Shining Leaf Chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) of Jammu and Kashmir, India

Authors

  • Irtiza Wani
     University of Calcutta, India, Kolkata, 35, Ballygunge Circular Rd., Ballygunge,Kolkata-700019, West Bengal
  • Joyjit Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053
  • Devanshu Gupta
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal 700053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172537

Keywords:

Distribution, Himalayas, Pest, Scarabs, Species

Abstract

In the present communication, a total of 17 species belonging to 7 genera of the subfamily Rutelinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) are documented from the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir (India). We examined the specimens from the recent surveys of Jammu & Kashmir, and the specimens present in the collections of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. The genus Adoretus Dejean, and Popillia Serville are known by maximum number of species (4 species each), followed by Anomala Samouelle (3 species), Callistethus Blanchard (2 species), and Mimela Kirby (2 species), Rhinyptia Burmeister and Tropiorhynchus Blanchard (1 species each).

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2023-07-01

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Wani, I., Ghosh, J., & Gupta, D. (2023). Shining Leaf Chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(2S), 453–458. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172537

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Volume 123, Issue 2S, Special Issue 2023

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