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A Preliminary Study of Family Lygaeidae from Andhra Pradesh, India


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The present paper provides information on 30 species belonging to Lygaeidae family under 20 genera from Andhra Pradesh from the unidentified collections housed in Zoological Survey of India. Of them, 27 species are new records to Andhra Pradesh state. Distribution of each species with measurements and ratios of various body parts were taken as additional diagnostic characters along with key to identification have been provided.

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Distribution, First Record, Lygaeid Fauna, Pests, Small Bugs.
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Authors

P. C. Saha
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Kailash Chandra
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Sandeep Kushwaha
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
M. E. Hassan
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
B. Biswas
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Arghya Chakrabarty
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Paramita Mukherjee
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India
Sonam Jahan
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India

Abstract


The present paper provides information on 30 species belonging to Lygaeidae family under 20 genera from Andhra Pradesh from the unidentified collections housed in Zoological Survey of India. Of them, 27 species are new records to Andhra Pradesh state. Distribution of each species with measurements and ratios of various body parts were taken as additional diagnostic characters along with key to identification have been provided.

Keywords


Distribution, First Record, Lygaeid Fauna, Pests, Small Bugs.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi%2Fv120%2Fi2%2F2020%2F119731