v4i2.72
Volume 4 | Number 2 | November 2012
Major Article
ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v4i2.72
Submitted date: 26 March 2012
Accepted date: 26 July 2012
Published date: 14 November 2012
Pp. 69–76.
BOLBOCERATINE SCARABS OF GENERA Bolbohamatum KRIKKEN, 1980 AND Bolbogonium BOUCOMONT, 1911 (COLEOPTERA: GEOTRUPIDAE) FROM CENTRAL INDIA
Kailash Chandra* & Devanshu Gupta
*E-mail: kailash611@rediffmail.com
Abstract
This study includes a taxonomic account of four species of genus Bolbohamatum; B. calanus (Westwood, 1848), B. phallosum Krikken, 1980, B. marginale Krikken, 1980 and B. laterale (Westwood, 1848) and one species of genus Bolbogonium; B. insidiosum Krikken, 1977 from Central India (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh). The pronotal ornamentation and external male genitalia of Bolbohamatum species has been diagnosed with the incorporation of an identification key to the species from Central India. A checklist containing 19 Indian species of both genera (Bolbohamatum and Bolbogonium) has also been prepared with their distribution in different states of India as well as outside of India.
Key words : dung beetles, pronotal ornamentation, external male genitalia, distribution, India.
Section Editor: Oliver Hillert
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v4i2.72
Submitted date: 26 March 2012
Accepted date: 26 July 2012
Published date: 14 November 2012
Pp. 69–76.
BOLBOCERATINE SCARABS OF GENERA Bolbohamatum KRIKKEN, 1980 AND Bolbogonium BOUCOMONT, 1911 (COLEOPTERA: GEOTRUPIDAE) FROM CENTRAL INDIA
Kailash Chandra* & Devanshu Gupta
*E-mail: kailash611@rediffmail.com
Abstract
This study includes a taxonomic account of four species of genus Bolbohamatum; B. calanus (Westwood, 1848), B. phallosum Krikken, 1980, B. marginale Krikken, 1980 and B. laterale (Westwood, 1848) and one species of genus Bolbogonium; B. insidiosum Krikken, 1977 from Central India (Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh). The pronotal ornamentation and external male genitalia of Bolbohamatum species has been diagnosed with the incorporation of an identification key to the species from Central India. A checklist containing 19 Indian species of both genera (Bolbohamatum and Bolbogonium) has also been prepared with their distribution in different states of India as well as outside of India.
Key words : dung beetles, pronotal ornamentation, external male genitalia, distribution, India.
Section Editor: Oliver Hillert
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