Aquatic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India

نویسندگان
Shankar, Shiva ID 1
Deepa, Jaiswal ID 2
Madasamy, Karuthapandi ID 3
Kumar, Devadoss ID 4
Jadhav, Shrikant ID 5
Kunte, Kalyani B. ID 6

1 Department of Zoology, Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudunagar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

2 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

3 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

4 Department of Zoology, Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudunagar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India

5 Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

6 Andhra Pradesh state Biodiversity Board, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522510, India

doi
10.52547/jibs.9.3.449
چکیده

The present investigation was carried out to study the fauna of aquatic beetles of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary (India). A total of forty two species belonging to four families was recorded. The highest number of species was found in the family Dytiscidae followed by Hydrophilidae, Gyrinidae and Noteridae. All the species are recorded for the first time from the wildlife sanctuary and 9 species are new from the state of Andhra Pradesh.

کلیدواژه‌ها
Beetles, diversity, Ecosystems, environment, Koundinya, wildlife