On a Collection of Aquatic Beetles (Order: Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae) of Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary, Himachal Pradesh, India

The Renuka Wildlife Sanctuary (RWLS) is situated in the low subtropical zone and located about 60 kilometres from Nahan in Sirmour district of Himachal Pradesh. The total area of the sanctuary is about 4.028 square kilometres. The aquatic insects were collected between the Longitude of 77.4509 and Latitude of 30.6105 at an altitude of 668 meters. The entire sanctuary is Renuka Reserve Forest and has been declared as Abhayaranya. An area of roughly about 3 square kilometres that lies outside the sanctuary has been declared as a buffer belt.