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An Account of Heteropteran Bugs Collected by Light Trap in and Around Dum Dum (Kolkata), West Bengal


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The representatives of 7 families of heteroptera were collected by light trap from Dum Dum region of district Kolkata, West Bengal consist of 35 species fewer than 29 genera. Each species is provided with taxonomic keys, distributional details, diagnostic characters and coloured images (dorsal).

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Distribution, Dum Dum, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Light Trap.
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Authors

Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
P. C. Saha
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
B. Biswas
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
M. E. Hassan
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
K. Praveen
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
Sandeep Kushwaha
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India
Paramita Mukherjee
Zoological Survey of India, M - Block, New Alipore, Kolkata − 700053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


The representatives of 7 families of heteroptera were collected by light trap from Dum Dum region of district Kolkata, West Bengal consist of 35 species fewer than 29 genera. Each species is provided with taxonomic keys, distributional details, diagnostic characters and coloured images (dorsal).

Keywords


Distribution, Dum Dum, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Light Trap.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv120%2Fi1%2F2020%2F119563