First National Workshop on Odonatology & DragonflyIndia Meet 2014

First National Workshop on Odonatology
& DRAGONFLYINDIA MEET
Hislop College, Nagpur, Maharashtra (16-19 August 2014) 

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Program schedule
16 August 2014 (Saturday)

5.00 pm: Workshop registration
6.00 pm - 7.30 pm: Ice breaking session and other socio-academic activities (Introduction of participants, History of
DragonflyIndia, Documentary screening; RA, KAS, PR, PK)
7.30 pm onwards: Dinner

17 August 2014 (Sunday)

6.30 am – 8.30 am: Field visit around Nagpur (DR, RA, KAS, PR, PK)
8.30 am - 9.30 am: Registration (Workshop/symposium) (distribution of workshop kits) and breakfast
10 am - 11.30 am: Formal inauguration of symposium
11.30 am - 12.00 am: Tea break
12.00 pm - 1.30 pm: Symposium paper presentation (on Odonates)
1.30 pm- 2.30 pm: Lunch
3.00 pm – 5.00 pm: Session II
Workshop Symposium
3.00 - 4.00 pm: Biology and Taxonomy of Odonata
(KAS)
Guest lecture
4.00 – 5.00 pm: Odonata identification in field and
lab (PR)
Oral paper presentation (Tropical biodiversity)
5.00 pm: Tea break
5.00 pm - 7.00 pm: Photo/ poster-presentation
7.00 pm onwards: Dinner

18 August 2014 (Monday)

6.30 – 9.00 am: Field visit to Ambazari lake, Nagpur (DR, AT, KAS, PR, PK, RN, PD)Workshop Symposium
9 am - 10 am: Rest & Breakfast 9 am -10 am: Breakfast
10 am -10.30 am: The India Biodiversity Portal, a
platform for documenting and organizing species
information (TV)
10.30 am – 11.30 pm: Building species pages and
mapping distributions for Odonates on the India
Biodiversity Portal (TV, RP, RG and participants;
Interactive session)
11.30 am – 12.00 pm: Spatial data collection and
its use in science (VB)
10 am -12 pm: Session III
One guest lecture and Paper presentation (Tropical
biodiversity)
12.00 – 12.30 pm: Tea 12.00 – 12.30 pm: Tea
12.30 pm - 1.00 pm: Techniques in Odonata
surveys (PK)
1.00 pm – 1.30 pm: Participants presentations
12.30 pm - 1.30pm – Session III
Paper presentation (Tropical biodiversity)
1.30 pm - 2.30 pm: Lunch
2.30 pm - 3.30 pm: Valedictory function (Symposium participants)
3.30 pm – 7.00 pm: City visit, social activity, miscellaneous talks in workshop
7.00 pm onward: Dinner

Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve

by Sanjay Sondhi, and Krushnamegh Kunte. 

2014. 

Full citation of the book:

Sondhi, S., and K. Kunte. 2014. Butterflies and Moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve. Titli Trust (Dehradun) and Indian Foundation for Butterflies (Bengaluru). vi+202pp, all in full color.

Download sample pages here.

This book covers 379 butterfly species and 83 moth species from northeastern India. This is the second book in the Northeast India Natural History Series (the first being the Butterflies of the Garo Hills). This series seeks to popularise the biodiversity of northeastern India with a view to promote community-based eco-tourism, and thereby incentivize local communities to protect their forest habitats and to support conservation action. Since 2007 we have been surveying butterflies and moths of Pakke Tiger Reserve in western Arunachal Pradesh, which is part of the globally recognized Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspot. This book is a product of intensive surveys in and around this protected area. It has been published with generous and full funding from the Forest Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh. This book is published on a not-for-profit basis, and the publishers and authors will not receive any commercial benefit from its proceeds. The contributory proceeds from this book will go entirely to the Pakke Tiger Conservation Foundation for the welfare of the forest department staff and local communities involved in the conservation efforts at Pakke. You can find out more about the conservation efforts and community-based eco-tourism initiatives at Pakke by visiting http://www.pakketigerreserve.org/ or by emailing Sanjay Sondhi.

