Dr. Chellapandian Balachandran

Assistant Professor
Thiagarajar College, India


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Area of Interest:

Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Stream Ecology
Aquatic Biology
Biodiversity
Zoology

Selected Publications

  1. Anbalagan, S., S. Vijayan, C. Balachandran, B. Thiyonila, A. Surya, 2020. Two new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from South India. Zootaxa, 4742: 57-72.
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  2. Rekha, K., S. Anbalagan, S. Dinakaran, C. Balachandran and M. Krishnan, 2019. A new mayfly species of Choroterpes (euthraulus) (ephemeroptera: leptophlebiidae) from south India. Zootaxa, Vol. 4565. 10.11646/zootaxa.4565.4.8.
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  3. Anbalagan, S., S. Vijayan, C. Balachandran, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2018. Two new black fly species of Simulium (Simulium) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from South India. J. Asia-Pac. Entomol., 21: 1406-1415.
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  4. Balachandran, C., M.D. Subash Chandran, S. Vinay, N. Shrikant, T.V. Ranachandra 2017. Pollinator diversity and foraging dynamics on monsoon crop of cucurbits in a traditional landscape of south Indian west coast. Biotropia, Vol. 24. 10.11598/btb.2017.24.1.480.
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  5. Balachandran, C., S. Anbalagan, M. Kannan, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2016. A new species of Prosopistoma Latreille, 1833 (ephemeroptera: prosopistomatidae) from south India. Zootaxa, 4178: 289-294.
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  6. Sankarappan, A., B. Chellapandian, A.P. Vimalanathan, K. Mani, D. Sundaram and K. Muthukalingan, 2015. Vector ecology of human schistosomiasis in south India and description of a new species of the genus Ferrissia (mollusca: gastropoda: planorbidae). J. Vector Borne Dis., 52: 201-207.
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  7. Ponraman, G., S. Dinakaran, S. Anbalagan and C. Balachandran, 2015. Diversity and distributional pattern of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidae) in stream corridors of southern eastern ghats. Int. J. Environ. Biol., 5: 53-56.
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  8. Anbalagan, S., C. Balachandran, V.A. Prasanna, M. Kannan, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2015. A new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (diptera: simuliidae) from south India, with keys to Indian members of the subgenus Gomphostilbia. Zootaxa, 3974: 555-563.
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  9. Anbalagan, S., C. Balachandran, M. Kannan, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2015. First record and a new species description of Dudgeodes (ephemeroptera: teloganodidae) from south India. Turk. J. Zool., 39: 308-313.
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  10. Balachandran, C., S. Chandran and T.V. Ramachandra, 2014. Keystone food resources for honeybees in South Indian west coast during monsoon. Curr. Sci., 106: 1379-1386.
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  11. Anbalagan, S., V.A. Prasanna, G. Ponraman, C. Balachandran, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2014. Distributional pattern of aquatic insects in a hill resort region of South India with reference to tourism. Int. J. Res. Zool., 4: 36-45.
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  12. Anbalagan, S., N. Rameshkumar, C. Balachandran, V.A. Prasanna, S. Dinakaran and M. Krishnan, 2014. Leaf litter decompositional pattern in a tropical lake of south India. Biolife, 2: 900-904.
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  13. Dinakaran, S., S. Anbalagan and C. Balachandran, 2013. A new species of caddisfly (trichoptera: lepidostomatidae: lepidostoma) from Tamil Nadu, India. J. Threatened Taxa, 5: 3531-3535.
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  14. Balachandran, C., S. Dinakaran, B. Alkananda, M. Boominathan and T.V. Ramachandra, 2012. Monitoring aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators for assessing the health of lakes in Bangalore, Karnataka. Int. J. Adv. Life Sci., 5: 19-33.

  15. Balachandran, C., S. Anbalagan and S. Dinakaran, 2012. Influence of environmental parameters on the aquatic insect assemblages in Meghamalai hills, south India. Life Sci. Leaflets, 9: 72-81.

  16. Alakananda, B., M.K. Mahesh, G. Supriya, M. Boominathan, C. Balachandran and T.V. Ramachandra, 2011. Monitoring Tropical Urban Wetlands through Biotic Indices. J. Biodivers., 2: 91-106.
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  17. Dinakaran, S., C. Balachandran and S. Anbalagan, 2009. Relative influence of environmental variables on Blackfly assemblages in streams of Nilgiri hills of Southern Western Ghats, India. J. Aquat. Biol., 24: 21-25.

  18. Dinakaran, S., C. Balachandran and S. Anbalagan, 2009. Distributional microniches, life cycle and secondary production of the stonefly neoperla biseriata (plecoptera: perlidae) in an eastern Droogs stream in peninsular India. Ayyaria, 1: 59-64.

  19. Dinakaran, S., C. Balachandran and S. Anbalagan, 2009. A new species of choroterpes (Ephmeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from a tropical stream of south India. Zootaxa, 2064: 21-26.
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