Aquatic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India

oleh: Shiva Shankar, Devadoss Kumar, Jaiswal Deepa, Karuthapandi Madasamy, Shrikant Jadhav, Kalyani B. Kunte

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Tarbiat Modares University 2023-09-01

Deskripsi

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 recorded for the first time from the wildlife sanctuary and 9 species are new from the state of Andhra Pradesh.