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

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

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 th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of threatened taxa 2015-12, Vol.7 (15), p.8250-8258
Hauptverfasser: Sathiandran, Nithya, Thomas, Sabu K., Flemming, Albin T.
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Sprache:eng
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Forest dung beetles
Ochicanthon nitidus
southern India
Western Ghats
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Zusammenfassung: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. 
ISSN:0974-7893
0974-7907
DOI:10.11609/jott.2466.7.15.8250-8258