Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 72
  • Issue: 1

Ground and darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Tenebrionidae) from Kargil

  • Author:
  • J.S. Tara, Mohd Feroz
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 89 to 93

Department of Zoology, Division Entomology, University of Jammu, Jammu (Tawi)-180006

*E-mail: feroz.ento@gmail.com

Online published on 1 December, 2011.

Abstract

Kargil district of J&K State was surveyed during 2007–2008 to record the insect fauna belonging to family Carabidae and Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera). Lebia sp., Amara, sp., Bembidion sp., Calosoma sp. (Carabidae) and Gonocephalum sp., Blaps sp., & and Cyphogenia sp. (Tenebrionidae) belonging to two superfamilies and five subfamilies were recorded. Their distribution and diagnostic features are also documented.

Keywords

Kargil, Coleoptera, Distribution, Carabidae, Tenebrionidae