Abstract:
The fantastic survey was conducted in vicinity of sugarcane growing area in four district Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Baghpat and Sahahranpur of western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, India revealed 26 species belong to 5 subfamilies Rutelinae, Melolonthinae, Scarabaeinae, Dynastinae and Cetoniinae. In the subfamily Rutelinae, the maximum number of beetles was collected
Anomala begalensis fallowed by
Anomala dimidiate and least collected
Anomala varicolor and
Anomala ruficapilla. In the subfamily Melolonthinae, the maximum number of beetles was collected
Holotrichia nagpurensis fallowed by
Holotrichia spp. and least collected
Lepidiota spp. In the subfamily Scarabaeinae, the maximum number of beetles was collected
Onthophagus ramosellus fallowed by
Onthophagus gazella and least collected
Catharsius pithecus. In the subfamily Dynastinae, the maximum number of beetles was collected
Protaetia albaguttata and least collected
Phylloganthus dionysius. In the subfamily Cetoniinae, the maximum number of beetles was collected
Oxycetonia versicolor and least collected
Oxycetonia albopunctata. All these species recorded for the first time from sugarcane growing area of the western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sandeep Kumar and Vishvendra. Identification of Scarabaeid beetles (Coleoptera) in vicinity of sugarcane crop in the western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, India. J Pharmacogn Phytochem 2018;7(5S):111-115.