A new species of Labiobaetis Novikova & Kluge, 1987, Labiobaetis soldani sp. nov., is described from the larvae and reared male and female imagoes from Gadana River in the southern Western Ghats in India. Brief ecological notes are appended. The taxonomic status of Labiobaetis is commented on in light of the morphological traits of the larvae and associated imagoes.

Sacred forest groves in the Western Ghats of India are small fragments of tropical forest that have received protection due to religious beliefs and cultural practices. These forest fragments are an example of community-based conservation and they serve as refugia for many forest-dwelling species in otherwise highly anthropogenic tropical forest-agriculture landscapes of the Indian Western Ghat...

Eleocharis acutangula ssp. neotropica D.J.Rosen, is collected from Kollam district, reported here for the first time Southern Western Ghats, India. A detailed description of plant along with relevant notes provided easy identification

Memecylon clarkeanum Cogn., a vulnerable species, is reported as new record for Karnataka from primeval sacred forest, Rameshwara Devarakadu of Hulkodu village in the region Sharavathi river basin, Sagar taluk, Shivamogga district, central Western Ghats. The present discovery highlights importance groves conserving rare, endangered and endemic flora. Prior to this, species was India Kerala 2012...

This is the first report of biotrophic association Black Mildew disease causing fungus on Ottochloa nodosa (Poaceae). The fungal pathogen identified as Meliola panici. samples collected from southern Western Ghats Kerala State, India described.

Phallocaecilius indicus sp. nov., from the Southern Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, India, is here described illustrated. This third known species in genus, which reported Indian subcontinent for first time.

Tamil Nadu consists of the Eastern and Western Ghats. There are thirty-six tribal people living in these hills including "Adiyaan, Aranaadan, Eravaalan, Irular, Oorali, Kaniyan." The Ghats have Javvaadhumalai, Yelagirimalai, Kalvarayanmalai, Servarayanmalai, Chitherimalai, Pachaimalai, Paalamalai, Vattalmalai, Neyyaamalai, Jarugumalai, Parukkurmalai, Kaalimalai, Kadakadalai, Kollimalai hills. d...

A rare jumping spider, Chrysilla volupe (Karsch 1879) belonging to the family Salticidae, was thought be extinct for 150 years and rediscovered at Western ghats of India in 2018. We had surveyed this species, region Gerigadona forest which is located between Karvetinagaram Pachikapalyam region, Andhra Pradesh. successfully spotted its presence there by confirming occurrence volupe. Thus indicat...