User:Rahul Ranjan (Lepidopterist)

 '''ABOUT ME Completed Ph.D. from Department of Zoology and Envirnmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala,Punjab (India). My area of research interest is lepidoptera (moths) taxonomy, focusing on Indian Pyraloidea.

PERSONAL DETAILS

D.O.B. 		10 January 1988

Father’s Name 	Sh. Sita Ram Das

PERMANENT ADDRESS Village: Chakdah, Post: Madhubani, District: Madhubani Bihar 847211 (India)  '''MY RESEARCH ACTIVITIES RESEARCH INTERESTS

Entomology, Taxonomy, Molecular Phylogeny

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Worked as Junior Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow in SERB DST Funded Research Project entitled Taxonomic Revision of Indian Pyralinae (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) from Zoological Survey of India, Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Patna, Bihar.

Experienced in collection, stretching and identification of Lepidopterous insects especially Pyraloidea moths.

Conducted several collections cum survey tours to regions of Western Ghats, North East India, North West Himalayas, Gangetic Plains and Chotta Nagpur Plateau.

 '''New Genus/ New Species Described/ New record from India/ New synonymy/ New Combination

NEW GENUS DESCRIBED: 03

1. Pseudosacada N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, 2020

2. Suhela N. Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, 2022

3. Atkinomus Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

NEW SPECIES DESCRIBED: 17

1.Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan, 2016

2. Rusicada pindraberensis Singh & Ranjan, 2016

3. Orybina pseudoflaviplaga Singh & Ranjan, 2017

4. Mustilizans zolotuhini Chandra, Singh & Ranjan, 2019

5. Toccolosida nigraregina N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, 2019

6. Neadeloides nubilus N. Singh, Ranjan & H. Singh, 2019

7. Toccolosida ganeshgudiensis N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, 2020

8. Sacada dzonguensis N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, 2020

9. Sacada umtasorensis N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan, 2020

10. Teliphasa dodaki Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, 2022

11. Teliphasa spinaejuxta Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, 2022

12. Termioptycha gnathospina Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

13. Termioptycha almae Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

14. Locastra mizo Ranjan, Singh & Kirti, 2022

15. Atkinomus parilis Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

16. Arcanusa confusa Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

17. Lamida whitakeri Ranjan, N. Singh & Kirti, 2022

SPECIES REPORTED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM INDIA: 08

1. Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886)

2. Mustilizans dierli refugialis Zolotuhin, 2007

3. Teliphasa erythrina Li, 2016

4. Teliphasa hamata Li, 2016

5. Termioptycha cornutitrifurca Rong & Li, 2017

6. Termioptycha bilineata (Wileman, 1911)

7. Locastra viridis Rong & Li, 2017

8. Lamida buruensis Janse, 1931

NEW SYNONYMY: 01

1. Lixa Walker, 1866, syn. nov. under Genus Toccolosida Walker, 1863 (Zootaxa 4816 (1): 101–107)

NEW COMBINATION: 02

1. Pseudosacada flexuosa (Snellen, 1890), comb. nov. from Paravetta flexuosa Snellen, 1890 (Zookeys 962: 139–163)

2. Suhela alboflavalis (Moore, 1888), comb. nov. from Conogethes alboflavalis Moore, 1888 (SHILAP Revta. lepid., 50 (197): 5-11)

 Technical Proficiency

Proficient in Leica Image Processing Unit for digital imaging of genitalic attributes of Lepidopterous insects.

Basic techniques of Molecular Biology (DNA Isolation, PCR, GEL Electrophoresis etc)

 Membership of Professional Bodies/ Organization

Life member of Association of Entomologists, Punjabi University, Patiala.

 Conference Attended/ Talk Delivered

1.	Presented a research paper in an ‘International Conference on Entomology’ organized by Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi                  University, Patiala from February 22-24, 2014.

2.	Presented a research paper in an International Conference on ‘Faunal Biodiversity and their Management Strategies’ organised by Department of Zoology, University of Lucknow, from March 22-23, 2014.

