ZSI Scientist Profile

Dr.GURU PADA MANDAL

Scientist- ‘E’

Highest Academic degree, year

Ph.D.:2007

Department/Division

APTERYGOTA Section

Email Address

gurupadam@zsi.gov.in

Phone Number

+91 9433635447

Area of Expertise

Taxonomy: Collembola, Diplura, Protura, Zygentoma, Archaeognatha&Symphyla

Experience after Ph. D.

17 years

Significant Achievements

• Discovered one new genus of Collembola.
• Discovered 41 new species of Collembola.
• Discovered 4 new species of Zygentoma.

Mentorship

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Research Focus

• Apterygota Taxonomy
• Conservation Biology
• Systematics
• Conservation
• Biodiversity
• Community Ecology
• Ecology and Evolution

Publications

Baquero, E., Mandal, G.P. and R. Jordana. 2014. Singular fauna of Entomobryidae (Collembola) from "Land of passes" at the Himalayas (Entomobryidae from Ladakh, India).Florida Entomologist, 97 (4):1554-1587.

Baquero, E., Mandal, G.P. and Jordana, R. 2015.Entomobryoidea (Collembola) from Himachal Pradesh (India) in the Himalayas. ZOOTAXA,4027 (1): 001–041.

Mandal, G.P. 2018. A new genus of Heteromurinae (Collembola: Entomobryidae) with dental base falcate macrochaetae, from India. Halteres, 9:74-85.

Mandal, G.P. and Arbea, J. 2019. Critical Checklist of the Indian species of Hypogastrura (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) with a description of a new species from Satkosia Wild Life Sanctuary. Zootaxa4608(2):279-290.

Mandal, G.P. 2018.  Three new species of Collembola from India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India.Vol.118 (2): 107-127.

(DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i2/2017/117277). ISSN: 0375-1511.

Thunnisa, A.M., Arbea, J.I., Sumithra, N., Mandal, G.P., &Sanil, R. 2022. Two new species and two new records of Onychiurinae (Collembola, Onychiuridae) from the Nilgiris, India. Zootaxa, 5182(5): 448-464.

Hazra, A.K., D.  Jana, G. P. Mandal& Rafael Molero-Baltanás. 2022. On two new species of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from India. Zootaxa,5222 (1): 059–068.

Hazra, A.K., D.  Jana & G. P. Mandal. 2022. Description of a New Species and Redescription of One Species of Silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Rec.Zool. Surv. India. 122(2): 117-124 (DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/172353).

Hazra, A.K., Jana, D., Mandal, G.P. &Baltanas, R. 2023. On a new species of silverfish of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Kawal Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Graellsia, 79(1): e190.

Total number of research publications: 127.

ResearchGate profile

ResearchGate:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gurupada-Mandal

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OU9XZv8AAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID id:0000-000-2-5688-1391

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