Water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Noteridae and Hydrophilidae) of Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India

Authors

  • Shipra Sonali
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal
  • Sujit Kumar Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal
  • Parthiba Basu
     University of Calcutta, Kolkata, 35, Ballygunge Circular Rd., Ballygunge, Kolkata - 700019, West Bengal
  • Devanshu Gupta
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i3/2022/172392

Keywords:

Biogeographic Zone, Chota Nagpur Region, Deccan Peninsula, Distribution, Taxonomy, Species List

Abstract

Based on samples collected from the area and secondary literature, 38 species of water beetles from 22 genera, six subfamilies, and three families have been reported from Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand, India. The paper reports 13 species as new records to the state of Jharkhand. Which includes three species in Dytiscidae; Cybister tripunctatus lateralis (Fabricius), Hydaticus ricinus Wewalka, Hydroglyphus signatellus (Klug) and ten species in Hydrophilidae; Berosus (Enoplurus) chinensis Knisch, B. (B.) pulchellus MacLeay, Regimbartia attenuata (Fabricius), Anacaena minutalis d’Orchymont, Amphiops pedestris Sharp, Helochares pallens (MacLeay), H. lentus Sharp, Enochrus esuriens (Walker), Sternolophus decens Zaitzev and Coelostoma stultum Walker.

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2022-09-02

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Sonali, S., Kumar Ghosh, S., Basu, P., & Gupta, D. (2022). Water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Noteridae and Hydrophilidae) of Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jharkhand, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(3), 337–343. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i3/2022/172392

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Volume 122, Issue 3, 2022

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