Sarkar Subhankar Kumar, Kharel Bhim Prasad
Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal, India Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal India.
Biodivers Data J. 2020 Dec 3;8:e57444. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e57444. eCollection 2020.
Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 is a paucispecific tribe of the scarab beetle subfamily Scarabaeinae. The tribe is composed of 256 described species worldwide, while from India, 26 species were recorded to date. Beetles belonging to this tribe are commonly known as paracoprid dung beetles and perform some remarkable ecological functions. Nevertheless, there is a dearth of knowledge on the occurrence of these beetles in the mega diverse tropical forests of the Himalayan foothills located in the north of the West Bengal state of India.
A first faunistic account of the tribe Oniticellini Kolbe, 1905 from Baikunthapur Forest, located at the Himalayan foothills of the West Bengal state of India is presented. A total of five species of the tribe distributed over two genera and were recorded during multiple surveys of the scarab fauna of the Forest. All taxa were recorded for the first time from the area, while (Roth, 1851) is a new record for the West Bengal State of India. Additionally, a preliminary checklist of Indian species of the tribe is also provided.
奥尼蒂切利尼族（Oniticellini Kolbe，1905）是金龟子科蜣螂亚科的一个寡种族。该族在全球有256种已描述的物种，而截至目前，印度已记录到26种。属于该族的甲虫通常被称为副蜣螂，它们具有一些显著的生态功能。然而，对于这些甲虫在印度西孟加拉邦北部喜马拉雅山麓的生物多样性丰富的热带森林中的出现情况，我们知之甚少。
本文首次对来自印度西孟加拉邦喜马拉雅山麓的拜昆塔普尔森林的奥尼蒂切利尼族（Oniticellini Kolbe，1905）进行了动物区系描述。在对该森林的金龟子动物区系进行多次调查期间，共记录到该族分布于两个属的五种甲虫。所有分类单元均为该地区首次记录，而（罗斯，1851年）是印度西孟加拉邦的新记录。此外，还提供了该族印度物种的初步清单。
