N. Ramachandra Prabhoo

N. Ramachandra Prabhoo (1937–1988), Indian zoologist and entomologist.

Department of Zoology, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala

Taxon names authored

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• 1 taxon names authored by N. Ramachandra Prabhoo

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1960s

• Prabhoo, N.R. 1960. Acerentulus breviunguis Condé (Protura: Acerentomidae) from India. Current Science 19: 273–274.
• Nayar, K.K. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1960. Coagulation of the haemolymph of the cockroach Corydia petiveriana Linn. Bulletin of Entomology 1: 16–17.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1960. Studies on India Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta: Annelida)–I. Description of three new species. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 12: 125–132.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1961. A note on the giant chromosomes in the salivary glands of Womersleya sp. (Collembola : Insecta). Bulletin of Entomology 2: 21–22.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1964. Studies on Indian Enchytraeidae (Oligochaeta : Annelida)–II. Description of two new species. Journal of the Zoological Society of India 16: 82–86.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1966. Microgeographic variation in Collembola. Bulletin of the National Institute of Sciences of India 34: 225–232.
• Prabhoo, N.R. & Seshan, K.R. 1967. Neuroendocrine system of Sphaerotheca multifasciata Reuter (Insecta : Collembola). Journal of Animal Morphology and Physiology 14: 155–157.

1970s

• Prabhoo, N.R. 1970. Oudemansia subcerulea, the first report of a marine Collembola from India. Current Science 39: 490–491.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1971. Soil and litter Collembola of South India. I-Arthropleona. Oriental Insects 5(1): 1–46. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1971.10433988 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1971. Soil and litter Collembola of South India. II-Symphypleona. Oriental Insects 5(2): 231–250. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1971.10434012 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1971. Bark and Moss Collembola of South India. Bulletin of Entomology 12: 41–47.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1972. South Indian Protura - I. Two New species and three new records. Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol 9: 711–718.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1972. South Indian Protura - II. Two new records. Oriental Insects 6(2): 179-182. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1972.10434068 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. & Haq, M.A. 1973. Two new records of soil Collembola from South India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 70: 572–574, 1 pl. BHL
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1975. South India Protura–III. Four New species and some new records. Oriental Insects 9(4): 431-438. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1975.10434511 .
• Haq, M.A. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1976. Observations on the feeding habits of oribatid mites from the soils of Kerala (Acarina: Cryptostigmata) – Panphytophages. Entomon 1(2): 133–137. DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v1i2.1136 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1976. Morphological Variations in the Local Populations of the Soil Collembola Proisotoma (Clavisotoma) fitchioides (Denis 1947) (Insecta) in Kerala. Entomon 1(1): 67–70. DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v1i1.1121 .
• Mohandas, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1976. On the occurrence of the spiral nematode Helicotylenchus multicinctus (Cobb 1973) associated with banana plantations in Kerala. Agricultural Research Journal of Kerala 14: 85–87.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1976. Soil micro—arthropods of a virgin forest and adjoining tea fields in the Western Ghats in Kerala—a brief ecological study. Oriental Insects 10(3): 435–442. DOI: 10.1080/00305316.1976.10432344 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1976. On Odontella (Clavontella) macronychia (Prabhoo) – a soil Collembola from Kerala. Entomon 1(2): 195–197. DOI: 10.33307/entomon.v1i2.1149 .
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1977. South India Protura. IV. Two new species. Entomon 2: 215–219.
• Kurup, N.C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1977. Facultative parthenogenesis in Cyphoderus javanus (Collembola: Insecta). Current Science 45: 168.
• Muraleedharan, V. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1978. Observations on the feeding habits of some soil Collembola from an abandoned field in Kerala. Entomon 3: 207–213.
• Mohandas, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1979. New predatory nematodes of the genus Iotonchus (Iotonchidae—Mononchida) from the soils of Kerala. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Biological Sciences 88(part 1, no. 6): 433–440. DOI: 10.1007/BF03179124 .

