Spider diversity in Sacred Groves of Northern Kerala


Sumesh N.V.


Sumesh joined the lab in 2015 and started working on the diversity of sacred grove spiders from Northern Kerala. The study aims to document the ecological services of the sacred groves.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Sumesh N.V. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2020.Checklist of spiders from the sacred groves of northern Kerala, India. Uttar Pradesh Journal of Zoology. 41(9): 104-115. ISSN: 0256-971X.

  2. Nafin K.S., Sumesh N.V., Sudhin P.P. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2019. Redescription and new records of Phoroncidia septemaculeata O. Pickard Cambridge 1873 from India (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa. 4691 (2): 188-194.

  3. Puthoor Pattammal Sudhin, Karunnappilli Shamsudheen Nafin, Njarekkattil Vasu Sumesh & Sudhikumar A.V. 2019. A new spider species of the genus Cocalus C.L. Koch, 1846 (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from the Western Ghats of India. Arthropoda Selecta. 28(1): 125-130. ISSN: 0136-006X. IF: 1.00.UGC No. 8619.

  4. Sumesh N.V. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2018.A preliminary investigation on spider fauna from two selected habitats of Thrissur district, Kerala. In: Faunal diversity and recent trends in animal taxonomy. (Ed) Sudhikumar A.V., Christ College Publishers, Kerala. 112-117. ISBN: 9788193050767.

  5. Sumesh N.V. & Sudhikumar A.V. 2020. Diversity and guild structure of spiders in a sacred grove of Kerala, India. In: Perspectives on Biodiversity of India. Vol. IV.Proc. International Biodiversity Congress 2018.Bijukumar et al., (Eds), Centre for Innovation in Science and Social Action, Kerala. 239-243. ISBN: 978-81-937930-6-0.




Achievements

  • E- Grants for Ph.D., Government of Kerala

  • Participated and presented on 31st European Congress of Arachnology, Vac, Hungary