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Taxonomic Studies on Lamellicorn Scarabaeids (Coleoptera) of Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, India ISSN 0375-1511 Rec. zool. SUrD. India: 112(part-1) : 81-91, 2012 TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON LAMELLICORN SCARABAEIDS (COLEOPTERA) OF SIMBALBARA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, SIRMOUR, HIMACHAL PRADESH, INDIA KAILASH CHANDRA* DEVANSHU GUPTA**, V.P. UNIYAL***, ABESH K. SANYAL*** AND V. BHARGAV*** *Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, (E-mail: [email protected]) **Zoological Survey of India, Jabalpur-482002, Madhya Pradesh (E-mail: [email protected]) ***Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, Uttarakhand INTRODUCTION subfamilies; Orphninae, Melolonthinae, Dynastinae, Rutelinae, Cetoniinae, Trichiinae and Valginae Scarabaeid beetles comprise a speciose group include approximately 20,950 species (Ratcliffe & and are a conspicuous component of the beetle Jameson 2001). fauna of World. Adults of these beetles are noticeable due to their relatively large size, bright Major taxonomic studies on scarab beetles of colors, often elaborate ornamentation, and India had been carried out by; Arrow, (1910, 1917 interesting life histories. Life histories of scarab & 1931) and Balthasar (1963a, 1963b, 1964). Further beetles are incredibly diverse and include adults information regarding the scarab diversity in north­ that feed on dung, carrion, fungi, vegetation, pollen, west India have been published by Mittal (1981, fruits, compost, or roots. On the other hand some 1989), Mittal and Pajini (1977) and Chandra (1988, scarab beetles live in the nests of ants 2005). Chandra (1988) studied diversity and (myrmecophiles), in the nests of termites distribution of Pleurostict Scarabaeidae of northwest (termitophiles), or in the nests of rodents or birds. India and reported 108 species belonging to 4 Dung beetle is a common name applied to beetles subfamilies; Rutelinae, Cetoniinae Dynastinae and in the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae, Melolonthinae. Recently, Chandra (2005) published while most species in the subfamilies an account of the scarab beetles of Himachal Melolonthinae, Dynastinae, Rutelinae, and Pradesh and reported 167 species belonging to 50 Cetoniinae feed on plant products and are genera and 8 subfamilies with their distribution in agricultural pests of various commercial crops. The different districts of the state wherein 67 species dung beetles as a whole performs a series of were included from district Sirmour. ecological functions such as nutrient cycling, soil While studying beetle specimens from aeration (Mittal, 1993), seed dispersal (Estrada & Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS), 27 species Coates-Estrada, 1991 & Larsen, 2004) and regulation of scarabaeid beetles, belonging to 14 genera, 7 of enteric parasites and dung breeding dipterans tribes and 5 subfamilies of family Scarabaeidae pests (Borenmissza, 1970 & Fincher, 1981). were identified and recorded for the first time from The family Scarabaeidae includes about 27,800 SWLS. This first attempt to inventorise the scarab species worldwide. Within Scarabaeidae, two beetle fauna of SWLS also provides some new subfamilies; Aphodiinae and Scarabaeinae consists information about the diversity and distribution of approximately 6,850 species while other of scarab beetles of Himachal Pradesh. Three species 82 Rec. zoo1. Surv. India of dung beetles; Gymnopleurus (Gymnopleurus) 1963. Gymnopleurus (Gymnopleurus) cyaneus, Balthasar, cyaneus (Fabricius), Garreta dejeani Castelnau and Mon. der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. Paragymnopleurus sinuatus (Olivier) of Scarabaeinae und Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), and two species of chafer beetles; Lepidiota albistigma Coprinae, I: 207. Burmeister and Schizonycha ruficollis (Fabricius) of Material examined: Sirmour, SWLS: Melolonthinae are additions to the beetle fauna of ZSI/ CZRC/ A-15554, 02.viii.2007 (1d'1~); Himachal Pradesh. ZSI/CZRC/ A-15555,10.viii.2007 (1~), colI. Vinay Bhargav. MATERIAL AND METHODS Geographical distribution: India: Haryana, Study area Himachal Pradesh, Kamataka, Madhya Pradesh, Simbalbara Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) is Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh situated in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh, and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka. India and lies in between 30°24.21' and 30°27.338' Remarks : New record from Himachal Pradesh. N latitudes and 77°27.18' and 77°32.OS6'E longitudes with altitudinal range of 350m to 700m.This small 2. Garreta dejeani Castelnau, 1840 sanctuary stretches over an area of 19 sq. km and 1840. Gymnopleurus dejeani Castelnau, Hist. Nat., II: 70. lies in the confluence of the plains and the main 1931. Gymnopleurus dejeani, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, Shivalik range. The area receives a mean annual (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 59. rainfall of about 1260 mm. while the relative humidity varies from 100% during monsoon to 1963. Gymnopleurus (Garreta) dejeani, Balthasar, Mon. der 26% in summer (pendharkar, 1993). Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. und Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), Specimens for the study were collected, during Coprinae, I: 227. July-August, 2007 by applying light trap and hand Material examined : Sirmour, SWLS: picking methods. Thereafter they were pinned and ZSI/ CZRC/ A-15553, 08. viii.2007 (1~), identified using available literature (Arrow 1910, ZSI/CZRC/ A-15554, 18.vi.2007 (1~), colI. V. 1917, 1931; Balthasar 1963a, 1963b) and matched Bhargav. with the reference collection present in Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Jabalpur. Thereafter they Geographical distribution : India: Himachal were, deposited in National Zoological Collections Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra of ZSI, Jabalpur. The details of material examined, and Utlarakhand. registration number of identified species, systematic Remarks: New record from Himachal Pradesh. account, and distribution of the species are provided along with the species photographs (Plate I, 2 & 3. Garreta opacus Redtenbacher, 1848 3). 1848. Gymnopleurus opacus Redtenbacher Hugel's Kaschmir, SYSTEMA TIC ACCOUNT IV, 2: 516. 1931. Gymnopleurus opacus, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, Order COLEOPTERA Linnaeus,1758 (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 58. Suborder POLYPHAGA Emery, 1886 1963. Gymnopleurus (Garreta) opacus, Balthasar, Mon. der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. und Family SCARABAEIDAE Latreille, 1802 Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), Subfamily Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802 Coprinae, I: 227. 2005. Gymnopleurus opacus, Chandra, Zoo1. Surv. India, Tribe Gymnopleurini Lacordaire, 1856 Fauna o/Western Himalaya, (part 2): 146. 1. Gymnopleurus (Gymnopleurus) cyaneus Material examined : Sirmour, SWLS: (Fabricius, 1798) ZSI/CZRC/ A-15551, 16.vi.2007 (ld'l~), colI. V. 1798. Copris cyaneus Fabricius, Ent. Syst. Suppl.,: 34. Bhargav. 1931. Gymnopleurus cyaneus, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, Geographical distribution: India: Himachal (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 49. Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh- Punjab and Uttrakhand. CHANDRA et al. : Taxonomic studies on Lamellicorn Scarabaeids (Coleoptera) ... H.P., India 83 4. Paragymnopleurus sinuatus (Olivier, 1789) 1963. Catharsius (Catharsius) molossus, Balthasar, Mon. der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. und 1789. Scarabaeus sinuatus Olivier, Entom., I, 3: 160, tf.21, Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), fig. 189. Coprinae, I: 307. 1931. Gymnopleurus sinuatus, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, 2005. Catharsius molossus, Chandra, Zool. Surv. India, (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 63. Fauna ofWestern Himalaya, (part 2): 146. 1963. Gymnopleurus (Paragymnopleurus) sinuatus, Balthasar, Mon. der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Material examined : Sirmour, SWLS, Palaeark. und Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: ZSIjCZRCj A-15549, 02.viii.2007 (2d'); Lamellicornia), Coprinae, I: 218. ZSljCZRCj A-15550, 03.viii.2007 (4d'); ColI. V. Bhargav. Material examined : Sirmour, SWLS: ZSIjCZRCj A-15556, 05.viii.2007 (2ex.); Geographical distribution: India: Andaman and ZSIjCZRCj A-15557, 07.viii.2007 (2ex.); Nicobar Island, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, ZSIjCZRCj A-15558, 08.viii.2007 (2ex.); Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala ZSIjCZRCj A-15559, 03.viii.2007 (lex.); Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Orissa, Sikkim, Uttar ZSIjCZRCj A-15560, 09.viii.2007 (2ex.); Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. ZSIjCZRCj A-15561, 12.vii.2007(1 ex.); colI. V. Bhargav. 7. Catharsius (Catharsius) sagax (Quenstedt, 1806) Geographical distribution : India: Haryana, 1806. Copris sagax Quenstedt, Schonh. Syn. Ins., I: 43. Himachal Pradesh, Kamataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, 1931. Catharsius sagax, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 96. Uttarakhand and West Bengal. 1963. Catharsius (Catharsius) sagax, Balthasar, Mon. der Remarks: New record from Himachal Pradesh. Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. und Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), Tribe Coprini Leach, 1815 Coprinae, I: 309. 5. Heliocopris bucephalus (Fabricius, 1775) 2005. Catharsius sagax, Chandra, Zool. Surv. India, Fauna ofWestern Himalaya, (part 2): 146. 1775. Scarabaeus bucephalus Fabricius, Syst. Ent., : 24. 1931. Heliocopris bucephalus, Arrow, Faun. Brit. India, Material examined: Sirmour, SWLS: (Lamellicornia: Coprinae), 3: 88. ZSIj CZRCj A-15562, 02. viii.2007 (1~), 1963. Heliocopris bucephalus, Balthasar, Mon. der ZSIjCZRCj A-15563, 03.viii.2007 (1~), Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der Palaeark. und ZSIjCZRCj A-15564, 08.viii.2007 (1~), Orientalis Region (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia), ZSIjCZRCj A-15565, 09.viii.2007 (1~), Coprinae, I: 303. ZSIjCZRCj A-15566, 03.viii.2007
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