An illustrated checklist of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India

Nithya Sathiandran; Sabu K. Thomas; Albin T. Flemming

doi:10.11609/jott.2466.7.15.8250-8258

Journal of Threatened Taxa (Dec 2015)

An illustrated checklist of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Periyar Tiger Reserve, Kerala, India

Nithya Sathiandran,
Sabu K. Thomas,
Albin T. Flemming

Affiliations

Nithya Sathiandran: Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India
Sabu K. Thomas: Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri, Kozhikode, Kerala 673008, India
Albin T. Flemming: Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, Loyola College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600034, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.2466.7.15.8250-8258
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 15
pp. 8250 – 8258

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An illustrated checklist of 36 species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) from the Periyar Tiger Reserve in the southern Western Ghats is presented. Records of eight species endemic to the Western Ghats and a rare primitive old world dung beetle group, Ochicanthon nitidus (Paulian), from the forests of Periyar Tiger Reserve are provided.

Published in Journal of Threatened Taxa

ISSN: 0974-7893 (Print); 0974-7907 (Online)
Publisher: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Country of publisher: India
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology; Science: Natural history (General): General. Including nature conservation, geographical distribution
Website: https://threatenedtaxa.org/

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