Journal of Threatened Taxa

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June 2014
Vol. 6 | No. 6
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DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.26jun14.5797-5908
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Front cover: Rat and Bat! A colony of Geoffroy’s Rousette Fruit Bat Rousettus amplexicaudatus at Monfort Bat Cave, Philippines. Artwork by Pitchandikulam
Forest Consultats. See Carpenter et al. 5838–5844
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ISSN: 0974-7907 (Online), 0974-7893 (Print)
June 2014 | Vol. 6 | No. 6 | Pages: 5797–5908
Date of Publication: 26 June 2014 (Online & Print)
DOI: 10.11609/JoTT.26jun14.5797-5908
Article
Pethia lutea, a new species of barb (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) and
new records of P. punctata from northern Western Ghats of
India
-- Unmesh Katwate, Chetana Katwate, Rajeev Raghavan, Mandar
S. Paingankar & Neelesh Dahanukar, Pp. 5797–5818
Comunication
Pollination biology of Eriolaena hookeriana Wight & Arn.
(Sterculiaceae), a rare tree species of Eastern Ghats, India
-- A.J. Solomon Raju, P. Hareesh Chandra, K. Venkata Ramana &
J. Radha Krishna, Pp. 5819–5829
Short Comunications
Complementary methods to estimate population size of
Antillean Manatees (Sirenia: Trichechidae) at Ciénaga de
Paredes, Santander, Colombia
-- Gloria Katherine Arévalo-González, Delma Nataly
Castelblanco-Martínez, Pedro Sánchez-Palomino, Hugo
Fernando López-Arévalo & Miriam Marmontel, Pp. 5830–5837
Photographic estimation of roosting density of Geoffroy’s
Rousette Fruit Bat Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Chiroptera:
Pteropodidae) at Monfort Bat Cave, Philippines
-- Ela-Sita Carpenter, Rai Gomez, David L. Waldien & Richard E.
Sherwin, Pp. 5838–5844
Roost and diet selection by Southern Spotted Owlet Athene
brama brama (Temminck, 1821) in the Cauvery Delta of
Nagapattinam District, southern India
--Varadharajan Vanitha, C. Kumar & Krishnamoorthy Thiyagesan,
Pp. 5845–5850
Description of three new species of Psilocera Walker from
India, with a key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera:
Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)
-- P.M. Sureshan, Pp. 5851–5857
Biology, behaviour and functional response of Cydnocoris
gilvus Brum. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) a
predator of Tea Mosquito Bug (Helopeltis antonii Sign.) on
cashew in India
-- K.K. Srikumar, P.S. Bhat, T.N. Raviprasad & K. Vanitha,
Pp. 5864–5870
Notes
New population of Cycas sphaerica Roxb. (Cycadaceae)
discovered in Pinjarikonda Reserve Forest, Andhra Pradesh,
India
-- J. Prakasa Rao, M. Ravi Kumar, V. Satya Ramachandra Rao,
O. Aniel Kumar & M. Venkaiah, Pp. 5871–5874
Pteris geminata Wall. ex J. Agardh (Pteridaceae): a Critically
Endangered Pteridophyte in India
-- V.K. Sreenivas & P.V. Madhusoodanan, Pp. 5875–5877
New plant records for the Marathwada region of
Maharashtra, India
-- S.P. Gaikwad, R.D. Gore, K.U. Garad & S.D. Randive,
Pp. 5878–5886
Odonata (Insecta) diversity of Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary and
its adjacent areas in Thattekkad, Kerala, India
-- Aby P. Varghese, P.R. Nikesh & Jijo Mathew, Pp. 5887–5893
Vegetable leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and their plant
hosts in Bangladesh
-- Santosh Mazumdar & Badrul Amin Bhuiya, Pp. 5894–5899
Additional record of scleractinian corals on Porbandar coast,
Gujarat, India
-- Dishant Parasharya & Geeta Padate, Pp. 5900–5904
Human-Rhesus Monkey conflict at Rampur Village under
Monohardi Upazila in Narsingdi District of Bangladesh
-- M. Farid Ahsan & M. Mazbah Uddin, Pp. 5905–5908
Odonata larvae of Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur,
northeastern India
-- Kiranbala Takhelmayum & Susmita Gupta, Pp. 5858–5863
Threatened Taxa