User:Rahul Ranjan (Lepidopterist)

 '''About Me I am a Research Scholar and pursuing Ph.D from Department of Zoology and Envirnmental Sciences, Punjabi University Patiala,Punjab (India). My area of research interest is Lepidoptera Taxonomy.

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 SPECIES DESCRIBED

1.Ophiusa pseudotirhaca Singh & Ranjan

2. Rusicada pindraberensis Singh & Ranjan

3. Orybina pseudoflaviplaga Singh & Ranjan

4. Mustilizans zolotuhini Chandra, Singh & Ranjan

5. Toccolosida nigraregina N. Singh, Kirti & Ranjan

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

SPECIES REPORTED FOR THE FIRST TIME FROM INDIA

1. Pericyma cruegeri (Butler, 1886)

2. Mustilizans dierli refugialis Zolotuhin, 2007

 Technical Proficiency

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

 Membership Of Professional Bodies /Organizations

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

 Conferences and Publications CONFERENCES ATTENDED

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.

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 PAPERS PUBLISHED

1.	Singh, N. and Ranjan, R. 2014. Diversity of family Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) from Palamu Tiger Reserve, Jharkhand. Bionotes. 16 (1): 28.

2.	Singh, N. and Ranjan, R. 2015. Redescription of Genus Arctioblepsis Felder & Felder (Pyralinae: Pyralidae: Lepidoptera). National Journal of Life Sciences. 12 (2): 185-186.

3.     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 4.	Singh, N. and 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

5.	Singh, N. and 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

6.     Singh, N. and 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

7.    Singh, N., Joshi, R. and 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

8.    Singh, N. and 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

9.    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

10.   Singh, N., Singh, J., Singh, H. and 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. and 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., Chandra, K., Kirti, J. S. and 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

13.   Singh, N., Kirti, J. S., Chandra, K., Singh, H. and 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

 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)

Working In Lab 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

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