Devadoss Kumar

The study documents 53 species of aquatic coleoptera belonging to 20 genera and 5 families (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae and Noteridae) from Papikonda National Park, Andhra Pradesh, India for the first time. Hydromorpha spinicollis nordica Mouchamps, 1959, Lacconectus fulvescens Motschulsky, 1855 and Peschetius nilssoni (Sheth, Ghate, Dahanukar and Hájek, 2021) are recorded for the first time from the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Among the reported 53 species, five species (Cybister rugulosus (Redtenbacher, 1844), L. regimbarti Brancucci, 1986, P. nilssoni, P. toxophorus Guignot, 1942 and Gyrinus convexiusculus Macleay, 1871) have been noted as endemic to India. The most common and widespread species in the national park are Hydroglyphus flammulatus (Sharp, 1882), Hydaticus discindens Walker, 1858 and Sternolophus acutipenis (Nasserzadeh and Komarek, 2017). The study showed that temporary pools are holding more species than permanent water bodies. The zoogeographical distribution of all the species is also given.

The present investigation was carried out to study the fauna of aquatic beetles of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary (India). A total of forty two species belonging to four families was recorded. The highest number of species was found in the family Dytiscidae followed by Hydrophilidae, Gyrinidae and Noteridae. All the species are ...

The present study is on the morphology and molecular data of the genus Dineutus MacLeay, were collected from the Eastern Ghats mountains in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu states located in the eastern Ghats of India. The morphological identification was based on elytral spines, setation on paramere and structure ...