Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2025
  • Volume: 87
  • Issue: 1

First record of Abscondita chinensis (linnaeus) (lampyridae, luciolinae) from Uttarakhand

  • Author:
  • Nidhi Rana1,2, Rajesh Rayal1,*, V P Uniyal3, Pankaj Bahuguna4
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Aug 8, 2025
  • Page Number: 145 to 147

1Department of Zoology, School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Shri Guru Ram Rai University, Patel Nagar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand

2Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand

3Graphic Era (Deemed to be) University, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand

4Department of Zoology, Govt. Degree College Dehradun Shahar, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand

*Email: drrajeshrayal@gmail.com (corresponding author): Orcid Id 0000-0002-9106-0046

Online published on 8 August, 2025.

Abstract

This study is on the first record of a lampyrid Abscondita chinensis (Linnaeus) from Doon Valley, Uttarakhand, India. Sample collection was done during May to September 2021 (7:30- 9:30 p.m.), through sweeping net and hand-picking methods. Morphology including genitalia are described with confirmation based on genitalia. Abscondita chinensis is differentiated from Abscondita terminalis with which it is frequently confused with.

Keywords

Lampyridae, Western Himalaya, Doon Valley, Fireflies, Abscondita chinensis, Abscondita terminalis, New record, Morphology, Genitalia