Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

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Table. 2. Endemic Insects of Andaman and Nicobar Islands ORDER Total No. of Species Andaman Nicobar Endemic % COLLEMBOLA 8 8 -- -- -- EPHEMEROPTERA 1 1 -- 1 -- ODONATA 59 44 34 11 18.3 ORTHOPTERA 96 73 48 16 16.6 PHASMIDA 5 5 1 -- -- DERMAPTERA 14 9 5 8 57.0 EMBIOPTERA 2 2 - - -- BLATTARIA 15 11 10 1 6.66 MANTODEA 5 2 3 2 40.0 ISOPTERA 38 26 22 21 55.2 PHTHIRAPTERA 4 -- 4 -- -- HEMIPTERA 265 225 69 46 16.6 THYSANOPTERA 29 29 -- 2 6.8 NEUROPTERA 13 9 6 3 23.8 COLEOPTERA 585 538 117 191 32.9 SIPHONOPTERA 2 2 -- -- -- DIPTERA 259 226 46 47 18.1 LEPIDOPTERA 896 750 268 210 23.1 TRICHOPTERA 24 23 1 17 70.8 HYMENOPTERA 186 155 40 28 16.4 GRAND TOTAL 2506 2138 674 604 24.0 Phylum Arthropoda 146
Class Insecta Order : Ephemeroptera The order constitutes only 0.04% of total species of Insects of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Hubbard (1984), while revising the genus Povilla from the whole world, described a species from Andaman. So far this is the only endemic species known from Andaman Islands. Suborder : Schistonota Superfamily : Ephemeroidea Family : POLYMITARCIDAE 1. Povillia (Povillia) andamanensis Hubbard Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands. Status : Information deficient. Order : Odonata In all 59 species belonging to 37 genera pertaining to 11 families are so far reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Of these, 44 and 34 species are recorded from Andaman Islands and Nicobar islands respectively. Only 11 species are endemic to these islands. Suborder : Zygoptera Superfamily : Calopterygoidea Family : CHOROCYPHIDAE 1. Libellago lineata andamanensis (Fraser) 1993. Libellago lineata andamanensis : Lahiri and Mitra, J. Andaman Sci. Assoc., 9(1&2) : 97. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North, South and Little). Status : Information deficient. 2. Libellago lineata blanda (Selys) Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North, South and Little). Status : Information deficient. 147
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Phylum : VERTEBRATA Class : Mammali
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52. Picoides macei andamanensis (Bl
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11. Acmaea inconspicua (Gray) 12. A
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Family : PSEUDOVERMETIDAE 97. Pseud
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28. Pupina nicobarica Pfeiffer Fami
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Superfamily : Tettigonoidea Family
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26. Pulvinaria avasthi Yusuf and Sh
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35. Dialytes punctatus Schmidt 36.
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131. Nupserha andamanica Breuning 1
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Family : SYRPHIDAE 35. Eurmerus nic
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79. Lasippa ebusa ebusa Felder 80.
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173. Attacus mcmulleni Jordan 174.
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26. Epitranus shaffi Mani and Kuria
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1. Echinoderes andamanensis Higgins
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Mammals The Islands are very poor i
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1869. Cladobates nicobarica Zelebor
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2002. Rhinolophus cognatus : Alfred
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Status : IUCN (CAMP Report, 2005) :
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subspecies. Das (2002) given as 246
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Distribution : India : Andaman Isla
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Distribution : India : Little and G
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1865. Carpophaga aenea var. nicobar
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Habitat : Evergreen forests and ope
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1985. Centropus andamanensis : Tika
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Status : Of less concern. Specifica
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Habitat : Found in large flock near
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Distribution : India : Andaman and
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Common Name : Andaman Black Woodpec
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1985. Dicrurus andamanensis andaman
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63. Sturnus erythropygius erythropy
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1985. Coracina nigra davisoni : Tik
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75. Hypothymis azurea tytleri (Beav
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Family : DICAEIDAE 81. Dicaeum conc
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87. Zoothera citrina albogularis (B
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Status : Information Deficient. 2.
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Status : Not common. Information De
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1871. Typhlops oatesi Boulenger, F.
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1891. Amphiesma nicobariensis Sclat
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32. Naja sagittifera Wall 1913. Naj
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of which 13 species are endemic com
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Status : Information deficient. Sub
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14. Gibbula coeni Preston 1908. Gib
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22. Broderipia rosea (Broderip) 183
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2000. Peasiella templiana : Subba R
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Page 115 and 116: 2000. Scinctilla elongata : Subba R
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Habitat : Tropical and subtropical
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Status : Information deficient. Hab
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1982. Cepora nadina andamana : Aror
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2004. Danaus melanippus nesippus :
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Distribution : India : Nicobar Isla
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Status : Information deficient. 79.
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2004. Cupha erymanthis nicobarica :
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Status : Information deficient. 98.
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Status : Information deficient. 118
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128. Nacaduba pactolus andamanica F
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2004. Suastus rama aditus : Khatri,
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1992. Xyleutes kapuri : Chandra and
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176. Calerena andamana Felder 1992.
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185. Hypsa andamana Moore 1992. Hyp
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Status : Information deficient. 194
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204. Eublemma duplexa Moore 1992. E
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Status : Information deficient. Hab
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Sponges 75 species of marine sponge
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Status : Information deficient. Fam
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Habitat : Shallow marine areas. Dis
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Status : Information deficient. Cla
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Family : PARAMURICEIDAE 9. Echinomu
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Meiofauna Class : Polyhymenophorea
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12. Noodtiella ornamentalis Wells a
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Family : LAOPHONTIDAE 46. Apolaopho
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these islands. Incidentally, all th
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number. The molluscs have the highe
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Deb, M. 1985a. A new species of Ser
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Smith, M.A. 1930. The Reptelia and
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