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24/03/2026

I am excited to announce that at I For Nature we have published two very interesting research publications. One highlights the discovery of Sambus auberti from India for the first time and redescribed the female of the species, another deals with an Tawny Coster butterfly discovered from , which Arjan da highlighted as a colour inversion along with the aberration. Both the papers are open to read from the following links:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/401442416_Redescription_of_female_Sambus_auberti_Thery_1926_Coleoptera_Buprestidae_and_its_first_record_from_India_from_an_urban_rooftop_garden_in_Kolkata_West_Bengal

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/401027894_A_rare_aberration_of_Tawny_Coster_butterfly_from_Myanmar

03/03/2026

Redescription of female Sambus auberti Théry, 1926 (Coleoptera:Buprestidae) and its first record from India, from an urban rooftop garden in Kolkata, West Bengal

PDF | The Jewel beetle species Sambus auberti Théry, 1926 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: Agrilini) has been recorded for the first time from... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

10/12/2025

Happy International Animal Rights Day
I am happy to share with you all that we have discovered another new species of beetle from Kalyani University campus and we are honoured to name it Litargus (Litargosomus) arjanbasui in honour of Mr. Arjan Basu Roy, Secretary, Nature Mates Nature Club, West Bengal, India, for his contribution in the field of butterfly conservation, animal conservation and ecotourism.

The full article is accessible from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/396375468_Litargus_Litargosomus_arjanbasui_sp_nov_A_new_species_of_hairy_fungus_beetle_Coleoptera_Tenebrionoidea_Mycetophagidae_from_West_Bengal_India?fbclid=IwY2xjawOmR2NleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwZDJPS29RZUV6WmNuYmIxc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHnKonsWoGRDQGppskb-JL5I8EMGmjc3Z6rFv5_RwlA--m4-8gQ5ye38ieJnn_aem_Qj7tCHV94PdW6-jqnKaBPg

01/11/2025

Deccan Chronicle wonderfully presented our news of the recently discovered firefly species from .

14/10/2025

Our new publication dealing with the discovery of two new species, L. debprasuma Chakrovorty, Moinudheen & Bhattacharjee, 2025 and L. kurumba Chakrovorty, Moinudheen & Bhattacharjee, 2025 from the received huge media coverage. I am thankful to all my coauthors for their support, especially to Dheen We are thankful to The Hindu, The New Indian Express, , Dinamalar - World's No 1 Tamil News Website, Sun TV, Vikatan EMagazine, VikatanTv and many media houses for covering this news.

10/10/2025

NEW RESEARCH ALERT
Two new species of discovered from the . The first species is a trubute to my and Banani's parents, Lamellipalpodes debprasuma Chakrovorty, Moinudheen, Bhattacharjee, 2025 is in honor of late Debdas Bhattacharjee (Banani's father) "deb", Pranab Chakraborty (my father) "pra", Sulekha Bhattacharjee (Banani's mother) "su" and Mandira Chakraborty (my mother) "ma". This is the least we can do for all the efforts they have put in, and the reason why we are what we are now.

The second species Lamellipalpodes kurumba is in konour of the is named in honor of the Kurumba, a primitive tribal community inhabiting the hill stretches of Coonoor, The Nilgiris. The Kurumba people and their traditional practices are facing the risk of extinction, and through this small dedication, we hope to bring attention to their heritage, development, and survival.

The research has been conducted by I For Nature Nature Club in active collaboration with and nature conservation trust, University and Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)

I am thankful to Mr. Moinudheen Dheen for his constant support for the research team.

A special note of appreciation goes to Mr. Abinesh , Dr. Arockianathan Samson, and Mr. Sadiq Ali Sadiqooty for their continued commitment to this paper and to our broader goal of indexing the rich biodiversity of the Nilgiris.

We also extend our deep appreciation to Mr. Azad Malainadan Azad , who continues to work closely with the Kurumba community, supporting them tirelessly in all possible ways. Let this discovery be a step forward in both biodiversity conservation and cultural recognition of the Nilgiris.

