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International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences Review Article

Received on: 09/09/2021

Revised on: 10/02/2021

Accepted on: 10/04/2021

Published on: 10/31/2021

  • Sanjay Paunikar( 2021).

    Coleoptera Fauna in Forest Ecosystem of Shivalik Hills Region of India - A mini review

    . International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 6( 5), 222-229.

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Abstract

A review is given on documentation of important and major insect order Coleoptera in the forest ecosystem of Shivalik Hill regions of India. Shivalik Hills is situated in the north Indian region to the foothills of North-West Himalaya. Its position makes its unique biogeographic location, diversified climatic conditions, and enormous eco-diversity and geo-diversity of flora and fauna. Several renowned workers contributed and documented the number of species of Coleoptera of the Shivalik Hills region of India. After reviewing the literature on Coleoptera fauna in the Shivalik Hills areas indicates some fragmentary work on different aspects of Coleoptera such as taxonomic, bioecology, species diversity, seasonal abundance, distribution and pest status. Though, it was found that some documents were published but, it is needed to explore more coleopteran fauna and prepare to consolidate documents from the forest ecosystem of Shivalik Hills and detailed study on taxonomy, bioecology, species diversity, abundance and distribution in forest ecosystem due to current changing climatic condition.

Keywords

Entomofauna, Shivalik Hills, Coleoptera fauna, Beetles, Insect diversity, Forest ecosystem.

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