New distributional records of six Aphodiinae species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from south India
Authors:
- K.A. SobhanaKSK.A. Sobhana
- P. Girish KumarPKP. Girish Kumar
- Sabu K. ThomasSTSabu K. Thomas
- V.D. HegdeVHV.D. Hegde
Open Access
- 30 September 2023
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Association for Advancement of Entomology in ENTOMON
- Vol. 48 (3) , 461-466
Abstract
Six species (Platytomus indicus (Balthasar, 1941), P. nathani Pittino & Mariani, 1986, Rhyssemus karnatakaensis Pittino, 1984, R. procerus Petrovitz, 1973, R. loebli Petrovitz, 1975 and Neocalaphodius moestus (Fabricius,1801)) of the subfamily Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) are first report from Kerala and two first report from south India. Descriptions of species with images are provided.Keywords
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