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New Record of the Species Melaenus piger (Fabricius) (Melaenini: Melaeninae : Carabidae : Coleoptera) from Uttar Pradesh


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Melaenus piger (Fab.) is commonly distributed in southern part of Indian peninsula. During study of the specimens recently collected from Uttar Pradesh, strikingly a single specimen irom Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh has been noticed. There are only two species of the genus Melaenus Dejean, in the world; one species M. elegans Dejean in Afrotropical region and the other M. piger (Fab.) in Oriental region.
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  • New Record of the Species Melaenus piger (Fabricius) (Melaenini: Melaeninae : Carabidae : Coleoptera) from Uttar Pradesh

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Authors

R. K. Kushwaha
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India
V. D. Hegde
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053, India

Abstract


Melaenus piger (Fab.) is commonly distributed in southern part of Indian peninsula. During study of the specimens recently collected from Uttar Pradesh, strikingly a single specimen irom Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh has been noticed. There are only two species of the genus Melaenus Dejean, in the world; one species M. elegans Dejean in Afrotropical region and the other M. piger (Fab.) in Oriental region.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v112i2.169118