An Assessment of Coleopteran Fauna of The Forest of Siswan, Punjab

Amar Paul Singh; Shagun Mahajan; Kritish De; V. P. Uniyal; A. K. Bhardwaj

doi:10.36808/if/2018/v144i11/141186

An Assessment of Coleopteran Fauna of The Forest of Siswan, Punjab

Authors

Amar Paul Singh Department of Zoology, Alpine Institute of Management and Technology, Dehradun
Shagun Mahajan Department of Zoology, Alpine Institute of Management and Technology, Dehradun
Kritish De Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun
V. P. Uniyal Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun
A. K. Bhardwaj Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36808/if/2018/v144i11/141186

Keywords:

Coleoptera, Punjab, Siswan.

Abstract

The present paper provides the result of assessment of coleopteran fauna of forest of the forest of Siswan, Punjab. A total of 43 species belonging to 32 genera and 12 families were identified. Out of these 12 families, family Scarabaeidae (dung beetles) was dominant (with 20 species), followed by family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles, 4 species) and family Coccinellidae (ladybird beetles, 3 species) and family Meloidae (Blister beetles, 3 species. All the taxa are reported from the area for the first time.

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