ORDERING COPIES OF THE BOOK: Copies of the book may be ordered from the Divisional Forest Officer, Pakke Tiger Reserve, or from the authors:

Sanjay Sondhi, Dehradun: Ph: +91 9412-052-189.

Krushnamegh Kunte, Bengaluru (=Bangalore): Ph: +91 80 2366-6085 (office), -6086 (lab), +91 9483-525-925 (mobile).

Contributory amount: Rs. 500 (Rs. five hundred), plus shipping costs. 20% discount on orders of six copies or more.

You may pay for the books by bank transfer in Pakke Tiger Conservation Foundation's bank account:

Account holder name: CM, Pakke Tiger Conservation Foundation
Savings Bank Account Number: 31273268569
Bank Name: State Bank of India
IFSC code: SBIN0007840

More details

Spiders of India

Spiders of India 
Ed: PA Sabastian KV Peter

Spiders of India is the only modern book available on the subject, and will prove an invaluable resource for professionals, students, naturalists, and researchers in zoology, entomology, ecology and physiology. The first part of the book looks at the morphology and anatomy of spiders, as well as systematics and evolution. The second part provides detailed descriptions of selected species. The book also contains, importantly, a decisive and updated checklist of the 1,520 spiders which have been described from India. It is richly illustrated with line drawings and diagrams, and more than 150 colour photographs, many documented for the first time

Links:

 Amazon


Goodreads

Google Books

Thanks to Vijaykumar Yadav for details.

iNaturalist : Frequently Asked Questions

1. Do I need a separate login id for iNaturalist ?

- No you can use your exsting ids like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Google, Yahoo or SoundCloud.

2. Can I import my photos from other web sites.

- Yes you can import your photos directly from Flickr, Picasa and Facebook. You can also upload photos directly from your computer or tablet.

3. What are the details I need to enter with the record.

- Photo, Date observed, Place observed are MUST. The location of photo taken is better as precise as we could get. A description and few tags are always good to have. Even if identification help is required, specifying the identity to broad level is always good, like if you are not aware of even the family of the moth, it is always good to specify that it is moth  Butterflies and Moths(Order Lepidoptera)  to start with.


4. How should I help with identification?

- Here is a complete article about the identification process. Confirming / Suggesting identifications on iNaturalist,

 

5. What are the Projects I should post my records?

 Here is the list of projects for DiversityIndia. iNaturalist Projects documenting Biodiversity of India.

 

6. Do I need to add project name for each upload I do?

No. It is not a must. But highly recommended, to increase visibility and usability of the data we have posted. More people see it if it on projects and more comments and identifications to confirm the records.

The Fauna of British India : Moths

The Fauna of British India (short title) with long titles including The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma, The Fauna of British India including the remainder of the Oriental Region is a series of publications that was made by the British government in India and published by Taylor and Francis of London. The series was started somewhere in 1881 after a letter was sent to the Secretary of State for India signed by Charles Darwin, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and other "eminent men of science". W. T. Blanford was appointed editor and began work on the volume on mammals. (Ref Wikipedia)


Moths has 5 volumes

1. Hampson, G. (1892) Moths 1. Saturniidae to Hypsidae 527 p - 333 fig
2. Hampson, G. (1894) Moths 2. Arctiidae, Agrostidae, Noctuidae 609 p - 325 figs
3. Hampson, G. (1895) Moths 3. Noctuidae (cont.) to Geometridae 546 p - 226 figs
4. Hampson, G. (1896) Moths 4. Pyralidae 594 p - 287 figs
5. Bell TRD & F B Scott (1937) Moths. Vol. 5. Sphingidae [537 p - 1 folding map - 15 pl]

Taxonomy of Moths in India

Ajai Srivastava,
IBD Pub, 2002,
viii, 334 p, plates,
ISBN : 8170892821

 

 

Moths of India (An Introduction)

by Isaac Kehimkar


Edited by Bittu Sahagal
National Council for Science and Technology Communication,
NCSTC-HORNBILL Natural History Series
Hardcover (Edition: 2002)

Vigyan Prasar
ISBN 8174800271

Size: 7.0 inch X 5.0 inch
Pages: 76 (11 Color &13 B/W Illustrations)

 

Link to pdf