1980s

• Mohandas, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1980. The feeding behaviour and food preferences of predatory nematodes (Mononchida) from the soils of Kerala (India). Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol 17: 53–60.
• Mohandas, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1980. Predatory nematodes in soil, their population and utility as biological control agents. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Environmental Biology, Trivandrum, 92–100.
• Nair, C.K.H. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1980. Primary productivity and certain limnological features of Neyyar reservoir in Kerala. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Environmental Biology, Trivandrum, 77–81.
• Pai, C.G.A., Prabhoo, N.R., Agarwala, B.K. & Raychaudhuri, D.N. 1980. Notes on a collection of root infecting aphids (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Kerala, South India. Entomon 5: 201–202.
• Pai, C.G.A. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1980. Erpobdellid leech as a potential predator of larval Culex in Kerala. Entomon 5: 203–205.
• Prabhoo, N.R. & Muraleedharan, V. 1980. A new species of Tomocerus (Tomoceridae: Collembola) from India. Entomon 5: 207–210.
• Prabhoo, N.R. 1981. Trends of progress in studies on the biology and ecology of Soil Insects in India - A brief review. Pp. 48–60. In: Ananathakrishnan, T.N. (ed.). Recent Advances in Entomology in India. V. Viswanathan Publishers, Madras.
• Pai, C.G.A. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1981. Preliminary observations on the microartrhopod fauna of paddy fields and adjoining uncultivated soils in South Kerala. In: Veeresh, G.K. (ed.) Progress in Soil Biology and Ecology in India, UAS Tech. Series No. 31, p. 27–32. Bangalore.
• George, A. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1981. Some aspects of the Biology of the Pseudoscorpion Lagynochthonius hygricus (Chtonidae: Chelonethi). In: Veeresh, G.K. (ed.) Progress in Soil Biology and Ecology in India, UAS Tech Series No. 37, p. 114–119, Bangalore.
• Kurup, N.C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1981. Some aspects of the reproduction in female Cyphoderus javanus (Entomobryidae: Collembola). In: Veeresh, G.K. (ed.) Progress in Soil Biology and in India, UAS Tech Series No. 37, p. 120–124, Bangalore.
• Mohandas, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. On a new genus Sporonchuloides with notes on Spononchulus (Cobb, 1917) Pennak, 1953 (Mononchida : Nematoda). Records of the Zoological Survey of India 79(3–4): 359–362. DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v79/i3-4/1981/161732 .
• Pai, C.G.A. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. Microarthropods associated with post-harvest decay of paddy tillers in Kerala. In: Wetlands: Ecology and Management. Proceedings of the First International Wetlands Conference, Delhi, 1980.
• Begum, S. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. Egg deposition as an index of host suitability in Oxyrachis tarandus (Membracidae: Homoptera). In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Insect Communities, Dehra Dun, 1980.
• Kurup, N.C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. Vertical distribution of Collembola in an abandoned field in Kerala. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Insect Communities, Dehra Dun 1980
• Padmalatha, C. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. Infestation of banana by Pentalonia nigronervosa (Aphididae) and the incidence of bunchy top disease. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Insect Communities, Dehra Dun 1980.
• Prabhoo, N.R., Rajan, T.S., Muraleedharan, V. & Pai, C.G.A. 1982. Preliminary observations on the effect of forest fire on soil arthropods in forests of Kerala. In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Ecology of Insect Communities, Dehra Dun, 1980.
• Sudha, S. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1982. Root lesion nematodes of Musa paradisiaca, Notes on histopathology and abundance. Current Science 52(17): 829–932.
• Sudha, S. & Prabhoo, N.R. 1983. Meloidogyne (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) induced root galls of the banana plant Musa paradisiaca — A study of histopathology. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Animal Sciences 92: 467–473. DOI: 10.1007/BF03186218 .

References

• Prabhu, V.K.Κ. 1988. Obituary. N. Ramachandra Prabhoo 25.2.1937 – 17.6.1988. Entomon 13(2): 195–200. [not seen]