Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Professional Preparation: University of Calicut, Kerala Ph. D. Entomology 1995 Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala M.Sc. (Zoology) 1987 Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala B.Sc. (Zoology) 1985

Research and Conservation Interests: Insect taxonomy, ecology and conservation - revitalising insect taxonomy by rightly marrying conventional taxonomy to the modern techniques and linking these efforts to conservation and sustainable management of natural resources. -understanding the impacts of various ecosystem processes on insect diversity, in order to define conservation plans to the benefits of insect diversity. - ‘Conservation bio-control’: An ecological and practical approach to the management of crop arthropod pests by careful landscaping and scientific manipulation of uncultivated vegetation in agro-ecosystems.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Zacharias, M.; Rajan, P.D. 2004a. Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India. Zootaxa 484: 1-4


 * Zacharias, M. ; Rajan, P.D. 2004b. Vombisidris humboldticola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a new arboreal ant species from an Indian ant plant. Current Science (Bangalore) 87(10): 1337-1338