Biodiversity and Natural Heritage of the Himalaya / Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya, Volume 8

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Language: Trilingual with contributions in English, German, and French, each having a bilingual summary

Series covering biodiversity research in the Himalayas (taxonomy, phylogeny, faunistics and biogeography); including geology, geography, botany, veterinary zoology, zoology, and especially entomology (which comprises more than 60% of the content). See the table of contents for more details.

Contents

- Foreword   7
- Preliminary Findings of Rapid Inventory and Documentation of Traditional Knowledge associated with Biological Resources in Bhutan   9 / Nirola, M. P.; C. Dorji, L. Wangchuk, J. Choden, C. Gyeltshen, K. D. Dorji, T. Y. Dorji & K. Wangchuk
- Farming in Protected Areas (PAs) of Bhutan; challenges and mitigation measures taken by the farmers   17 / Wangchuk, K.; M. P. Nirola, J. Choden, L. Wangchuk, P. Lhamo & Tshering Zangmo
- Samendu lake and its catchment areas - the threat and management strategies of this showcase of biodiversity of Eastern Himalaya   25 / Manna, S.
- Status of Family Forest and its role in Biodiversity Conservation in Bhaktapur District, Nepal   43 / Tamang, S. Y. & N. P. Koju
- Exploring the Kawagebo West face and Shequ Glacier   53 / Hessberg, A. v. & W. Schulze
- Towards an anatomical research of Bluegrasses Poa Linnaeus, 1753 (Poaceae) of the Pan-Himalaya   71 / Olonova, M.; R. Romanetz & H. Singh
- A preliminary study on the vegetative and flowering phenology including diversity of flower visitors in Rhododendron cinnabarinum Hook. f. subsp. cinnabarinum (Ericaceae Juss.) in and around Singalila National Park of Darjeeling Himalaya (India)   81 / Panda, S.; D. K. Som, D. S. Mahanty & P. Roy
- Diversity of the genus Lyonia Nuttall, 1818 (Ericaceae: Vaccinioideae) in the Eastern Himalayas, India   107 / Panda, S.
- Aristolochia assamica (Aristolochiaceae): A new record to Bhutan   123 / Wangchuk, T.; K. Rinzin, T. Dendup, T. Wangchuk, P. Zam, Ch. Gyeltshen, K. Tobgay, T. Pem & N. Gyeltshen
- Aquatic Annelida inventory of Nepal (Western, Central and Eastern Development zones) with remarks to fauna of adjacent Bihar (India)   127 / Nesemann, H. F.; S. Sharma & G. Sharma
- Aquatic Macroinvertebrate and Macrophyte communities of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, the Himalayan foothills of Bihar (India)   149 / Sharma, G. & H. F. Nesemann
- On new and poorly known species of terrestrial gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Nepal   163 / Greke, K.
- Endemic aphid species (Insecta: Aphidomorpha: Aphididae) of the Himalaya: Present status, synonyms, distribution and host-plants   171 / Chakrabarti, S.
- On a small collection of caddisflies from the Himalayas of Nepal (Insecta: Trichoptera)   229 / Mey, W.
- Hyblaea chitwana sp. n., a new species of Hyblaeidae from Chitwan National Park, Nepal (Insecta: Lepidoptera), with an updated Checklist of the Hyblaeidae of Nepal   241 / Buchsbaum, U. & M.-Y. Chen
- An illustrated key to the Tiger Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) of Nepal   247 / Wiesner, J. & J. Gebert
- Catalogue of the Himalayan Dyschiriini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae)   271 / Bulirsch, P. & M. Hartmann
- Two unexpected discoveries in the Nepal Himalaya: the microphthalmic Duvalius himalayicus sp. n. and the anophthalmic Duvalioblemus nepalicola sp. n. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)   283 / Schmidt, J.: & A. Faille
- New data on the Xantholinini from the Oriental Region. 50. New species and new records from North India, Nepal and Yunnan (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)   293 / Bordoni, A.
- A new species of the genus Omaliopsis Jeannel, 1940 from eastern Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Omaliini)   299 / Shavrin, A. V.
- The Erichsonius fauna of the Himalaya 2: The first representative of the genus from Bhutan (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)   303 / Uhlig, M. & B. Uhlig
- The Erichsonius fauna of the Himalaya 3: E. (Sectophilonthus) kleebergi sp. n. - a new extraordinary species of Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)   307 / Uhlig, M. & B. Uhlig
- The Erichsonius fauna of the Himalaya 4: Three new species of the genus from Nepal from the collection A. Kleeberg (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)   315 / Uhlig, M.; B. Uhlig & A. Kleeberg
- New Taxa of the genus Agathidium Panzer, 1797 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Nepal   329 / Švec, Z.
- The Stag beetle fauna of the Himalaya (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae)   341 / Schenk, K.-D.
- Two new species of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 from China, and the taxonomic status of some other Onthophagus species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Onthophagini)   365 / Schönfeld, J.
- Une nouvelle espèce du genre Bunbunius Nomura, 1970 du Myanmar (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)   379 / Keith, D.
- Provisional revision of genus Paratrichius Janson, 1881 inhabiting Myanmar with a description of a new species and new records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)   383 / Ricchiardi, E.
- Zur Kenntnis der Scirtidae des Himalaya-Gebietes (Insecta: Coleoptera) (232. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scirtidae)   395 / Klausnitzer, B.
- A new species of the genus Attagenus Latreille, 1802 from Tibet (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Attageninae)   409 / Háva, J.
- On some click beetles collected in Arunachal Pradesh (India) with an updated catalogue (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)   411 / Platia, P. & E. Pulvirenti
- Taxonomic review of Neohydnus from Nepal, Bhutan and India with description of 14 new species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)   425 / Gerstmeier, R.
- New species from Nepal I - genera Oracula Novák, 2019 and Zizu Novák, 2019 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae: Alleculini)   453 / Novák, V.
- First record of Diaperis Geoffroy, 1762 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae) from the Nepal and Kashmir Himalayas   465 / Schawaller, W.
- The genus Laena Dejean in Nepal (part 3), with descriptions of eight new species and new records of known species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)   469 / Schawaller, W. & A. Bellersheim
- New species of the genus Demonax Thomson, 1861 from Arunachal Pradesh, India (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Clytini)   477 /  Viktora, P.
- The cuckoo wasps of the Himalayas (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)   483 / Rosa, P.
- A study on the faunal makeup and habitat diversity of Orthoclads (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) in the Darjeeling Himalayan region of India with a note on their biology   517 / Som, D. K.
- Chinahaselhuhn Tetrastes sewerzowi Przewalski, 1876 (Aves: Galliformes: Phasianidae) - Symbol für die Artenvielfalt der Gebirgsnadelwälder des Tibetplateaus - eine Übersicht   529 / Klaus, K.; Y. Fang, W. & Y.-H. Sun
- Ecological megafactors in the formation of the range of the Himalayan marmot Marmota himalayana (Hodgson, 1841)   543 / Nikol’skii, A. A. & E. A. Vanisova

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