3.	Presented a research paper in an ‘International conference on Environment and Ecology (ICEE-2015)’ organised by Foundation for Science and Environment, Kolkata, 2-4 March 2015.

4.	Presented a research paper in ‘4th Congress on Insect Science (CIS-4)’ organised by Indian Society for the Advancement of Insect Science in collaboration of Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana from April 16-17, 2015.

5.     Presented a research paper in an National Seminar on ‘Faunal Diversity of Gangetic Plains Ecosystems’ organised by Gangetic Plains Regional Center, Zoological Survey of India from February 22-23, 2016.

6.	Presented a research paper in an ‘International Conference on Entomology’ organized by Department of Zoology & Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Patiala & Association of Entomologists, from December 3-5, 2016.

7.     Presented a research paper and received 3rd prize in a ‘National Seminar on Man and Environment’ organized by Swatch Bharat Swasth Bharat, Punjabi University, Patiala  from March 10-11, 2017.

8.     Presented a research paper in 2nd Himalayan Researchers Consortium (HRC)-2018 organised under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS) at Gangtok, Sikkim from November 26-27, 2018.

9.     Published an abstract topic entitled "Pyraloidea (Pyralidae & Crambidae) Assemblage along Biogeographic Provinces of Indian Himalaya" in 5th Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium held at School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong from 13th-14th December 2018.

10.    Published an abstract topic entitled "The Barcode of Life Data system (BOLD) identified putative moths (Lepidoptera) diversity in Indian Himalayan Regions" in 8th International Barcode of Life Conference 2019, held in June 17-20, 2019 | CLARION HOTEL AND CONGRESS, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY. https://epostersonline.com/norbol2019/node/1502?view=true

11.    Published an abstract topic entitled "Diversity of Spilomelinae (Crambidae: Pyraloidea) from North East India" and participated in 6th Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium held at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata from 17th-21th December 2019.

12.    Published an abstract topic entitled "Moths (Lepidoptera) of gangetic plains region, India" in 6th Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium held at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata from 17th-21th December 2019.

13.    Published an abstract topic entitled "Preliminary study on the diversity of family Pyralidae (Pyraloidea: Lepidoptera) from state Sikkim of India" in 6th Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium held at Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata from 17th-21th December 2019.

14.    Attended 6-days long INYAS-CUPB Lecture Workshop ‘tangled bank’ encompassing 15 lectures organized by Indian National Young Academy of Sciences and Department of Botany, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India in connection with World Environment Day held between 31st May and 5th June, 2020.

15.    Attended 3-days long INYAS-CUPB Virtual Workshop #BluePlanet encompassing 7 lectures organized by Indian National Young Academy of Sciences and Department of Geology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India in connection with World Oceans Day held between 7th June and 9th June, 2020

16.    Presented a research paper on COVID-19 A Big Challenge, in National E- Conference on "New Teaching Strategies: Post Covid-19 Pandemic" organised by Department of Zoology, DAV College, Amritsar, Punjab (India) on June 09, 2020.

17.    Completed the online course titled “Basics of Rescue and Rehabilitation of Freshwater Macro-fauna in Ganga Basin” organized by the Wildlife Institute of India as part of the NMCG-WII initiative titled “Planning and Management for Aquatic Species Conservation and Maintenance of Ecosystem Services in the Ganga River Basin for a Clean Ganga” on 13-6-2020.

18.    Attended 3-days long DAVCB-CUPB-INYAS Lecture Workshop ‘Zero Waste’ encompassing 9 lectures organized by DAV College, Bathinda, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda and Indian National Young Academy of Sciences, New Delhi between 16th June and 18th June, 2020.

TALK AS A RESOURCE PERSON

1.    Enacted by Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata as a resource person to give the talk on "Lepidoptera" under the GREEN SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME at Botanical Survey of India, Himalayan Regional Center, Gangtok, Sikkim from 3rd to 7th October, 2017.