We are thankful to The Hindu , Indian Express, Vikatan EMagazine and many other newsportals for covering this news

08/10/2025

The authors are thankful to The Times of India for covering the news about the new wasp species discovered from saltlake central park, Nesolynx Banabitanae Gadallah, Chakrovorty & Bhattacharjee, 2025.
I For Nature

02/10/2025

শুভ বিজয়া। মা চলে যাবার আগে একটা উপহার দিয়ে গেলো। 😍

I For Nature Nature Club, Kolkata, in a joint collaboration with Nature Mates-Nature Club, Kolkata and two international collaborations, with Dr. Yuanyuan Han (Chuzhou University, ) and with Prof. Neveen S. Gadallah ( جامعة القاهرة Cairo University, ) have discovered a new species of from Kolkata, India.

The paper entitled "Nesolynx banabitanae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae), a new species of hyperparasitoid wasp from West Bengal, India, with SEM analysis of antennal sensilla" has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, .

The species have been named Nesolynx banabitanae based on the type locality Banabitan Butterfly Conservatory Kolkata, West Bengal.

In a major breakthrough, we have been able to document the complete lifecycle of the hyperparasitoid wasp, starting from the host plant, followed by the caterpillar species, followed by the parasitoid wasp species upto the adult hyperparasitoid wasp.

This paper also attempted to understand the differences in morphology of these minute wasps and conducted a thorough comparison between male and female of the species.

07/08/2025

BASIC ENTOMOLOGY DISSECTION KIT: (1) Graduated dropper, (2) Vertex 10-100 µl variable volume pipette, (3) Borosil 100-1000 µl variable volume pipette, (4) Microlit Lilpet 1000 µl fixed volume pipette, (5) Paint brush, (6) Permanent marker, (7) Rotring isograph 0.1 mm technical pen, (8) Rubber stub for holding pins, (9) Spatula, (10) Blunt flat-tipped forceps, (11) Fine-tipped forceps, (12) Ultra fine-tipped anti-static forceps, (13) Bent-tipped forceps, (14) Insect pinning forceps, (15) Ultraprecise bent-tipped tweezers, (16) Pin vice for holding stainless steel insect pins, (17) Scalpel, (18) Dissection needle, (19) Bent-tipped anti-static ceramic-tipped tweezers, (20) Stage micrometer (1 mm -100 divisions), (21) Cavity glass slide, (22) Clear nail paint, (23) Potassium hydroxide pellets, (24-25) Glass cavity block and glass cover, (26) Ethanol, (27) Nail paint remover or Acetone, (28) Plastic vials and microcentrifuge tubes, (29) Parafilm, (30-32) Stainless steel entomological pins, sizes 0, 2 and 4, (33) Ball-headed pins, (34) Scissors, (35) Dissection scissors, (36) Flat surface tweezers for holding coverslips, (37) Watch glass, (38) Reagent dropping bottle, (39) Flat bottom glass test tube, (40) Round cover slips (18 mm), (41) Round cover slips (12 mm), (42) Square cover slips (22 mm), (43) Jwewlers loups (40x magnification), (44) Glass slide, (45) Glass test tube, (46) Knife, (47) Weighing balance, (48) Ceramic cavity tile, (49) Paper clips, (50) Nitrile gloves, (51) Centrifuge tube rack. Other important things: Spirit lamp, Hot water bath, Distilled water, Xylene, DPX mounting media, Micropipette tips, Dissection stereo microscope, Compound microscope.

06/04/2025

iForNature Nature clubs recent publication on antennal and palpal of long-horned from is fully readable from the link below.

Request PDF | Structure and morphology of antennal and palpal sensilla of adult long-horned caddisfly species Triplectides indicus (Walker 1852) (Insecta: Trichoptera: Leptoceridae): a scanning electron microscopy study | The mechanoreceptive and chemoreceptive sensilla located on antennae, labial p...

01/04/2025

Given the abundance of things that nature has to offer, why limit oneself and stay restricted to human neuroscience? Our recent work on the morphology of sensilla of long-horned species Triplectides indicus got published in journal (Springer-Nature). On behalf of I For Nature I am thankful to Dr. Sajad H Parey (Sajad Sir 🧡) for his guidance and collaboration.