Notes on carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from India

Abstrakt: Records of eight species of carrion beetles from India are presented. Nicrophorus melissae Sikes et Madge, 2006, N. trumboi Sikes et Madge, 2006 and Thanatophilus porrectus (Semenov, 1890) are reported from India for the first time. Nicrophorus nepalensis Hope, 1831 is reported from India: Arunachal Pradesh for the first time. Distribution of N. nepalensis and Thanatophilus minutus Kraatz, 1876 in India is summarized and mapped. Additional recent records of Nicrophorus encaustus Fairmaire, 1896 from Jammu and Kashmir and Thanatophilus dentiger (Semenov, 1890) from Uttarakhand are provided. A necrophagous association of Necrophila (Deutosilpha) rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1823) with carrion of Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne, 1797) (Primates: Cercopithecidae) is reported.

Klíčová slova: Distribution, Coleoptera, Silphidae, India, Palaearctic region, Oriental region