 Research Paper Published: 21

International: 15

National:     06

Proceedings:  02

1.    Ranjan, R., Singh, N. & Kirti, J. S. 2022. A new genus, three new species and a new species record of Epipaschiinae (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) from India. Zootaxa, 5222 (4): 385–394. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5222.4.7 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5222.4.7

2.    Singh, N., Ranjan, R., Talukdar, A., Joshi, R., Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K., Mally, R. (2022) A catalogue of Indian Pyraloidea (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa, 5197 (1): 01–423. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5197.1.1 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5197.1.1

3.    Ranjan, R., Singh, N. & Kirti, J. S. 2022. Review of the genus Locastra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) from India, with a new species and a new species record. Zootaxa, 5169 (1): 71–78. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5169.1.6. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5169.1.6

4.    Ranjan, R., Singh, N. & Kirti, J. S. 2022. On the taxonomy of genus Termioptycha Meyrick, 1889 (Pyralidae, Epipaschiinae) with description of two new species and two new species records from India. Zootaxa, 5165 (3): 415–424. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5165.3.6

5.	Ranjan, R., Singh, N. & Kirti, J. S. 2022. On the taxonomy of genus Teliphasa Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae) with the description of two new species and two new species records from India. Zootaxa, 5141 (1): 060–070. https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5141.1.5

6.	Singh, N., Ranjan, R., Kirti, J. S. & Chandra K. 2022. Suhela N. Singh, Ranjan, Kirti & Chandra, gen. n., a new genus for Conogethes alboflavalis Moore, 1888 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae, Spilomelinae). ''SHILAP Revta. lepid.'', 50 (197): 5-11 https://shilap.org/revista/article/view/177

7.  Singh, N., Kirti, J. S., Ranjan, R. & Chandra, K., Speidel, W. 2020. On the taxonomy of the genus Sacada Walker, 1862 from India, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Pyralinae, Pyralidae, Lepidoptera). ZooKeys 962: 139–163. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.962.51194

8.    Singh, N., Kirti, J. S., Ranjan, R. & Chandra, K. 2019. A new species of Toccolosida, a Pyralinae from the Western Ghats, India (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) and the revised status of Lixa as a synonym. Zootaxa 4816 (1): 101–107. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.6

9.    Singh, N., Chandra, K., Kirti, J. S. & Ranjan, R. 2019. A new species of genus Toccolosida Walker, 1863 from India (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyralinae). Zootaxa 4656 (1): 189-192. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4656.1.12

10.   Singh, N., Singh, J., Singh, H. & Ranjan, R. 2019. Two new genera for the Botyodes species complex (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Crambidae). Zootaxa 4623 (2): 387-395. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.12

11.   Chandra, K., Singh, N., Kumar, V., Ranjan, R., Caleb, J. T. D., Gayen, S., Das, M. & Dey, R. 2019. The genus Mustilizans Yang, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Endromidae) in India with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4624 (2): 183-190. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4624.2.2

12.   Singh, N., Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K., Singh, H. & Ranjan, R. 2019. On the taxonomy of the genus Neadeloides Klima, 1939 (Crambidae: Pyraustinae) with description of a new species from India. Zootaxa 4664 (2): 285-292. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4664.2.10

13.   Kumar, V., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, R., Sanyal, A., Raha, A., Sanyal, O., Ranjan, R., Pakrashi, A., Tyagi, K. & Chandra, K. 2018. DNA barcoding of Geometridae moths (Insecta:Lepidoptera): a preliminary effort from Namdapha National Park, Eastern Himalaya. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 4:1, 309-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2018.1544037

14. Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2018. A new species of Orybina Snellen, 1895 from India (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae, Pyralinae). Zootaxa 4392 (3): 595-597. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4392.3.9

15.   Singh, N., Joshi, R. & Ranjan, R. 2017. A new species of Microlithosia Daniel, 1954 from India (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae). Zootaxa 4319 (2): 383-385. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/Zootaxa.4319.2.10

