Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 2

New Reports of Subfamily Oxytelinae from South India (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

  • Author:
  • V P Vineetha1, P J Vineesh1,*, P M Kavyamol1, George Jerin1
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Published Online: Aug 31, 2024
  • Page Number: 391 to 395

1Post Graduate and Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala673008, India

*Email: vineeshpj@devagiricollege.org (corresponding author): ORCID ID 0000-0002-2104-6580

Online Published on 31 August, 2024.

Abstract

Six new reports of staphylinids viz., Anotylus glareosus (Wollaston, 1854); Oxytelus bengalensis (Erichson, 1840); Oxytelus incisus (Motschulsky, 1858); Oxytelus lividus (Motschulsky, 1858); Oxytelus nigriceps (Kraatz, 1859) and Oxytelus puncticeps (Kraatz,1859) are recorded for the first time from south India. The current geographical distribution of these are provided.

Keywords

Oxytelini, Oxytelus, Anotylus, Periya reserve forest, Badiyadukka, Light trap, Flotation method, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary, Rove beetle, Kerala