Checklist and new records of family Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) from Manipur, India

Authors

  • Joyjit Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal
  • Goutam Kumar Saha
     Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019
  • Devanshu Gupta
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal
  • Kailash Chandra
     Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/150394

Keywords:

Checklist, Coprophagous Beetles, Endemic, Phytophagous.

Abstract

Altogether, 87 species belonging to 52 genera, 22 tribes and 5 subfamilies of family Scarabaeidae are reported from the state of Manipur, in North-east biogeographic zone of India. Catharsius molossus (Linnaeus), Paragymnopleurus melanarius (Harold), Digitonthophagus bonasus (Fabricius), Onthophagus (Colobonthophagus) ramosus (Wiedemann), O. (Micronthophagus) hystrix Boucomont [Scarabaeinae], Anomala dussumieri Blanchard [Rutelinae], Alissonotum crassum Arrow and Heteronychus lioderes Redtenbacher [Dynastinae] are new records from Manipur.

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Author Biographies

Joyjit Ghosh, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

Research Scholar, Coleoptera Section, Zoological Survey of India.

Goutam Kumar Saha, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019

Department of Zoology, Professor

Devanshu Gupta, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

Coleoptera Section, Scientist C.

Kailash Chandra, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

Director, Zoological Survey of India.

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2021-02-17

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Ghosh, J., Saha, G. K., Gupta, D., & Chandra, K. (2021). Checklist and new records of family Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera) from Manipur, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 120(4), 409–421. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/150394

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