International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2015, Volume : 3, Issue : 6
First page : (104) Last page : (108)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2141
New Faunistics Records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Kargil, India
Mohd Feroz1*, J.S. Tara2, Jiri Háva3 and Mohammad Azam4
1Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Sopore, Kashmir- 193201. J&K, India.
2Department of Zoology, University of Jammu, Jammu -180006, J&K, India.
3Department of Forest Protection and Entomology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Kamýcká 1176, CZ-165 21, Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic.
4Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College, Poonch-185 101, J & K, India.
*Corresponding Author E-mail: feroz.ento@gmail.com
Abstract
The present study determined new faunastic records of Family dermestidae from Kargil. Kargil is one of the two districts of ladakh region known as Cold desert of the country (India) and falls in the transhimalayan mountain system. A total of 03species belonging to 03 subfamilies viz., Dermestinae, Attageninae and Megatominae were recorded and described for the first time from the area under study. Notes on the bionomy of all the three species is presented. Two species Anthrenus indicus and Attagenus gobicola is new record for the area.
Key words: Coleoptera, New record, High Altitude, Kargil, dermestidae, Cold desert, diversity.
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Cite this article: Feroz, M., Tara, J.S., Háva, J. and Azam, M., New Faunistics Records of Dermestidae (Coleoptera) from Kargil, India, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci. 3(6): 104-108 (2015). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.2141
