Description of a new species of the genus Lampropsephus Fleutiaux, 1928 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae: Dicrepidiini) from Konkan, Maharashtra, India

Authors

  • Amol Patwardhan Department of Zoology, K.J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400077, India.
  • Rahul Khot Assistant Director, The Bombay Natural History Society, Shahid Bhagatsingh Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400001, India https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6215-6965

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.1878.12.1.15181-15185

Keywords:

Coastal lateritic outcrops, Elateridae, Lampropsephus, Propsephus, Sephilus, Western Ghats

Abstract

Lampropsephus sulcatus sp. nov. is described from the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India.  A note to transfer Propsephus assamensis from Propsephus Candeze, 1859 to Sephilus Candeze, 1878 is included.

Author Biography

Amol Patwardhan, Department of Zoology, K.J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Vidyavihar, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400077, India.

Assistant Professor of Zoology teaching to UG and PG students.

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Published

26-01-2020

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2020)

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Short Communications

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