D0580 Nine new records of Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae) from northern areas of Pakistan

Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Hall D, First Floor (Convention Center)
Muhammad Abbas , Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan
Ming Bai , Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, Beijing, China
Abdul Hakeem , Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Lubbock, TX
Xing-Ke Yang , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Syed Azhar Hassan , Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Islamabad, Federal, Pakistan
Himalayan mountains ranging 1500 m to 6000 m. The area is diverse and virgin for its flora and fauna. Little work is being done to explore insect community. To record some data, an extensive survey of Hamalian region of Pakistan was conducted during 2006-2007 and recorded nine new records of Scarabeid (Coleoptera Scarabaeinae) four new records of genus Onitis, one species of genus Euoniticellus, three species of genus Onthophagus and one species of genus Heliocopris.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.44381