Immature Stages of Indian Coleoptera (27) <I>Gibbium psyllioides Czempinski</I> (Family: <I>Ptinidae</I>)

Abstract

The larval characters of Gibbium psyllioides Czempinski (Ptinidae, Coleoptera) are described, with figures. Its larvae were collected while crawling on a glass plate of the laboratory bench at the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. They were perhaps subsisting on the faecal matter of squirrels, bats, lizards, etc.; present on the wooden ceiling and had fallen down through the chinks. Brief review of literature on the larval characters of other species of Ptinidae is also included.