New Distributional Records with a Prelimanary Checklist of Gyrinidae (Order: Coleoptera) of Maharashtra, India
Pallavi Takawane
Dr. D.Y. Patil Art's Commerce and Science Women's College, Pimpri, 411018, India and Dr. D.Y. Patil Art's Commerce and Science Women's College, Pimpri and Working on Aquatic Beetles of Maharashtra, India.
Rita Deb *
Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005, India and Zoological Survey of India, 130, Southern Regional Centre, Santhome High Road, Mandavelipakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600028, India.
Sandeep Pokale
Department of Zoology, Dr.B. N. Purandare Arts, Smt. S.G.Gupta Commerce and Smt.S.A.M.Science College,Lonavla-410403, Maharashtra, India.
K A Subramanian
Zoological Survey of India, 130, Southern Regional Centre, Santhome High Road, Mandavelipakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600028, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present study is based on some collections of aquatic beetles of family Gyrinidae Latreille, 1810 from different locations of Maharashtra. This study contributes new and updated records of family Gyrinidae from the state of Mahrashtra. 12 species of the family have been reported so far from Maharashtra. The present study reports the presence of Dineutus (Cyclous) spinosus (Fabricius, 1781) and Gyrinus convexiusculus Macleay, 1871 from Maharashtra for the first time, the range of the genus Gyrinus Geoffrey, 1762 to one more state of India, Maharashtra has also been extended.
Keywords: Fauna, habitat, aquatic beetle, range extension, dineutus, gyrinus