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Diversity and Abundance of Coleopteran insects belonging to Family Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae from Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Authors
  Pranil Jagdale,  Sujata Magdum
Abstract
The present coleopteran diversity, abundance and composition of 24 types of dung beetles from Nashik, Maharashtra, India were collected, identified and classified using the Keys described by fauna of British India. These was further authenticated by ZSI, Pune, Maharashtra, India. These documented coleopterans were placed in 14 genera,06 subfamilies and 03 families viz. Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae and Hybosoridae . Dung beetles were collected using dung baited pitfall traps, light traps and handpicking at five regions belonging to different localities within the study area. Scarabaeinae and Rutelidae were the dominant subfamily belonging to our collection.
Keywords- Coleoptera, Dung Beetles, Diversity, Abundance, Maharashtra
Publication Details
Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1704066Page Number(s) - 413-420Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 4 | November 2017DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -    Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)
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  Pranil Jagdale,  Sujata Magdum,   "Diversity and Abundance of Coleopteran insects belonging to Family Scarabaeidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae from Nashik, Maharashtra, India", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 4, pp.413-420, November 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1704066.pdf
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