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Ecology and Evolution
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2025

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Overview

Kailash Chandra is affiliated with the Zoological Survey of India and has contributed extensively to research within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work spans a diverse array of subfields including Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

Their recent publications include studies in various scientific venues. Notable papers are:

  • Designing a multi-epitope peptide based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Rearrangement and evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Thysanoptera (Insecta), 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Adaptive spatial planning of protected area network for conserving the Himalayan brown bear, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of endemic giant tarantula, Lyrognathus crotalus (Araneae: Theraphosidae) and comparative analysis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Fine-scale landscape genetics unveiling contemporary asymmetric movement of red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Kangchenjunga landscape, India, 2020, Scientific Reports

Research topics covered by Kailash Chandra include:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
  • Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kailash Chandra are:

  • Lalit Kumar Sharma
  • Mukesh Thakur
  • Bheem Dutt Joshi
  • Sujeet Kumar Singh
  • Vikas Kumar

The scientist has published frequently in multiple venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Zootaxa
  • Records of the Zoological Survey of India
  • Scientific Reports
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Mitochondrial DNA Part B

In addition to journal articles, Kailash Chandra has contributed to book publications, including the title Smart Breeding published by Apple Academic Press eBooks in 2024.

Best Publications

  • DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species and Species complexes.

    Kaomud Tyagi;Vikas Kumar;Devkant Singha;Kailash Chandra

  • Catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea)

    Kailash Chandra;Arna Mazumder;Abesh Kumar Sanyal;Anirban Ash

  • An inventory of herpetofauna of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

    Kailash Chandra;Pawan U. Gajbe

  • Rearrangement and evolution of mitochondrial genomes in Thysanoptera (Insecta)

    Kaomud Tyagi;Rajasree Chakraborty;Stephen L. Cameron;Andrew D. Sweet

  • Review of the Cincticostella insolta (Allen, 1971) complex (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae), with description of three new species from northern India and Nepal.

    Alexander V. Martynov;C. Selvakumar;K.A. Subramanian;K.G. Sivaramakrishnan

  • Oriental macropterous leaf-mimic pygmy grasshoppers-genera Oxyphyllum and Paraphyllum (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) and their taxonomic assignment.

    Josip Skejo;Sunil Kumar Gupta;Kailash Chandra;Waheed Ali Panhwar

  • A new species of Nerice Walker, 1855 and further additions to the catalogue of Indian Notodontidae Stephens, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) from Himalaya with report of range extensions

    Arna Mazumder;Angshuman Raha;Abesh Kumar Sanyal;Subrata Gayen

  • New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae).

    Kailash Chandra;Dirk Ahrens;Debika Bhunia;Kolla Sreedevi

  • Identification of Indian Spiders through DNA barcoding: Cryptic species and species complex.

    Kaomud Tyagi;Vikas Kumar;Shantanu Kundu;Avas Pakrashi

  • Review of Ptilomera (Ptilomera) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India, with description of a new species.

    E Eyarin Jehamalar;Kailash Chandra;Srimoyee Basu;C Selvakumar

  • A new species of Tenagogonus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) and first records of eight species of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera from India.

    E. Eyarin Jehamalar;Kailash Chandra

  • A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea).

    Navneet Singh;Jalil Ahmad;Kailash Chandra;Alexey V. Solovyev

  • A new species of genus Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae).

    Navneet Singh;Kamalika Bhattacharyya;Anton V. Volynkin;Kailash Chandra

  • Parapsilorhynchus alluriensis, a new species of cyprinid fish (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Eastern Ghats, of India.

    S S Jadhav;M Karuthapandi;Kailash Chandra;Deepa Jaiswal

  • First description of male of the type species Parosmylus prominens Needham, 1909 (Neuroptera: Osmylidae) from India.

    Simarjit Kaur;Manpreet Singh Pandher;Kailash Chandra

  • A new species of Choroterpes Eaton, 1881 (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from India.

    C. Selvakumar;K. A. Subramanian;Kailash Chandra;E. Eyarin Jehamalar

  • New species and first record of Helotrephes from India, and a check-list of Indian Helotrephidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

    E. Eyarin Jehamalar;Kailash Chandra;Herbert Zettel

  • The genus Mustilizans Yang, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Endromidae) in India with the description of a new species.

    Kailash Chandra;Navneet Singh;Vikas Kumar;Rahul Ranjan

  • A new species of Sarmydus Pascoe, 1867 (Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Anacolini) from Nicobar Island, India.

    Amitava Majumder;Alain Drumont;Kailash Chandra;Anil Kumar Dubey

  • Rediscovery and re-description of Rhaphaulus assamicus Godwin-Austen, 1886, an endemic pupinid land snail from India (Gastropoda: Pupinidae)

    Sheikh Sajan;Basudev Tripathy;Kailash Chandra;Kuppusamy Sivakumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Inderjeet Tyagi
Inderjeet Tyagi Zoological Survey of India
Randy Gaugler
Randy Gaugler Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Lalji Singh
Lalji Singh Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Kumarasamy Thangaraj
Kumarasamy Thangaraj Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
Stephen L. Cameron
Stephen L. Cameron Purdue University West Lafayette
Anton V. Volynkin
Anton V. Volynkin Altai State University

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