The brachypterous endemic genus Ardistomopsis> (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent: first report of <Ardistomopsis batesi> Straneo & Ball, 1989 and <Ardistomopsis marginicollis (Schaum, 1864) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Panagaeinae) from the Western Ghats and the biogeographical significance
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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7576.17.4.26903-26907Keywords:
Deccan trap, Disphaericus, flightless ground beetles, global hotspot, gondwana land, oriental, Palakkad gap, peliciini, tropical montane cloud forestAbstract
The first reports of Ardistomopsis batesi and A. marginicollis of the Gondwanian tribe Peleciini from the high elevation tropical montane cloud forest and the low elevation Palakkad Gap in the Western Ghats, their distributional records and habitus of the Indian species are provided. The biogeographical significance of the first records of the species from the high and low elevations of the Western Ghats is explained.
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