New state records of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Meghalaya, India

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  • V. D. Hegde
     North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793003
  • Sarita Yadav
     North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793003
  • Prerna Burathoki
     3rdMile, Upper Shillong, Meghalaya - 793005

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/156043

Keywords:

Darkling Beetles, New Records, Northeast India, Meghalaya

Abstract

Based on the recent identification of Tenebrionidae deposited in the National Zoological Collections of the Zoological Survey of India, Shillong, Meghalaya, current paper is adding 17 species of Tenebrionidae belonging to eight genera, five tribes and three subfamilies. All the species are new to Meghalaya, bringing the total number of Tenebrionidae from Meghalaya to 54. Classification, synonyms, distributional records, and images of each species are also provided.

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V. D. Hegde, North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793003

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2022-06-28

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Hegde, V. D., Yadav, S., & Burathoki, P. (2022). New state records of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Meghalaya, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(2), 213–217. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/156043

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