Coleoptera (Insecta) fauna from the Indian Thar Desert, Rajasthan

Abstract

The order Coleoptera includes 3,50,000 species, amongst which, about 1,50,88 species are known from Indian region. Tak and Sewak (1987) and Tak (1996) reported 27 species of aquatic beetles from Jodhpur and Sikar districts belonging to families Haliplidae, Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae which have been included to prepare this checklist. Tandon (1996) reported 34 species, and identified gaps in research on the distribution of coleopteran species from the Thar Desert of Rajasthan.