New distributional records of six Aphodiinae species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from south India

Authors

  • K.A. Sobhana
  • P. Girish Kumar
  • Sabu K. Thomas
  • V.D. Hegde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i3.950

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.

Author Biographies

K.A. Sobhana

Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India

P. Girish Kumar

Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India

Sabu K. Thomas

Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram 673635, Kerala, India

V.D. Hegde

Zoological Survey of India, Western Ghat Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India

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Published

2023-09-30

How to Cite

Sobhana, K., Kumar, P. G., Thomas, S. K., & Hegde, V. (2023). New distributional records of six Aphodiinae species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from south India. ENTOMON, 48(3), 461–466. https://doi.org/10.33307/entomon.v48i3.950

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 3 (2023)

Section

Short Communications