T. C. Narendran

Thekke Curuppathe Narendran (24 February 1944 – 31 December 2013; middle name sometimes written Kuruppathe) was an Indian entomologist specializing in the systematics of parasitic wasps in the superfamily Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera).

Narendran is the recipient of Janakiammal National Award for Taxonomy (2004)[1] and is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (IASc) and the Indian Entomology Academy, Chennai.

His major publications include monographs on the Oriental Chalcididae (1989), Torymidae & Eurytomidae of Indian Subcontinent (1994) and Indo-Australian Ormyridae (1999) - and some 300 research papers in various scientific journals have established 700 new species and over 50 new genera. Prof. Narendran's lifelong work in Calicut University has resulted in the training of a large number of taxonomists in India.

He died of a heart attack on 31 December 2013, aged 69.[2]

Key publications
  • Narendran, T.C. 1974. Oriental Brachymeria. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India.
  • Narendran, T.C. 1989. Oriental Chalcididae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Zoological Monograph. Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 441pp.
  • Narendran, T.C. 1994. Torymidae and Eurytomidae of Indian subcontinent. University of Calicut, Kerala, India. 500pp.
  • Narendran, T.C. 1999. Indo-Australian Ormyridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Privately published. iii + 227 pp.
  • Narendran, T.C. 2007. Indian Chalcidoid Parasitoids of the Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Occasional Paper No. 272, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. vi + 390pp.

Notes
  1. National Award for Best Taxonomist retrieved 12 April 2010
  2. "Taxonomist Narendran passes away". The Hindu. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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