cyrtopodion sensu lato (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Gujarat, India. Zootaxa 5254 (3): 398–412 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5254.3.6 (Erratum - Zootaxa 5389 (5): 597–597 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5389.5.5)
  7. H. T. Lalremsanga., L. Muansanga., M. Vabeiryureilai., & Z. A. Mirza., 2023. A new species of Parachute Gecko of the subgenus Ptychozoon (Sauria: Gekkonidae: Gekko) from the Indo-Burma region. SALAMANDRA 59(2): 125–135
  8. Sawant. D., & A. Kambli., 2023. Gynacantha anandmati, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5239 (4): 537–550 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5239.4.5
  9. Kadam. G., R. Tripathi., & A. V. Sudhikumar., 2023. Three new jumping spiders from northeastern India (Araneae: Salticidae: Hasariini: Habrocestum). PECKHAMIA 295.1, 2 April 2023, 1―10
  10. Tripathi R., Joshi P., Kasambe R., Sudhikumar A.V. 2023. A new species of Hasarius Simon, 1871 (Araneae: Salticidae) from Mumbai, India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.32. No.2. P.213–219. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 32.2.06
  11. Khandekar. A., T. Thackeray., R. Mariappan., S. Gangalmale., V. Waghe., S. Pawar., I. Agarwal., 2023. A remarkable new species of gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Hemidactylus) from scrublands at the southern tip of India. Vertebrate Zoology 73, 2023, 433–450  DOI 10.3897/vz.73.e101871
  12. Tripathi. R., A. V. Sudhikumar., & D. Sherwood., 2023. A new species of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 from the Thar Desert, India (Araneae: Oecobiidae). Zootaxa 5389 (4): 483–490 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5389.4.6
  13. Tripathi R., Sankaran P.M., Kuni N. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2023. New species of Palpimanus Dufour, 1820 from India (Araneae: Palpimanidae, Palpimaninae), with a catalogue of the Indian palpimanid fauna. European Journal of Taxonomy 891: 26–50. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2265
  14. Patel, H.; Thackeray, T.; Campbell, P.D.; Mirza, Z.A. Systematic Assessment of Hebius beddomei (Günther, 1864) (Serpentes: Colubridae: Natricinae) with Description of a New Genus and a New Allied Species from theWestern Ghats, India. Taxonomy 2023, 3, 415–434. https://doi.org/10.3390/ taxonomy3030024
  15. Poorani. J., & R. Thanigairaj., 2023. A new species of Scymnus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predatory on amla aphid, Schoutedenia emblica (Patel & Kulkarni) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), from India. Zootaxa 5239 (3): 421–430 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5239.3.6
  16. Tripathi R., G. Kadam., & T. J. Asha., & A. V. Sudhikumar., 2023. First record of Sparbambus Zhang, Woon & Li, 2006 from India, with description of a new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 5352 (3): 447–450 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.10
  17. Zeeshan A. Mirza (2023) Notes on the trapdoor spider genus Tigidia Simon 1892 (Araneae: Barychelidae: Barychelinae) with the description of three new species from India, Journal of Natural History, 57:1-4, 159-174, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2172470

2022

  1. Khandekar A, Thackeray T, Agarwal I (2022) Three more novel species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72 385–422. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e82343
  2. Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Khandekar A (2022) A multitude of spots! Five new microendemic species of the Cnemaspis gracilis group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from massifs in the Shevaroy landscape, Tamil Nadu, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72 1137–1186. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e94799
  3. Khandekar A, Thackeray T, Agarwal I (2022) Three new cryptic species of South Asian Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Karnataka, India. Vertebrate Zoology 72 115–142. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.72.e76308
  4. Sanap R., Pawar S., Joglekar A., Khandekar A. 2022. A new species of Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Aranei: Halonoproctidae) from the northern Western Ghats, India // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.1. P.79–89. doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 31.1.09
  5. Mirza, Z.A., (2022). A new species of trapdoor spider of the genus Conothele Thorell, 1878 (Mygalomorphae: Halonoproctidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Journal of Arachnology, 42(2), 210-225.
  6. Mirza, Z.A., et al., (2022). A new species of bent-toed geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from western Arunachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Herpetozoa, 35: 65–76. DOI 10.3897/herpetozoa.35.e80610
  7. Bhaskar, D., et al., 2022. Dravidacris annamalaica gen. et sp. nov. a new pygmy unicorn grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from South India. Zootaxa 5196 (3): 420–432. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5196.3.6
  8. Mirza, Z.A., & Gnaneswar, C., 2022. Description of a new species of leopard geckos, Eublepharis Gray, 1827 from Eastern Ghats, India with notes on Eublepharis hardwickii Gray, 1827. Evolutionary Systematics. 6 2022, 77–88. DOI 10.3897/evolsyst.6.83290
  9. Sanap, R. V., & Caleb, J.T.D., 2022. A new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 (Araneae, Salticidae, Aelurillina) from western India. Evolutionary Systematics. 6 2022, 65–70. DOI 10.3897/evolsyst.6.81259
  10. Mirza ZA, Bragin AM, Bhosale H, Gowande GG, Patel H, Poyarkov NA. 2022. A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group. PeerJ 10:e12800 DOI 10.7717/peerj.12800
  11. Marathe, K., et al. 2022. Three new and notes on two other jumping spider species of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 (Salticidae: Aelurillina) from the Deccan Plateau, India. Zootaxa 5125 (1): 001–019. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5125.1.1
  12. Rathee YS, Purkayastha J, Lalremsanga HT, Dalal S, Biakzuala L, Muansanga L, et al. (2022) A new cryptic species of green pit viper of the genus Trimeresurus Lace´pède, 1804 (Serpentes, Viperidae) from northeast India. PLoS ONE 17(5): e0268402. https://doi.org/10.1371/ journal.pone.0268402