16.  Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2016. Additions to the moth fauna of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand (India). ''Rec. zool. Surv. India'' : 116(Part-4) : 323-336. http://recordsofzsi.com/index.php/zsoi/article/view/117820

17.  Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2016. Unusual sex ratio of Vitessa suradeva Moore (Pyralinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) attracted to light traps. Entomon. 41 (3): 249-250. http://www.entomon.in/index.php/Entomon/article/view/188

18. Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2016. Morphotaxonomy of three species of Genus Bostra Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Pyralinae) Journal of Entomological Research. 40 (3): 303-305. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-4576.2016.00054.2

19. Singh N & Ranjan R. 2015. Redescription of genus Toccolosida Walker (Pyralinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology, 35 (3): 225-226. http://mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/610

20. Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2015. Redescription of Genus Arctioblepsis Felder & Felder (Pyralinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). National Journal of Life Sciences. 12 (2): 185-186. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309243239_Redescription_of_Genus_Arctioblepsis_Felder_Felder_Pyralinae_Pyralidae_Lepidoptera

21. Singh, N. & Ranjan, R. 2014. Diversity of family Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) from Palamu Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand. Bionotes. 16 (1): 28. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293120716_Diversity_of_family_Noctuidae_Lepidoptera_from_Palamu_Tiger_Reserve_Jharkhand

22.	Caleb, J. T. D., Ranjan, R., Dey R., Das M., Kumar, V. & Chandra, K. 2020. Preliminary assessment of Lepidoptera Diversity from Indian Himalaya through Barcode of Life data system (BOLD). Proceedings of the 1st Himalayan Researchers Consortium, 2018 Volume-II. 175–179.

23.     Ranjan, R., Kumar, V. & Chandra, K. 2020. Diphtherocome bryochlora Hreblay Pergovitis and Ronkay, 1999, a new record for Indian Moth fauna of Subfamily Acronictinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of the 1st Himalayan Researchers Consortium, 2018 Volume-II. 136–140.

 Book Chapter

1. Joshi, R., Pathania, P.C., Das, A., Mazumder, A., Ranjan, R. & Singh, N. 2021. Insecta : Lepidoptera : Heterocera (Moths). In: Chandra, K., Kosygin, L., Raghunathan, C. & Gupta, D. Faunal Diversity of Biogeographic Zones of India : North-East. Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata, pp. 511-576.

2. Bhattacharyya, K., Chatterjee, P., Bandyopadhyay, U., Mazumder, A., Dey, R., Ali, M., Ranjan, R. 2020. Neora valley and Singalila National Park, West Bengal, Central Himalaya, in Assemblage of Lepidoptera in selected protected areas across Indian Himalaya through long term ecological monitoring plots.

3. Gayen, S., Das, G., N., Ranjan, R., Mallick, K., Bhattacharyya, K. and Mazumder, A. 2020. Dihang-Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh, Eastern Himalaya, in Assemblage of Lepidoptera in selected protected areas across Indian Himalaya through long term ecological monitoring plots.

 PHOTOGRAPHS


 * [[File:Megha 1.jpg]]A view of Mawsynram (East Khasi Hills), Meghalaya (India)

A view of Khasi Hills, Meghalaya (India)

A view of Mawsynram, The Wettest Place on Earth, Meghalaya (India)

At ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, G P R C, Patna, Bihar (India)

A view of Chail, Himachal Pradesh (India)

View showing Kunthipuzha River(Silent Valley National Park) Kerala (India)

View showing Khangchendzonga mountains from, KNP, Sikkim (India)

View showing Khangchendzonga (Dzongri Top, 4171m), Sikkim (India)

Moths recording in Khangchendzonga Sikkim (India) at coldest temp.

View showing Dihang Dibang Biosphere Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh (India)

Presenting Research Paper in Seminar at Z S I, G P R C, Patna, Bihar (India)

View of Chipla Kedar, Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya.