The Biodiversity Lab Research Collections have produced and/or supported the following publications. These publications are from: (a) Biodiversity Lab researchers and/or curators associated with the Collections (marked bold), and (b) unaffiliated research associates (not marked bold).

  1. Deshmukh, R., S. Baral, A. G. Kizhakke, M. Kuwalekar, and K. Kunte. 2024. Evolution of novel mimicry polymorphisms through Haldane’s sieve and rare recombination. eLife, 13:RP101346. Specimens used in population genetic and genomic analyses are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  2. Sawant, D., S. Joshi, U. Pawar, P. Naik, F. Khan, V. Nawge, and K. Kunte. 2024. Devadatta adii sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Devadattidae) from Upper Siang District, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5519:571–589. Description of Devadatta adii sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  3. Joshi, J., V. Sarkar, D. Sawant, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2024. Description of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov., with new records of P. samtsensis Gurung & Phan, 2023 from Northeast India (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae). Zootaxa, 5448:348–370. Descriptions of Protosticta khasia sp. nov. and Yunnanosticta siangi sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  4. Sondhi, S., R. P. Singh, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2024. Additions to the moth (Lepidoptera) fauna of India from the eastern Himalaya and northeastern region. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 34:47-59. Specimens used in the paper are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  5. Carvalho, A. P. S., H. L. Owens, R. A. St Laurent, ..., A. G. Kizhakke, K. Kunte, ..., N. E. Pierce, A. Y. Kawahara, and D. J. Lohman. 2024. Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience, 27:109336. Indian specimens used in molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  6. Marathe K., J. T. D. Caleb, W. P. Maddison, B. G. Nisha, C. C. Maliye, Y. T. Lohit, and K. Kunte. 2024. Tenkana, a new genus of jumping spiders (Salticidae, Plexippina) from South Asia, with the new Indian species Tenkana jayamangali. ZooKeys, 1215:91–106. Descriptions of Tenkana Marathe, Maddison & Caleb, gen. nov., and Tenkana jayamangali Caleb & Marathe, sp. nov. Some of the paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  7. Marathe, K., W. P. Maddison, and K. Kunte. 2024. Ghatippus paschima, a new species and genus of plexippine jumping spider from the Western Ghats of India (Salticidae, Plexippini, Plexippina). ZooKeys, 1191:89–103. Description of Ghatippus paschima gen. et sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  8. Kunte, K., A. Sengupta, U. Pawar, and V. Nawge. 2024. A new species of silverline butterfly, Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot, India. Zootaxa, 5399:85–95. Description of Cigaritis conjuncta sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  9. Basu, D. N., V. Bhaumik, and K. Kunte. 2023. The tempo and mode of character evolution in the assembly of mimetic communities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 120:e2203724120. Specimens used in morphometric measurements and molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  10. Condamine, F. L., R. Allio, E. L. Reboud, J. R. Dupuis, E. F. A. Toussaint, N. Mazet, S.-J. Hue, D. S. Lewis, K. Kunte†, A. M. Cotton†, and F. A. H. Sperling†. 2023. A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 183:107758. † equal senior authors. Several specimens used in the molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  11. Hou, Y., C. Cao, H. Chiba, Z. Chang, S. Huang, L. Zhu, K. Kunte, H. Zhenfu, M. Wang, and X. Fan. 2023. Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography, and classification of Pseudocoladenia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 186:107865. Specimens of Indian species are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  12. Sondhi, S., K. A. Efetov, G. M. Tarmann, T. Karmakar, U. Pawar, and K. Kunte. 2023. A new species of Piarosoma Hampson, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Procridinae, Artonini) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 5270:139–145. Description of Piarosoma arunachalensis sp nov. Holotype and paratype are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  13. Nazari, V., K. Kunte, and Z. Bálint. 2023. On the identity of Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793 and its allied species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26:102165. Designation of Chilades parrhasius (=Lachides parrhasius) neotype. Neotype is deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  14. Joshi, S., D. Sawant, A. Dalvi, Y. Koli, M. Haneef, R. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2023. New records of Lestes nigriceps Fraser, 1924 (Odonata: Lestidae) from Maharashtra, India, with notes on L. patricia Fraser, 1924 and an updated key to Lestes of the Western Ghats, India. International Journal of Odonatology, 26:132–144. Specimens used in the taxonomic work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  15. Sadasivan, K., D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2023. A new subspecies of Caltoris Swinhoe, 1893 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from the Malabar Coast, Kerala, India. Entomon, 48:1-10. Description of Caltoris bromus sadasiva ssp nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  16. Basu, D. N., V. Bhaumik, and K. Kunte. 2022. multEvol: An interactive pipeline for multitrait evolutionary analysis in a phylogenetic framework. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.19.496720. Specimens used in morphometric measurements are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  17. Deshmukh, R., S. Baral, M. Kuwalekar, A. G. Kizhakke, and K. Kunte. 2022. Reproductive barriers and genomic hotspots of adaptation during allopatric species divergence. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.11.483945. Specimens used in molecular work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  18. Kuwalekar, M., R. Deshmukh, S. Baral, A. Padvi, and K. Kunte. 2022. Duplication and sub-functionalisation characterise diversification of opsin genes in the Lepidoptera. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.31.514481. Specimens used in developmental genetic transcriptomes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  19. Joshi, J., and K. Kunte. 2022. Polytypy and systematics: diversification of Papilio swallowtail butterflies in the biogeographically complex Indo-Australian Region. Preprint on bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.23.485569. Specimens and tissue samples used in molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  20. Owens, C., ..., K. Kunte, ..., and C. Simon. 2022. Detecting and removing sample contamination in phylogenomic data: an example and its implications for Cicadidae phylogeny (Insecta: Hemiptera). Systematic Biology, 71:1504–1523. Specimens used in molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  21. Joshi, S., D. Sawant, H. Ogale, and K. Kunte. 2022. Burmagomphus chaukulensis, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa, 5133:413–430. Description of Burmagomphus chaukulensis sp. nov. Holotype and paratype are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  22. Joshi, S., R. Gassah & V. A. Ismavel. 2022. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Karimganj District, Assam, India with four additions to the Indian checklist. Oriental Insects, 56:299-327. Specimens used in the faunal list are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  23. Grehan, J. R., C. G. C. Mielke, D. N. Basu, U. Pawar, V. A. Ismavel, J. E. Rawlins, and K. Kunte. 2022. A new species of Endoclita C. & R. Felder, 1874 ghost moth from Karimganj District of Assam, India, with comments on the genus in northeastern India, and clarification of E. signifer (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). ZooNova, 16:1-13. Description of Endoclita makundae sp. nov. Holotype is deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  24. Karmakar, T., S. W. Lepcha, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2021. A new species of Zographetus Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Sikkim, eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 5072:373–379. Description of Zographetus dzonguensis sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  25. Joshi, S., R. Gassah & V. A. Ismavel. 2021. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Karimganj District, Assam, India with four additions to the Indian checklist. Oriental Insects, 56:299-327. Voucher specimens used in reporting new species records for India are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  26. Hime, P. M., A. R. Lemmon, E. C. Moriarty-Lemmon, E. Prendini, J. M. Brown, R. C. Thomson, J. D. Kratovil, B. P. Noonan, R. A. Pyron, P. L. V. Peloso, M. L. Kortyna, J. S. Keogh, S. C. Donnellan, R. L. Mueller, C. J. Raxworthy, K. Kunte, S. R. Ron, S. Das, N. Gaitonde, D. M. Green, J. Labisko, J. Che, D. W. Weisrock. 2021. Phylogenomics reveals ancient gene tree discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life. Systematic Biology, 70:49–66. Indian voucher specimens used in molecular sequencing and phylogenetic analysis are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  27. Grehan, J. R., C. G. C. Mielke, D. N. Basu, C. S. Negi, P. K. Sharma, and K. Kunte. 2021. New species of Thitarodes Viette, 1968 ghost moth from Kumaun Himalaya, India (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). ZooNova, 12:1-16. Description of Thitarodes balmiya sp. nov. Holotype and paratype are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  28. Sarkar, V., C. Mahapatra, P. P. Mohapatra, M. V. Nair, and K. Kunte. 