On a collection of aquatic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Authors

  • Swetapadma Dash
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053
  • Sujit Kumar Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/151058

Keywords:

Diversity, Distribution, Taxonomy and Species List

Abstract

The present study deals with a small collection of aquatic beetles under the families Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae from different water bodies from the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu collected during January 2019. A total of 29 examples were studied which resulted in the identification of nine species under seven genera belonging to five subfamilies of aquatic Coleoptera.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Downloads

Published

2022-06-07

How to Cite

Dash, S., & Kumar Ghosh, S. (2022). On a collection of aquatic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Southern Eastern Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(1), 91–95. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/151058

Issue

Volume 122, Issue 1, 2022

Section

Articles
Crossref
Scopus
Google Scholar
Europe PMC

References

Bistrom, O. 1997. Taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entom. Basil, 19:57-584.

Biswas, S. and Mukhopadhyay, P. 1995. Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae, Zool. Surv. India, State Fauna of West Bengal Fauna Series 3, Part 6(A):143-168.

Ghosh, S.K. and Nilsson, A.N. 2012. Catalogue of the diving beetles of India and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Skorvnopparn Umel Supplement, 3:1-77.

Ghosh, S.K. Chandra, K. and Jaiswal, D. 2014. Aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) of Chhattisgarh, India Rec. zool. Surv. India: 114(Part-1): 105-110

Ghosh, S.K., 2015. Further contribution on Diving beetles from Maharashtra, India Rec. zool. Surv. India; 115(Part-1):81-84,

Hammond, P.M. 1992. Species inventory in global diversity: Status of the Earth’s living resources. In: Groombridge B, editor. Chapman and Hall, pp: 17-39. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2282-5_4

Jaiswal, D., Chandra, K., Rao, C.A.N. and Ghosh, S.K. 2014. On A Collection of Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae and Hydrochidae) of Madhya Pradesh, India Rec. zool. Surv. India, 114(Part-1):89-103.

Sivaramakrishnan, K.G. & Job, S.V. 1981. Studies on mayfly populations of courtallam streams. Proc. Symp. Ecol. Anim. Popul. Zool. Surv. India. 2:105-116.

Vazirani, T.G. 1968. Contribution to the study of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) Oriental Insects, 2(3-4):221-341. https://doi.org/10.108 0/00305316.1968.10433885

Vazirani, T.G. 1969. Contribution to the study of Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera). A Review of the Subfamilies Noterinae, Laccophilinae, Dytiscinae and Hydroporinae (in part) from India, Oriental Insects, 2(3-4):211-341. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.1968.104 33885

Vazirani, T.G. 1984. Coleoptera: Gyrinidae and Haliplidae, The Fauna of India, pp. 1-140.

Wewalka, G. 1979. Revision der Artengruppe des Hydaticus (Guignotites) fabricii (Macleay), (Col., Dytiscidae). Koleop. Rund, 54:119- 139.

Wewalka, G. 2016. Revision of the species of the Hydaticus (Prodaticus) pacificus group of the Palearctic, Oriental and Australian Re¬gions, and description of a new species of the H. (P.) bihamatus group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleop. Rund, 86:9-45.

Most read articles by the same author(s)

Similar Articles

1 2 > >> 

You may also start an advanced similarity search for this article.