New records of darkling beetles (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) from Himachal Pradesh, India
Abstract
The present paper is based on the faunal explorations carried out mainly in 11 districts of Himachal Pradesh state viz; Bilaspur, Chamba, Hamirpur, Kangra, Kinnaur, Lahul-Spiti, Mandi, Solan, Shimla, Sirmour and Una.The paper contains 24 new records to the fauna   of Himachal Pradesh state which belong to 24 species under17genera of 08 tribes and03 subfamilies of the family Tenebrionidae. All the species are registered and deposited in National Zoological Collection of Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and registration numbers are also provided for each species.
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