2021. Description of three new species of the genus Mata Distant, 1906 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae: Oncotympanini) with notes on their natural history from Indian state of Meghalaya, India. Zootaxa, 4908:1–28. Descriptions of Mata lenonia sp. nov., Mata ruffordii sp. nov., and Mata meghalayana sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  29. Hill, K., D. Marshall, K. Marathe, M. Moulds, Y. P. Lee, A. Mohagan, V. Sarkar, B. Price, H. Duffels, M. Schouten, A. de Boer, K. Kunte, and C. Simon. 2021. The molecular systematics and diversification of a large, taxonomically unstable group of primarily Asian cicada tribes (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). Invertebrate Systematics, 35:570–601. Voucher specimens used in molecular sequencing and phylogenetic analysis are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  30. Sondhi, S., T. Karmakar, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2021. Moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera) of Tale Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh, India with seventeen additions to the moth fauna of India (Lepidoptera: Heterocera). Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 31(Suppl. 2):1–53. Voucher specimens used in species identification and taxonomic work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  31. Basu, D. N., and K. Kunte. 2020. Tools of the trade: MicroCT reveals native structure and functional morphology of organs that drive caterpillar-ant interactions. Scientific Reports, 10:10593. A video of Apharitis lilacinus caterpillar with 3D structures of its specialized ant-associated organs, delineated with microCT scanning, is available on the Biodiversity Atlas – India YouTube channel. Voucher specimens used in MicroCT-scanning were taken from the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  32. Bhaumik, V., and K. Kunte. 2020. Dispersal and migration have contrasting effects on butterfly flight morphology and reproduction. Biology Letters, 16:20200393. Voucher specimens used in morphometric analysis are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  33. Gautam, S., and  K. Kunte. 2020. Adaptive plasticity in wing melanisation of a montane butterfly across a Himalayan elevational gradient. Ecological Entomology, 45:1272–1283. Voucher specimens used in colour analysis are deposited in the NCBS Research Collections.
  34. Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, Y. Sondhi, and K. Kunte. 2020. A new species of Metallolophia Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae), and notes on M. opalina (Warren, 1893), from eastern Himalaya, India. Zootaxa, 4838:289–297. Description of Metallolophia taleensis sp. nov. Holotype and paratype are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  35. Joshi, S., K. A. Subramanian, R. Babu, D. Sawant, and K. Kunte. 2020. Three new species of Protosticta Selys, 1885 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from the Western Ghats, India, along with notes on P. mortoni Fraser, 1922 and P. rufostigma Kimmins, 1958. Zootaxa, 4858:151–185. Descriptions of Protosticta cyanofemora sp. nov., Protosticta myristicaensis sp. nov. and Protosticta sholai sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes of Protosticta cyanofemora sp. nov. and Protosticta myristicaensis sp. nov. are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  36. Sheth SD, Ghate HV, Fikáček M. 2020. Review of Coelostoma of the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Part 1: Coelostoma s. str. and Holocoelostoma. European Journal of Taxonomy, 690:1–32. Descriptions of Coelostoma nostocinum sp. nov. and Coelostoma lyratum sp. nov. Paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  37. Maddison, W. P., I. Beattie, K. Marathe, P. Y. C. Ng, N. Kanesharatnam, S. P. Benjamin, and K. Kunte. 2020. A phylogenetic and taxonomic review of baviine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Baviini). Zookeys, 1004:27–97. Descriptions of Maripanthus Maddison gen. nov. and 18 new species, including the Indian Indopadilla kodagura sp. nov. and Maripanthus jubatus sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes of Indian species are deposited in the NCBS Research Collections. Indian voucher specimens used in molecular sequencing and phylogenetic analysis are also deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  38. Sondhi, S., D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2020. First record of Ourapteryx dierli Inoue, 1994 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae) from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12:16916–16919. First record of Ourapteryx dierli from India, Voucher specimens used in this paper are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  39. Kunte, K., D. N. Basu, and G. S. Girish Kumar. 2019. Taxonomy, Systematics, and Biology of Indian Butterflies in the 21st Century. Pp. 275–304, in Indian Insects: Diversity and Science, S. Ramani, P. Mohanraj and H. M. Yeshwanth (eds). Taylor & Francis, UK. pp. 472. Indian voucher specimens used in genitalia dissections are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  40. Basu, D. N., P. Churi, A. Soman, A. Sengupta, M. Bhakare, S. Lokhande, S. Bhoite, B. Huertas, and K. Kunte. 2019. The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 29:87-110. Lectotypes and paralectotypes designated for Indian Tarucus. Indian voucher specimens used in the paper are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  41. Sarkar, V. 2019. A note on the taxonomy and natural history of the Summer Clicker Lahugada dohertyi (Distant, 1891) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae) along with its distribution in northern West Bengal, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11:14128–14136. Voucher specimens used in plates and genitalia dissections are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  42. Sujitha, P. C., Prasad G., Nitin R., D. N. Basu, K. Kunte, and Kalesh S. 2019. Current distribution of Nilgiri grass yellow Eurema nilgiriensis Yata (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with an updated taxonomic key to Eurema of Western Ghats, India. Entomon, 44:23-32. Voucher specimens used in the paper are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  43. Joshi, S., and D. Sawant. 2019. Ceriagrion chromothorax sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from Sindhudurg, Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11:13875–13885. Description of Ceriagrion chromothorax sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  44. Rangnekar, P., O. Dharwadkar, K. Sadasivan, K. A. Subramanian. 2019. A new species of Cyclogomphus Selys, 1854 (Insecta: Odonata: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats, India with comments on the status of Cyclogomphus vesiculosus Selys, 1873. Zootaxa, 4656:515–524. Description of Cyclogomphus flavoannulatus sp. nov.
  45. Sanap, R. V., J. T. D. Caleb, and A. Joglekar. 2019. A new species of the hisponine jumping spiders from India (Araneae: Salticidae), with some observations on its life history. Arthropoda Selecta, 28:113–124. Description of Jerzego sunillimaye sp. nov.
  46. Kulkarni, M. L., and N. Dupérré. 2019. Description of a new species of Althepus (Araneae: Ochyroceratidae) from Maharashtra state, India. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 14:158–164. Althepus devraii sp. nov.
  47. Mirza, Z. A. and Mondal, A., 2018. A new genus Gravelyia with two species of the family Nemesiidae (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) from India. Acta Arachnologica, 67:43–48. New genus, Gravelyia gen. nov.,  proposed with a species description, Gravelyia striatus sp. nov. and a new combination Gravelyia excavatus comb. nov.
  48. Mirza, Z. A., G. G. Gowande, R. Patil,  M. Ambekar, and H. Patel. 2018. First appearance deceives many: disentangling the Hemidactylus triedrus species complex using an integrated approach. PeerJ, 6:e5341. Description of two new species of lizards, Hemidactylus whitakeri sp. nov. and Hemidactylus sahgali sp. nov.
  49. Huang, Z., H. Chiba, J. Jin, Athulya Girish K., M. Wang, K. Kunte, and X. Fan. 2018. A multilocus phylogenetics framework of the tribe Aeromachini (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), with implications for taxonomy and historical biogeography. Systematic Entomology, 44:163–178. Description of two new genera of butterflies, Halpemorpha gen. n. and Praethoressa gen. n. Indian voucher specimens used in the butterfly phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  50. Marathe, K., A. F. Sanborn, and K. Kunte. 2018. Revision of the genus Rustia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) including a generic synonymy, four new combinations, and two new species from the Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 4457:431–443. Description of two new species of cicadas, Rustia minuta sp. nov. and Rustia kodagura sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes of both species are deposited  in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  51. Marshall, D. C., M. Moulds, M. Boulard, A. F. Sanborn, A. Ewart, C. Wei, K. Marathe, L. W. Popple, B. W. Price, and C. Simon. 2018. Case 3761 — Platypleurini Schmidt, 1918: Proposed precedence over Hamzaria Distant, 1905 to conserve nomenclatural stability in the Cicadidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadoidea). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75:49-54. Petition to ICZN to give taxonomic priority to Platypleurini over Hamzini.
  52. Marshall, D. C., M. Moulds, K. B. R. Hill, B. W. Price, E. J. Wade, C. L. Owen, G. Goemans, K. Marathe, V. Sarkar, J. R. Cooley, A. F. Sanborn, K. Kunte, M. H. Villet, and C. Simon. 2018. A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification. Zootaxa, 4424:1–64. Indian voucher specimens used in the global cicada phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  53. Vineeth, K. K., U. K. Radhakrishna, R. D. Godwin, S. Anwesha, K. Patil Rajashekhar, and N. A. Aravind. 2018. A new species of Microhyla Tschudi, 1838 (Anura: Microhylidae) from West Coast of India: an integrative taxonomic approach. Zootaxa, 4420:151–179. Description of Microhyla kodial sp. nov.
  54. Jins, V. J., F. L. Sampaio, and D. J. Gower. 2018. A new species of Uropeltis Cuvier, 1829 (Serpentes: Uropeltidae) from the Anaikatty Hills of the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4415:401–422. Description of Uropeltis bhupathyi sp. nov.
  55. Bhaumik, V., and K. Kunte. 2018. Female butterflies modulate investment in reproduction and flight in response to monsoon-driven migrations. Oikos, 127:285–296. Specimens used in morphometrics are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  56. Caleb, J. T. D., R. V. Sanap, K. G. Patel, P. P. Sudhin, K. S. Nafin, A. V. Sudhikumar. 2018. First description of the female of Chrysilla volupe (Karsch, 1879) (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India, with notes on the species’ distribution and life history. Arthropoda Selecta, 27:143–153. Description of female Chrysilla volupe.
  57. Kalesh, S., and Kripakaran M. 2017. A new species of Tyrannomyrmex Fernández 2003 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae, Solenopsidini) from Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Zootaxa, 4344:261–276. Description of Tyrannomyrmex alii sp. nov.
  58. Sondhi, Y., I. J. Kitching, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new species of Theretra Hübner (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) from the southern Western Ghats, India. Zootaxa, 4323:185–196. Description of Theretra shendurneensis sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  59. Agavekar, G., F. Hita Garcia, and E. P. Economo. 2017. Taxonomic overview of the hyperdiverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in India with descriptions and X-ray microtomography of two new species from the Andaman Islands. PeerJ, 5:e3800. Descriptions of Tetramorium krishnani sp. nov. and Tetramorium jarawa sp. nov.
  60. Joshi, S., and K. Kunte. 2017. Two new dragonfly species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from north-eastern India. Zootaxa, 4300:259–268. Descriptions of Cephalaeschna acanthifrons sp. nov. and Planaeschna poumai sp. nov. Holotypes and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  61. Marathe, K., H. M. Yeshwanth, D. N. Basu, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new species of Platypleura Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cicadinae) from the Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India. Zootaxa, 4311:523–536. Description of Platypleura poorvachala sp. nov. Paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  62. Joshi, S., J. Veino, D. Veino, L. Veino, R. Veino, and K. Kunte. 2017. Additions to the Indian dragonfly fauna, and new records of two enigmatic damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) from northeastern India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 9:10433–10444. Description of female Anisopleura vallei, based on specimens deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  63. Joshi, J., A. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2017. Evolutionary assembly of communities in butterfly mimicry rings. The American Naturalist, 189:E58–E76. Specimens used in building a molecular phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  64. Mirza, Z. A., R. V. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2017. A new genus and new species of diplurid spider (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae) from northeast India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 10:32–38. Description of Orientothele alyratus gen. et sp. nov. Holotype is deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  65. Sanap, R. V., A. Joglekar, D. A. Prajapati, and J. T. D. Caleb. 2017. Two new species of Langelurillus Próchniewicz, 1994 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa, 4318:135–146. Descriptions of Langelurillus lacteus sp. nov. and Langelurillus onyx sp. nov.
