A preliminary study on the dung beetles of the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa

卷:10

Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate¹ 

[1] Zoological Survey of IndiaWestern Regional CentreVidhya Nagar, Sector-29P.C.N.T. (PO)Rawet Road, AkurdiPune-411044Maharashtra;

关键词: dung beetles;    scarabaeidae;    geotrupidae;    hybosoridae;    dung beetles.;   

DOI  :  10.11609/jott.3844.10.2.11316-11331

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The present study documented 50 species represented by 25 genera, 17 tribes, seven subfamilies belonging to Hybosoridae, Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea from the northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra.  The identified specimens are deposited at the National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.  This is the preliminary study and a first report on the dung beetle fauna of this region covering almost the entire northern Western Ghats of Maharashtra.

【 授权许可】

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