New records of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) from Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Nové údaje o mrchožroutovitých broucích (Coleoptera: Silphidae) z Bangladéše, Indie a Nepálu
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Klapalekiana 57(1–2): 137-145, 2021
Jan Růžička
Published in print: 28th May 2021
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Abstract: Interesting distributional records of carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae)
from Bangladesh, India and Nepal are provided and discussed. First records are
presented of the following species from the respective states/union territories:
Necrophila (Calosilpha) ioptera (Kollar et L. Redtenbacher, 1844) (Bangladesh),
Necrophila (Deutosilpha) rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1823) (India: Andhra Pradesh,
Assam and Tamil Nadu), Nicrophorus (Nicrophorus) nepalensis Hope, 1831 (India:
Manipur), Thanatophilus pilosus (Jakovlev, 1889) (Nepal) and T. roborowskyi
(Jakovlev, 1887) (India: Jammu and Kashmir). The first precise records are given
for T. dentiger (A. P. Semenov, 1890) (India: Jammu and Kashmir) and T. minutus
Kraatz, 1876 (Nepal); both species have been listed from the respective states
(but without more detailed localities) in the 2015 edition of the Catalogue of
Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2.
Key words: Coleoptera, Silphidae, carrion beetles, distribution, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Palaearctic Region, Oriental Region