  66. Caleb, J. T. D., and R. V. Sanap. 2017. Rediscovery of Piranthus decorus Thorell 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae) after 122 years since the original description. Acta Arachnologica, 66:25–29. Rediscovery of Piranthus decorus.
  67. Caleb, J. T. D., G. B. Pravalikha, B. E. Johnson, M. Manyu, S. Mungkung, and M. T. Mathai. 2017. Hersilia aadi Pravalikha, Srinivasulu & Srinivasulu, 2014 a junior synonym of Hersilia savignyi Lucas, 1836 (Araneae: Hersiliidae). Zootaxa, 4254:396–400. New synonymy of Hersilia aadi.
  68. Datta-Roy, A., V. Deepak, R. Chaitanya, C. Murthy, H. Bhosale, A. Lajmi, P. Karanth, K. Kunte, and V. Giri. 2017. On the taxonomic status of Eurylepis poonaensis (Squamata: Scincidae): resolving a long-standing conundrum. Salamandra, 53:389–397. Redescription of Eurylepis poonaensis.
  69. Mirza, Z. A., and D. Raju. 2016. A new rupicolous species of gecko of the genus Hemidactylus Oken, 1817 from the Satpura Hills, Central India. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 11:51–71 (e137). Description of Hemidactylus chipkali sp. nov.
  70. Price, B. W., E. L. Allan, K. Marathe, V. Sarkar, C. Simon, and K. Kunte. 2016. The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka: an annotated provisional catalogue, regional checklist and bibliography. Biodiversity Data Journal, 4:e8051. An updated, annotated catalogue of cicadas of the Indian Subcontinent.
  71. Mirza, Z. A., R. V. Sanap, and K. Kunte. 2016. A new species of the genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeast India. Euscorpius, 215:1–11. Description of Thaicharmus guptai sp. nov.
  72. Mirza, Z. A., J. Y. Zende, and V. K. Patil. 2016. Notes on the trapdoor spider genus Tigidia Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Barychelidae) with description of a new species from Western Ghats, India. Arachnology, 17:92-94. Description of Tigidia konkanensis sp. nov.
  73. Mirza, Z. A., R. Vyas, H. Patel, J. Maheta, and R. V. Sanap. 2016. A new Miocene-divergent lineage of Old World racer snake from India. PLoS ONE, 11: e0148380. Description of Wallaceophis gujaratensis gen. et sp. nov.
  74. Gowande, G., A. Mishra, and Z. A. Mirza. 2016. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Agamidae) with notes on its systematics. Zootaxa, 4126:271-279. Neotype designation for Calotes versicolor Daudin, 1802.
  75. Mirza, Z. A. and G. Gowande. 2016. Neotype designation for Scorpiops pachmarhicus Bastawade, 1992 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), with redescription and notes on the species. Euscorpius, 223:1-7. Neotype designation for Scorpiops pachmarhicus Bastawade, 1992.
  76. Joshi, S., O. E. Kosterin, and K. Kunte. 2016. New status for Fraser’s forgotten Aciagrion approximans krishna stat. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) from the Western Ghats of India. International Journal of Odonatology, 19:41–51. New taxonomic status for Aciargion hisopa krishna Fraser, 1921 based on topotypes deposited in Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  77. Caleb, J. T. D., and R. V. Sanap. 2016. Lessert’s rainbow spider, Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from new localities in India. Acta Arachnologica, 65:83–87. Redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti.
  78. Caleb, J. T. D., and M. T. Mathai. 2016. Extended boundaries of the ant mimicking sac spider genus Aetius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Araneae: Corinnidae). Indian Journal of Arachnology, 5:36–41. Redescription of Aetius decollatus and new combination of Aetius tuberculatus comb. nov.
