An Account of Heteropteran Bugs Collected by Light Trap in and Around Dum Dum (Kolkata), West Bengal

Authors

  • Kailash Chandra
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • P. C. Saha
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • B. Biswas
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • M. E. Hassan
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • K. Praveen
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • Sandeep Kushwaha
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal
  • Paramita Mukherjee
     Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/119563

Keywords:

Distribution, Dum Dum, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Light Trap.

Abstract

The representatives of 7 families of heteroptera were collected by light trap from Dum Dum region of district Kolkata, West Bengal consist of 35 species fewer than 29 genera. Each species is provided with taxonomic keys, distributional details, diagnostic characters and coloured images (dorsal).

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Author Biographies

P. C. Saha, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

Hemiptera section, Zsi, Kolkata

B. Biswas, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

HEMIPTERA SECTION (Retired)

M. E. Hassan, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

O/C of Hemiptera Section, Sc. D

K. Praveen, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

Senior Zoological Assistant

Sandeep Kushwaha, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

Senior Zoological Assistant

Paramita Mukherjee, Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

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2020-03-31

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Chandra, K., Saha, P. C., Biswas, B., Hassan, M. E., Praveen, K., Kushwaha, S., & Mukherjee, P. (2020). An Account of Heteropteran Bugs Collected by Light Trap in and Around Dum Dum (Kolkata), West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(1), 65–83. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i1/2020/119563

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Volume 120, Issue 1, 2020

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