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Aquatic Beetles (Coleoptera) of Chhattisgarh, India GHOSH et al.: Aquatic Beetles...... of Chhattisgarh, India ISSN 0375-1511105 Rec. zool. Surv. India : 114(Part-1) : 105-110, 2014 AQUATIC BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) OF CHHATTISGARH, INDIA SUJIT KR. GHOSH*, KAILASH CHANDRA* AND DEEPA JAISWAL** *Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata -700053 **Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biological Station, Hyderabad- 500 048 INTRODUCTION Dytiscidae and Hydrophildae. For current valid names of the taxa, the work on “World catalogue of With more than 3.8 lakh described species of the Hydrophilidae” by Andrew & Martin (2011), beetles (Coleoptera) throughout the world (Zhang, “World catalogue of Noteridae” by Nilsson (2011) 2011), 12,604 species belong to aquatic beetles and “Catalogue of India & adjacent countries of (Jach and Balke, 2008). Despite the vast fresh Dytiscidae” by Ghosh & Nilsson (2012) was water bodies in India, the information on aquatic followed. beetles of several states is still lacking. The catalogues and review work on aquatic Order COLEOPTERA beetles of world are published by Schenkling I. Family GYRINIDAE (1910-40), Knisch (1924), Wewalka (1975 & Subfamily ENHYDRINAE 1979), Brancucci (1983), Pederzani (1995), Miller Genus Dineutus Macleay, 1825 (2002), Andrew and Martin (2011), Nilsson [2011 1825. Dineutus Macleay, Annulosa javanica ed., 1: 30. (palcat.) & 2013 (world cat.)], Fery (2003), Toledo 1. Dineutus (Protodineutus) indicus (2009). The information on aquatic beetles of India Aube, 1938 is known through the works of D’Orchymout 1938. Dineutus indicus Aube, Species coleopteres, 6: 772. (1928) and Vazirani (1969a, 1969b, 1977, 1984), where in the species from Central India Material examined : Surguja dist, Baharghat, were also included. Subsequently, Chandra et. al 16.I.1975, coll. S.K. Misra (1ex) (Reg. No. (2010) and Ghosh & Nilsson (2012) reported total I10498); Tiger point, 21.XI.2011, coll. A. Raha seventy two aquatic beetle species from Madhya & party (2ex); Raipur dist, BWLS, Mohda village, Pradesh. However, the aquatic beetle fauna from 5.X.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (5ex); Jagdalpur dist, Makdi FRH, 10.XI.2011, coll. R.P. Gupta Chhattisgarh state was not known. Hence the & party (3ex). present work was undertaken. Distribution : India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, The present work is based mainly on the Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, collection made by the scientifi c team of Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Pondicherry, West Zoological Survey of India from HQs, Kolkata Bengal), Pakistan. and Central Zone Regional Centre, Jabalpur from different water bodies of various districts (Surguja, II. Family NOTERIDAE Raipur, Bastar, Korba, Bilaspur and Raigarh) Subfamily NOTERINAE and Barnawapara Wildlife Sanctuary (BWLS)) Tribe Noterini in Chhattisgarh. The study yielded identifi cation Genus Canthydrus Sharp, 1882 of 19 species of aquatic beetles belonging to 10 1882. Canthydrus Sharp, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc., 2: genera and 4 families namely Gyrinidae, Noteridae, 269. 106 Rec. zool. Surv. India 2011. Canthydrus: Nilsson, A World Catalogue of the family 4. Cybister (s.str.) cognatus Sharp, 1882 Noteridae. Version 16.VIII.2011, p. 9. 1882. Cybister cognatus Sharp, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc., 2. Canthydrus ritsemae (Regimbart, 1880) (2) 2: 744. 1880. Hydrocanthydrus ritsemae Regimbart, 1880: Notes 2012. Cybister (s.str.) cognatus: Ghosh & Nilsson, Leyden Mus., 2: 213. Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 19. 1977. Canthydrus ritsemai: Vazirani, Rec. zool. surv. India, Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, Occ. paper No, 6: 8. 07.VII.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (1ex). 2011. Canthydrus ritsemae: Nilsson, A World Catalogue of Distribution : India (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, the family Noteridae. Version 16.VIII.2011, p. 17. Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Material examined : Sarguja dist, Ambikapur, Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal), Indonesia. 09.I.1975, coll. H. Khajuria & Party (3ex) (Reg. No. I10465). 5. Cybister (s.str.) confusus Sharp, 1882 Distribution : India (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, 1882. Cybister confusus Sharp, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc. (2) 2: 739. Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal), Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, 2012. Cybister (s.str.) confusus: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 19. Singapore, Vietnam. Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, III. Family DYTISCIDAE 07.VII.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (1ex). Subfamily DYTISCINAE Distribution : India (Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Tribe ACILIINI Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Genus Sandracottus Sharp, 1882 Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, 1882. Sandracottus Sharp, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc., 2: Tripura, West Bengal), Bangladesh, Pakistan, 672. Sri Lanka. 2012. Sandracottus: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn 6. Cybister (s.str.) cardoni Severin, 1890 supplement, 3: 18. 