  79. Caleb, J. T. D., and M. T. Mathai. 2016. A new jumping spider of the genus Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina). Zootaxa, 4103:185–188. Description of Stenaelurillus metallicus sp. nov.
  80. Caleb, J. T. D. 2016. Taxonomic notes on some ant-mimicking jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Arthropoda Selecta, 25:403–420. Redescriptions of Myrmaplata plataleoides, Myrmarachne kuwagata, Myrmarachne melanocephala, Myrmarachne prava, and Myrmarachne ramunni.
  81. Su, S., M. Lim, and K. Kunte. 2015. Prey from the eyes of predators: colour discriminability of aposematic and mimetic butterflies from an avian visual perspective. Evolution, 69:2985–2994. Voucher specimens are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  82. Toussaint, E. F. A., J. Morinière, C. J. Müller, K. Kunte, B. Turlin, A. Hausmann, and M. Balke. 2015. Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Polyura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 91:194–209. Indian voucher specimens used in the phylogeny are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  83. Kiran, C. G., S. Kalesh, and K. Kunte. 2015. A new species of damselfly, Protosticta ponmudiensis (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae) from Ponmudi Hills in the Western Ghats of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7:7146–7151. Description of Protosticta ponmudiensis sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  84. Kunte, K. 2015. A new species of Hypolycaena (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 48:21–27. Description of Hypolycaena narada sp. nov. Holotype and paratypes are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  85. Caleb, J. T. D., and R. Karthikeyani. 2015. A new jumping spider of the genus Cosmophasis Simon (Araneae: Salticidae) from Maharashtra, India. Acta Arachnologica, 64:97–99. Description of Cosmophasis undulata sp. nov.
  86. Caleb, J. T. D., S. Mungkung, and M. T. Mathai. 2015. Four new species of jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillinae) with the description of a new genus from South India. Peckhamia, 124:1–18. Description of Langona albolinea sp. nov., Mashonarus davidi sp. nov., Phanuelus gladstone sp. nov., Phlegra prasanna sp. nov. First record of Aelurillus kronestedti in India and first description of the male of Stenaelurillus sarojinae.
  87. Caleb, J. T. D., and M. T. Mathai. 2015. Description of a new species of Harmochirus Simon (Araneae: Salticidae) from South India. Munis Entomology and Zoology, 10:117–121. Description of Harmochirus exaggeratus sp. nov.
  88. Joshi, S., and K. Kunte. 2014. Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Nagaland, with an addition to the Indian odonate fauna. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 6:6458–6472. Voucher specimens are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  89. Caleb, J. T. D., and M. T. Mathai. 2014. Record of Araneus viridisomus Gravely, 1921 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Tamil Nadu, India. Indian Journal of Arachnology, 3:1–5. Redescription of Araneus viridisomus.
  90. Caleb, J. T. D., A. Christudhas, K. Laltanpuii, and M. Chitra. 2014. New species of Hyllus C. L. Koch (Araneae: Salticidae) from India. Munis Entomology and Zoology, 9:616–619. Description of Hyllus manu sp. nov.
  91. Kunte, K., W. Zhang, A. Tenger-Trolander, D. H. Palmer, A. Martin, R. D. Reed, S. P. Mullen, and M. R. Kronforst. 2014. doublesex is a mimicry supergene. Nature, 507:229–232. Specimens used in molecular work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  92. Zhang, W., K. Kunte, and M. R. Kronforst. 2013. Genome-wide characterization of adaptation and speciation in tiger swallowtail butterflies using de novo transcriptome assemblies. Genome Biology and Evolution, 5:1233–1245. Specimens used in molecular work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.
  93. Kunte, K., C. Shea, M. L. Aardema, J. M. Scriber, T. E. Juenger, L. E. Gilbert, and M. R. Kronforst. 2011. Sex chromosome mosaicism and hybrid speciation among tiger swallowtail butterflies. PLoS Genetics, 7:e1002274. Specimens used in molecular work are deposited in the Biodiversity Lab Research Collections.