First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India

The present paper deals with the first record of Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus (Reiche, 1853) from the Western Ghats, India.  The morphological description, including that of male genitalia, illustration and distribution of the newly recorded species has been provided.  The identified specimen has b...

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Main Authors: Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate, S. S. Patole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2018-06-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3951
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spelling doaj-4c7f4d48005b419588a4e59854a9a8e32020-11-25T02:22:04ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072018-06-01107119881199110.11609/jott.3951.10.7.11988-119913951First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, IndiaAparna Sureshchandra Kalawate0S. S. Patole1Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune, IndiaSitaram Govind Patil Arts, Science and Commerce College, Sakri, Dhule-424304, Maharashtra, IndiaThe present paper deals with the first record of Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus (Reiche, 1853) from the Western Ghats, India.  The morphological description, including that of male genitalia, illustration and distribution of the newly recorded species has been provided.  The identified specimen has been deposited at National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3951coleopteraindiamaharashtraomorgus (afromorgus) italicusrange extensiontrogidae.
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author Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate
S. S. Patole
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S. S. Patole
First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
Journal of Threatened Taxa
coleoptera
india
maharashtra
omorgus (afromorgus) italicus
range extension
trogidae.
author_facet Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate
S. S. Patole
author_sort Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate
title First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
title_short First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
title_full First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
title_fullStr First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
title_full_unstemmed First record of a trogid beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) from the Western Ghats, India
title_sort first record of a trogid beetle (coleoptera: scarabaeoidea: trogidae) from the western ghats, india
publisher Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
series Journal of Threatened Taxa
issn 0974-7893
0974-7907
publishDate 2018-06-01
description The present paper deals with the first record of Omorgus (Afromorgus) italicus (Reiche, 1853) from the Western Ghats, India.  The morphological description, including that of male genitalia, illustration and distribution of the newly recorded species has been provided.  The identified specimen has been deposited at National Zoological Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
topic coleoptera
india
maharashtra
omorgus (afromorgus) italicus
range extension
trogidae.
url https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3951
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