A first faunistic study on the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Baikunthapur Tropical Forest of the Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India
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Sarkar S (2020). A first faunistic study on the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Baikunthapur Tropical Forest of the Himalayan foothills, West Bengal, India. Biodiversity Data Journal. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.8.e57444 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-11-29.Description
Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 is a paucispecific tribe of the scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae. The tribe is composed of 256 described species worldwide, while from India 26 species were recorded up to date. Beetles belonging to this tribe are commonly known as paracoprid dung beetles and perform some remarkable ecological functions. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on the occurrence of these beetles in the mega diverse tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills located in the North of the West Bengal state of India.A first faunistic account of the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 from Baikunthapur forest, located at the Himalayan foothills of the West Bengal state of India is presented. A total of 5 species of the tribe distributed over two genera Tiniocellus and Liatongus were recorded during multiple surveys for scarab fauna of the forest. All the taxa were recorded for the first time from the area, while Tiniocellus spinipes (Roth, 1851) is a new record for the West Bengal State of India. Additionally, a preliminary checklist of Indian species of the tribe is also provided.Taxonomic Coverages
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Subhankar Sarkaroriginator
position: Dr
Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani
Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal
IN
email: sksarkarzoo18@klyuniv.ac.in
Subhankar Sarkar
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position: Dr
Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani
Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal
IN
email: sksarkarzoo18@klyuniv.ac.in
Subhankar Sarkar
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position: Dr
Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani
Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal
IN
email: sksarkarzoo18@klyuniv.ac.in