The Tribe Opatrini Brulle, 1832 (Tenebrioninae: Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) from Uttarakhand with some New Records

Author: V. D. Hegde

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Abstract

The beetles of the National Zoological collections, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun were studied and identified with more focus on the tribe Opatrini of sub family Tenebrioninae of the family Tenebrionidae. The paper contains the report of 24 species belonging to 04 genera under the tribe Opatrini from Uttarakhand state. Out of 21 Gonocephalum species reported, 07 species are new records to the state and lonely species reported from the genus Mesomorphus, Opatroides and Scleron are also new records to Uttarakhand state.

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The beetles of the National Zoological collections, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and Northern Regional Centre, Dehradun were studied and identified with more focus on the tribe Opatrini of sub family Tenebrioninae of the family Tenebrionidae. The paper contains the report of 24 species belonging to 04 genera under the tribe Opatrini from Uttarakhand state. Out of 21 Gonocephalum species reported, 07 species are new records to the state and lonely species reported from the genus Mesomorphus, Opatroides and Scleron are also new records to Uttarakhand state.

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V. D. Hegde (2016). The Tribe Opatrini Brulle, 1832 (Tenebrioninae: Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) from Uttarakhand with some New Records , Biological Forum – An International Journal 8(2): 229-233.