2021

  1. Agarwal, I., et al. 2021. A new medium-sized rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) of the C. bangara clade from granite boulder habitats in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4969 (2): 351–366. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.7
  2. Khandekar, A., et al. 2021. A new small-bodied, polymorphic Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to C. monticola Manamendra-Arachchi, Batuwita & Pethiyagoda, 2007 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4950 (3): 501–527. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.3.5
  3. Khandekar, A., et al. 2021. A novel small-bodied rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India, with comments on the status of C. indraneildasii, Bauer 2000. Zootaxa 4969 (2): 331–350. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4969.2.6
  4. Mirza. Z.A., et al. 2021. A new species of geckos of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Evolutionary Systematics. 5 2021, 13–23. DOI 10.3897/evolsyst.5.61667
  5. Dey. P., et al. 2021. Revision of the genus Prometopidia Hampson, 1902, with description of the new species P. joshimathensis sp. nov. from West-Himalaya and its subspecies P. j. yazakii ssp. nov. from Nepal (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae). Zootaxa 4980 (1): 028–044. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.2
  6. Khandekar, A., et al. 2021. A cryptic new species of rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to H. aaronbaueri Giri, 2008 from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 5020 (3): 434–456. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5020.3.2
  7. Mirza. Z.A., et al. 2021. A new species of snake of the genus Oligodon Boie in Fitzinger, 1826 (Reptilia, Serpentes) from the Western Himalayas. Evolutionary Systematics. 5 2021, 335–345. DOI 10.3897/evolsyst.5.72564

2020

  1. Agarwal, I., et al. 2020. A new species of South Asian Cnemaspis (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Eastern Ghats, India. Zootaxa 4802 (3): 449–462.  https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4802.3.3
  2. Khandekar, A., et al. 2020. A new large-bodied, rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) allied to Cnemaspis heteropholis Bauer, 2002 from the Central Western Ghats of Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4801 (1): 057–084. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.2
  3. Khandekar, A., et al. 2020. A new cryptic Cnemaspis Strauch (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from an isolated granite hill on the Mysore Plateau, Karnataka, India. Zootaxa 4845 (4): 509–528. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4845.4.3
  4. Agarwal, I., et al. 2020. Geckos in the granite: two new geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from rocky, scrub habitats in Rishi Valley, Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa 4838 (4): 451–474. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.1
  5. Khandekar, A., et al. 2020. A new medium-bodied rupicolous Hemidactylus Goldfuss, 1820 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sirumalai massif, Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4852 (1): 083–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.1.4
  6. Agarwal, I., et al. 2020. Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Zootaxa 4729 (2): 249–265. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4729.2.6
  7. Mahapatra. P.P., et al. 2020. A novel, diminutive Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from a sacred grove in Odisha, eastern India. Zootaxa 4852 (4): 485–499. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4852.4.6
  8. Bhosale H., Phansalkar P., Sawant M., Gowande G., Patel H. & Mirza Z.A. 2020. A new species of snaileating snakes of the genus Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia: Serpentes) from eastern Himalayas, India. European Journal of Taxonomy 729: 54–73. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.729.1191
  9. Gowande. G.G., et al. 2020. A new Cryptic species of Bush Frog (AMPHIBIA: ANURA: Raorchestes) from the Southern Eastern Ghats, India. TAPROBANICA, ISSN 1800–427X. November, 2020. Vol. 09, No. 02: pp. 164–173, https://doi.org/10.47605/tapro.v9i2.229
  10. Ambekar. M., et al. 2020. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Squamata: Agamidae) from northern Karnataka, India. Bonn zoological Bulletin 69 (2): 157–164. https://doi.org/10.20363/BZB-2020.69.2.157

2019

  1. Khandekar, A., et al. 2019. Two more new species of Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4656 (1): 043–070. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.2
  2. Agarwal I, Thackeray T, Pal S, Khandekar A. Granite boulders act as deep-time climate refugia: A Miocene divergent clade of rupicolous Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Mysore Plateau, India, with descriptions of three new species. J Zool Syst Evol Res. 2020;00:1–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/ jzs.12391
  3. Khandekar, A., et al. 2019. Two new Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Shevaroy massif, Tamil Nadu, India, with a preliminary ND2 phylogeny of Indian Cnemaspis. Zootaxa 4609 (1): 068–100. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.3
  4. Agarwal. I., et al. 2019. The hills are alive with geckos! A radiation of a dozen species on sky islands across peninsular India (Squamata: Gekkonidae, Hemiphyllodactylus) with the description of three new species. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (2019) 19:341–361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-019-00392-5.