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Dr. (Mrs.) Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate

Scientist E

Dr. (Mrs.) Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate

Scientist E

 

 

 

Highest Academic degree, year

 

 Ph.D., 2007

Department/Division

 

 

WESTERN REGIONAL CENTRE, PUNE

 

Email Address

 

 

k.aparna@zsi.gov.in; aparna_ent@yahoo.co.in

Phone Number

 

 

+91-8087474914

 

Area of Expertise

 

 

Insect Taxonomy – Lepidoptera (Moths) and Coleoptera (Scarab beetles)

Experience after

Ph. D.

 

 

More than 17 years

  • Scientist-E at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (December 2021-till today).
  • Scientist-D at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (August 2016-December 2021).
  • Scientist-C at Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune- 411044 (January 2014- August 2016).
  • Scientist-C at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore 560 022 (July 2011 – January 2014).
  • Scientist-B at Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, Bangalore 560 022 (August 2008 to July 2011).
  • Research Associate in Ad-hoc Project viz., “AINP on Pesticide Residues Project” under Head, Department of Agricultural Entomology, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (February 2007 to July 2008).
  • Assistant Professor at College of Agriculture, Sonai, Tal. Newasa, Dist. Ahmednagar, Affiliated to MPKV, Rahuri (March 2006 to August 2006).

Significant Achievements(max 5 bullet points)

 

 

Taxonomy:

  • Described: 05 new species of moths and 05 new species of lesser known beetles.
  • Based on the Integrated Taxonomic Approach (ITA) one cryptic moth species,Olepa schleini Witt et al. 2005 a palearctic species reported as new record to Indian Fauna of moths.
  • Described the above-mentioned new species of beetles of the family Trogidae which is lesser known and is important in forensic sciences.

Patent: 01 Indian Patent

  • One Indian patent on WOOD PRESERVATIVES AND A METHOD FOR PROTECTING WOOD AND WOOD BASED PANEL PRODUCTS” bearing Patent No. 297510.

IUCN Redlist Assessment:

  • Contributed to IUCN Redlist Assessment of Tiger beetles.
  • Elected as a fellow of Royal Entomological Society, UK. The oldest and the reputed society in entomological sciences(Membership number - RES20851).

Mentorship

 

Supervised:

  • 04 M.Sc. (Dissertation submitted and degree awarded)
  • 01 PhD (Co-guide) and
  • 04 On Job Training (OJT) students under NEP.

Research Focus(max. 5 bullet points)

 

 
  • Taxonomic studies on cryptic species of insects based on Integrated Taxonomic Approach.
  • Taxonomic studies on lesser known insect groups.

Publications

 

 

SCI Journals:

  • Jagdale, P., Magdum, S. & Kalawate, A.S.*(2024). First DNA barcode and male genitalial studies of a dung beetle, Heliocopris gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) form Western Ghats of India. Halteres14: 40-45(IF: 0.46).
  • Jagdale, P. Magdum, S. &Kalawate A.S.(2023). A New Record of the Genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) From Northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 120(3)10.17087/jbnhs/2023/v120/170628(SJR: 0.14)
  • Kalawate, A.S.*, Shabnam, A. & Dinesh, K.P. 2024. Resurrection of Olepa Schleini Witt et al. 2005 and Olepa Neumuthi Orhant, 2012 from the synonymy of Olepa Ricini (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae).  Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 78 (1): 39-52 (IF: 0.519; Scopus: 0.603).
  • Kalawate, A.S.*&Strümpher,W. P. 2024. Catalogue of species of the subgenus Afromorgus Scholtz, 1986 (Coleoptera: Trogidae: Omorginae) known from the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including a description of one new species from the Deccan Plateau in India. Zootaxa, 5437 (1): 021–06 (IF: 1.1).

NAAS rated journals:

  • Kalawate A.S.*,Surwade, P. & Pawara, S.N. (2023). An annotated checklist of the economically important family of moths (Lepidoptera: Heterocera: Noctuidae) of the northern Western Ghats, India, with notes on their type species, diversity, distribution, host plants, and an unusual new faunistic record. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15(2): 22632–22653.
  • Kalawate, A.S., *& Palot, M.J. (2023). A first report of dung beetle Garreta smaragdifer (Walker, 1858) attending the faecal matter of Northern Plain Gray Langur Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne, 1997) with range extension and a checklist of the genus Garreta Janssen, 1940. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 15 (5): 23233–23239.
  • Jagdale, P., Magdum, S., Kalawate, A.S.*, Kajale S. & Shouche, Y. (2023). First record and DNA barcode of a scarab beetle, Adoretus kanarensis Arrow, 1917 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), from Maharashtra, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(6):  23425–23430. 
  •  Misal, P.K. &Kalawate, A.S.(2023). Preliminary Assessment of Arthropod Diversity of the Rock-Cut Caves of Satara district, Maharashtra, India. Rec. zool. Surv. India, 123(iS2)/01-15: 457-462.
  • Pande, G.S., Parge, F.V. and Kalawate, A.S. (2023) A baseline account of scarabaeid beetles of area within and around historic Ahmednagar city (Maharashtra) India. Flora and Fauna, 29 (2): 366-370,

 

Books:

  • Kalawate, A.S. J. Palot, B. Valappil, B. Tripathy and Banerjee, D. 2024. Field Guide to Lepidoptera of Western Ghats. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India) 1-180 p.
  • Dinesh, K.P., Shabnam, A., Kalawate, A.S., Talmale, S.S., Palot, M.J., Patil, S.R., Tripathy, B. and Banerjee, D. 2023. Fauna of India: 108 Barcodes. (Published by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata) 1-50 p.

 

Popular Semi-Technical articles: 02+03

  • कलावटे ए.एस. (2023)गुप्त एजेंट केराटिन भृंग, कोशिका, वार्षिकी, 14 सितम्बर 2023, अंक:  2: 03 (प्रकाशकनिदेशक, भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण) ISBN: 978-81-8171-621-7.
  • कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). एक अनोखा एथलीट कोषिका, वार्शिक पत्रिका, अंक-3, सितम्बर 2024: 1-2(प्रकाशकनिदेशक, भारतीय प्राणी सर्वेक्षण). ISBN: 978-81-8171-664-4.
  • कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). छोटे छोटे किट में छुपा हे बहुत सारा अद्भुत विज्ञान और रहस्य: ओलेपा ज़ेडएसआई कलावटे, 2020 एक उदाहरण. पर्यावरण, 72वा अंक-जून-2024.
  • कलावटे, ए. एस.  (2024). महाराष्ट्र की रॉबर्स गुफा: एक छिपा हुआ जैव खजाना. पर्यावरण, 72वा अंक-जून-2024.
  • Kalawate, A.S. (2023). New Species of Keratin Beetle Discovered from Western India. Science Reporter, May 2023: 10.

ResearchGate profile

 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aparna-Kalawate; https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=NPl2EasAAAAJ&hl=en

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