Contents: 1. Faunal Diversity of Western Ghats Biogeographic Zone - An Overview/K Chandra, C. Raghunathan, P.M. Sureshan, K A Subramanian, R. Babu and Anjum N. Rizvi. 2. Protozoa (Free-living)/Bindu L. 3. Porifera/M M Saxena. 4. Platyhelminthes/A Ghosh. 5. Rotifera/Chitra J and Jayasree Thilak. 6. Nematoda (Soil Nematodes) A N Rizvi, Pallab Maity, Keya Haldar and Saradamani Hansda. 7. Annelida: Oligochaeta/S. Prasanth Narayanan, Rahul Paliwal, Shailja Kumari, Shakoor Ahmed, AP Thomas and J M Julka. 8. Annelida: Hirudinea (Leech)/C K Mandal. 9. Arachnida: Scorpiones/P M. Sureshan. 10. Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones/J Ghosh, I Ahmed, D Gupta and K Chandra. 11. Arachnida: Acari (Mites)/Shelley Acharya. 12. Arachnida: Araneae/Souvik Sen and P M. Sureshan. 13. Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura/S K Pati. 14. Crustacea: Copepoda/Karuthapandi M, Shabuddin Shaik and Deepa J. 15. Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Cladocera/Jayashree Thilak. 16. Crustacea: Ostracoda/Jayashree Thilak. 17. Collembola/G P. Mondal. 18. Protora/G.P. Mondal. 19. Insecta: Ephemeroptera/K G Sivaramakrishnan, C. Selvakumar and K A Subramanian. 20. Insecta: Odonata/ K.A Subramanian, Babu R and Emiliyamma K G. 21. Insecta: Orthoptera/S kumar and Kailash Chandra. 22. Insecta: Phasmida/G. Srinivasan and Tushar K. Mukherjee. 23. Insecta: Plecoptera/R Babu and K A. Subramanian. 24. Insecta: Dermaptera/Emiliyamma K G. 25. Insecta: Mantodea/P M. Sureshan. 26. Insecta: Blattodea/Prabakaran S. and Senraj M. 27. Insecta: Blattodea: Isoptera/ K. Rajmohana, R. Sengupta and P. Amina. 28. Insecta: Psocodea: psocoptera/Ramesh G. Babu R and Subramanian K A. 29. Insecta: Thysanoptera/D Singha, Kaomud Tyagi and Vikas Kumar. 30. Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Aquatic and Semiaquatic)/E Eyarin Jehamalar and k Chandra. 31. Insecta: Hemiptera (terrestrial)/ Kailash Chandra, M E Hassan, S Kushwaha, P C Saha and Paramita Mukherjee. 32. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae, Xiphydriidae, pompilidae, Aulacidae, Evaniidae and trigonalidea/I Ahmed, L R Kumar singh, Kailash Chandra and D Gupta. 33. Insecta: hymenoptera: Diapriidae and Proctotrupidae/K. Rajmohana and Sunita Patra. 34. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea/K Rajmohana and Sunita Patra. 35. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae/P Girish Kumar and A P Ranjith. 36. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae/P.M. Sureshan. 37. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea/I Ahmed, kailash Chandra and Devanshu Gupta. 38. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae/A P Ranjith, P. Girish Kumar and M. Nasser. 39. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Ichneumonidae/Rameshkumar A, S Sardar, B Majumder, S I Kazmi and P C Mazumdar. 40. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Chrysldoidea: Bethylidae, Chrysididae and Dryinidae/L R Kumar Sigh, I Ahmed, J Saini, Kailash Chandra and D Gupta. 41. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Ampulicidae/P. Girish Kumar and P M. Sureshan. 42. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea (bees)/ J Saini, K Chandra, D Gupta, I Ahmed and Roni Kumar Singh. 43. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae/ N V A Manadda, Tessy Rajan P, Girish Kumar and P M. Sureshan. 44. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae/ S Anagha, P Girish Kumar And P M Sureshan. 45. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae/ Sheela S, Paromita M and Arnab M. 46. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Mutillidae/J B. Terime, P. Girish Kumar and P M. Sureshan. 47. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Scoliidae/P Girish Kumar. 48. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Tiphiidae/K P Hanima Raveendran, P Girish Kumar and P M. Sureshan. 49. Insecta: Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Vespidae/P Girish Kumar. 50. Insecta: Coleoptera/K Chandra, Devanshu Gupta, J Ghosh, D Bhunia and P Das. 51. Insecta: Neuroptera and Megaloptera/L R Kumar Singh, I Ahmed, Kailash Chandra and D Gupta. 52. Insecta: Trichoptera/Manptreet Singh Pandher, S Kaur and Deepti Garima. 53. Insecta: Lepidoptera (Butterflies)/ Muhammed Jafer Palot. 54. Insecta: Lepidoptera(Moths)/Apurve Das, Arna Majumder, P C Pathania and Navneet Singh. 55. Insecta: Diptera/Dhirti Banerjee, Atanu Naskar, Jayita Sengupta and Surjit Haza. 56. Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha /PM Sureshan. 57. Myripoda: Diplopoda/P M. Sureshan. 58. Mollusca: Bivalvia/R. Venkitesan. 59. Mollusca: Gastropoda/Basudev Tripathy and Sheikh Sajan. 60. Pisces/ S S Jadhav. 61. Amphibia/K P Dinesh. 62. Reptilia/Kaushik Deuti, Md Jafer Palot, P G S Sethy and Sagnik Sarkar. 63. Aves/Muhammed Jafer Palot. 64. Mammalia/ Muhammed Jafer Palot and S S. Talmale. Annexure: Parasitic Protoza, Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Embiopta Mecoptera.