1890. Cybister cardoni Severin, Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 34, 3. Sandracottus dejeani (Aube, 1838) C.R.: 4(12):193. 1838. Hydaticus dejeani Aube, In Dejeans species 2012. Cybister (s.str.) cardoni: Ghosh & Nilsson, Coleopteres, 6: 165. Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 19. 2012. Sandracottus dejeani: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, supplement, 3: 18. 07.VII.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (1ex). Material examined : Surguja dist, Tiger point, 21.XI.2011, coll. A. Raha & party (4ex). Distribution : India (Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand), Bangladesh, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Distribution : India (Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, 7. Cybister (s.str.) limbatus (Fabricius, 1775) Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, 1775. Dytiscus limbatus Fabricius, Systema Ent., 230. Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar 2012. Cybister (s.str.) limbatus : Ghosh & Nilsson, Pradesh, West Bengal), Pakistan, Iran, Afrotropical Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 20. region, Australian region. Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, Tribe Cybistrini 08.VII.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (1ex). Genus Cybister Curtis, 1827 Distribution : India (Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, 1827. Cybister Curtis, Brit. Entom. Lond., 4: 151. Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, 2012. Cybister: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn supplement, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, 3: 19. Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), GHOSH et al.: Aquatic Beetles...... of Chhattisgarh, India 107 Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Japan, Indonesia, 2012. Cybister (Melanectes) sugillatus: Ghosh & Nilsson, Philippines, Taiwan, Vietnam. Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 22. 8. Cybister (s.str.) pectoralis Sharp, 1882 Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, 07.VII.2011, coll. S. Gupta & party (1ex) 1882. Cybister pectoralis Sharp, Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc., 2: 736. Distribution : India (Assam, Bihar, 1977. Cybister (Melanectes) pectoralis: Vazirani, Rec. zool. Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 6: 91. Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Sikkim, Tamil 2012. Cybister (s.str.) pectoralis: Ghosh & Nilsson, Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 21. Bengal), Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Material examined : Bastar, 08.I.1974, coll. Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia, Japan, R.K. Singh (1ex) (Reg. No. No. I9831). Philippines. Distribution : India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Tribe Eretini Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Genus Eretes Laporte, 1833 Bengal). 1833. Eretes Laporte, Ann. Soc. Entom. France, 1: 397. 9. Cybister (s.str.) tripunctatus lateralis 2012. Eretes Laporte: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn (Fabricius, 1798) supplement, 3: 23. 1798. Dytiscus lateralis Fabricius, Suppl. Entom. Syst., p. 11. Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781) 64. 1781. Dytiscus griseus Fabricius, Species Ins., 1: 293. 1832. Cybister asciaticus Sharp: Sci. Trans. R. Dublin Soc., 2: 731. 2012. Eretes griseus: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 23. 1977. Cybister tripunctatus asciaticus: Vazirani, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No. 6: 62. Material examined : Raipur dist, BWLS, 2012. Cybister (s.str.) tripunctatus lateralis: Ghosh & 03.VII.2011, coll. K. Chandra & party (1ex). Nilsson, Skorvnopparn supplement, 3: 21. Distribution : India (Chhattisgarh, Himachal Material examined : Korba dist, Katghora, Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh), 24.XI.2011, coll. A. Raha & party (1ex); Pali RH, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, China, Iran, 25.XI.2011, coll. A. Raha & party (1ex). Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, Russia, Sinai, South Distribution : India (Andaman & Nicobar Korea, Syria, Turkey, Yemen, Afrotropical region, Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Australian region, Europe, North Africa. Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Remarks : This species is recorded for the & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, fi rst time from Chhattisgarh. This species was Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, earlier reported and identifi ed as Eretes sticticus Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, (Linnaeus) from India. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Tribe Hydaticini Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China, Cyprus, Iran, Genus Hydaticus Leach, 1817 Iraq, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Syria, 1817. Hydaticus Leach, zool. Miscell., 3: 69. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, 2012. Hydaticus Leach: Ghosh & Nilsson, Skorvnopparn Europe. supplement, 3: 24. 10. Cybister (Melanectes) sugillatus 12. Hydaticus (Prodaticus) ricinus Erichson, 1834 Wewalka, 1979 1834. Cybister sugillatus Erichson, Beiträge zur Zoologie, 1979. Hydaticus ricinus
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