Distributional records of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India
Údaje o rozšíření mrchožroutovitých brouků (Coleoptera: Silphidae) z Íránu, Afghánistánu, Pákistánu a Indie
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Klapalekiana 38(3–4): 213-225, 2002
Jan Růžička & Jan Schneider
DOI: 10.83318/phhx-b617
Published in print: 31st December 2002
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Abstract: Records on distribution of 28 species of Silphidae (based on 865 specimens)
from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-western India (Jammu and Kashmir,
Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh states) are presented. First state
distributional records for the following species are provided: Necrodes
littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758) (India: Uttar Pradesh), Nicrophorus antennatus
(Reitter, 1884) (Afghanistan), Silpha obscura Linnaeus, 1758 (India: Himachal
Pradesh; south-easternmost known occurrence of this species in Asia),
Thanatophilus dentigerus (Semenov, 1891) (Pakistan, India: Uttar Pradesh), T.
ferrugatus (Solsky, 1874) (Iran) and T. porrectus (Semenov, 1891) (Afghanistan,
Pakistan). First reliable records (only old, unprecise records from the
territory were available) concern the following species: Aclypea turkestanica
(Ballion, 1871) (Iran), Necrodes nigricornis Harold, 1875 (India: Uttar Pradesh)
and Thanatophilus minutus Kraatz, 1876 (India: Himachal Pradesh and Uttar
Pradesh). Finally, the second precise record of Aclypea cicatricosa Reitter,
1884 from Iran is given.
Key words: Distribution, Coleoptera, Silphidae, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Palaearctic region
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