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List of coleopterans of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka is a tropical island situated close to the southern tip of India. The invertebrate fauna is as large as it is common to other regions of the world. There are about 2 million species of arthropods found in the world, and more are still being discovered to this day. This makes it very complicated and difficult to summarize the exact number of species found within a certain region.

This is a list of the coleopterans found from Sri Lanka, using recent family-level classification:[1]

Beetle

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Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera

Beetles are a group of insects that form the order Coleoptera. They have two pairs of wings, the front pair, the "elytra", being hardened and thickened into a shell-like protection for the rear pair and the beetle's abdomen. The order contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known animal life-forms. About 40% of all described insect species are beetles (about 400,000 species), and new species are discovered frequently. The largest taxonomic family, the Curculionidae (the weevils or snout beetles), also belongs to this order.

The diversity of beetles is very wide-ranging. They are found in almost all types of habitats, but are not known to occur in the sea or in the polar regions. In Sri Lanka, particular beetle families are extensively studied,[2][3] but some others not at all.[4] Most of the studies beetles are due to the fact that they are pests for many cultivations.[5] Numerous works had been done in the 1980s and 1990s by foreign scientists such as Arrow (1910-1931), Franz (1982), Hammond (1972), Hansen (1999), Chatterjee (1924) and Bonadona (1986). The knowledge by local investigators opened in the early 2000s and in 2003, Prof. Dangalle studies heavily on tiger beetles. Then in 2013, Dr. Qader et al. studies beetles in Western province to find their ecological niches and distribution.[6] Weevils were studied by Prof. Gunawardena since 1993 and predatory Coccinellid beetles were studies by Dr. S Mayadunnage.[7][8] In 2002, Poorani described the updated version of the annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae fauna of the Indian subcontinent, in which 83 species of ladybirds are listed from Sri Lanka.[9] The members of subfamily Melolonthinae also been documented by Brinck, Anderson, and Cederholm. In 1979, Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid studied the taxonomy and distribution of the blister beetles of Sri Lanka. He described 7 genera with 15 species from the family Meloidae.[10] In 2020, one rove beetle and four dung beetles were described from Salgala, Aranayake the Knuckles Range, and Alic Land Estate, Kegalle.[11][12]

According to Channa Bambaradeniya et al., 3,033 species of coleopterans belongs to 115 families[13] are recorded from Sri Lanka, which comprises the largest animal group in Sri Lanka.[14]

Species count

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Family: Aderidae - ant-like leaf beetles

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Family: Anthicidae - Ant-like beetles

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Family: Anthribidae - Fungus weevils

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Family: Attelabidae - Leaf-rolling weevils

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Family: Biphyllidae - False Skin beetles

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Family: Bolboceratidae - Dor beetles

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Family: Bostrichidae - Auger beetles

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Family: Bothrideridae - Cocoon-forming beetles

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Family: Brachyceridae - Tertiary-brachycerid weevils

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Family: Brentidae - Straight-snouted weevils

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Family: Buprestidae - Jewel beetles

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Family: Callirhipidae - Cedar beetle

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Family: Cantharidae - Soldier beetle

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Family: Carabidae - Ground beetles

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Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles

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Family: Cerylonidae - Minute bark beetles

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Family: Chrysomelidae - Leaf beetles

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Family: Ciidae - Minute tree-fungus beetles

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Family: Clambidae - Fringe-winged beetles

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Family: Cleridae - Checkered beetles

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Family: Coccinellidae - Lady beetles

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Family: Cucujidae - Flat bark beetles

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Family: Curculionidae - True weevils and bark beetles

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Family: Dermestidae - Skin beetles

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Family: Discolomatidae

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Family: Dryopidae - Long-toed water beetles

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Family: Dytiscidae - Predaceous diving beetles

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Family: Elateridae - Click beetles

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Family: Elmidae - Riffle beetles

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Family: Endomychidae - Handsome fungus beetles

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Family: Erotylidae - Pleasing fungus beetles

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Family: Eucinetidae - Plate-thigh beetles

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Family: Gyrinidae - Whirligig beetles

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Family: Heteroceridae - Variegated mud-loving beetles

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Family: Histeridae - Clown beetles

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Family: Hybosoridae - Scavenger scarab beetles

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Family: Hydrophilidae - Water scavenger beetles

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Family: Hydroscaphidae - Skiff beetles

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Family: Jacobsoniidae - Jacobson's beetles

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Family: Lampyridae - Fireflies

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Family: Latridiidae - Minute brown scavenger beetles

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Family: Limnichidae - Minute mud beetles

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Family: Lucanidae - Stag beetles

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Family: Lycidae - Net-winged beetles

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Family: Lymexylidae - Ship-timber beetles

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Family: Meloidae - Blister beetles

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Family: Monotomidae - Root-eating beetles

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Family: Mordellidae - Pintail beetles

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Family: Murmidiidae

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Family: Mycetophagidae - Hairy fungus beetles

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Family: Mycteridae - Palm and flower beetles

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Family: Nitidulidae - Sap beetles

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Family: Nosodendridae - Wounded-tree beetles

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Family: Noteridae - Burrowing water beetles

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Family: Oedemeridae - False blister beetles

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Family: Omethidae - False soldier beetles

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Family: Passalidae - Bess beetles

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Family: Prostomidae - Jugular-horned beetles

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Family: Psephenidae - Water-penny beetles

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Family: Pterogeniidae

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Family: Ptiliidae - Feather-wing beetles

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Family: Ptilodactylidae

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Family: Ptinidae - Spider beetles

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Family: Rhynchitidae - Tooth-nosed snout weevils

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Family: Salpingidae - Narrow-waisted bark beetles

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Family: Scarabaeidae - Scarab beetles

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Subfamily: Aphodiinae - Aphodiine dung beetles

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Subfamily: Melolonthinae - White grubs

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Subfamily: Rutelinae - Shining Flower Chafers

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Family: Scirtidae - Marsh beetles

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Family: Scraptiidae - False flower beetles

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Family: Scydmaenidae - Ant-like stone beetles

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Family: Silphidae - Carrion beetles

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Family: Silvanidae - Silvan flat bark beetles

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Family: Staphylinidae - Rove beetles

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Family: Tenebrionidae - Darkling beetles

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Family: Trictenotomidae - Croc beetles

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Family: Trogidae - Hide beetles

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Family: Vesperidae - Vesperid longicorn beetles

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Family: Zopheridae - Ironclad beetles

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Ślipiński, A.; Smith, A. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
  2. ^ Polilov, A.A (March 2008). "Anatomy of the smallest coleoptera, featherwing beetles of the tribe nanosellini (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae), and limits of insect miniaturization". Entomological Review. 88: 26–33. doi:10.1134/S0013873808010041. S2CID 23604779.
  3. ^ Mannakkara, Amani., Makihara, K. "Checklist of longicorn coleoptera of Sri Lanka (1) Vesperidae and Cerambycidae excluding Lamiinae" (PDF). ffpri. Retrieved 22 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Scirtidae (Coleoptera), aquatic larvae, Sri Lanka". Pest net. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  5. ^ Wellappuli Arachchi, Supun. "Common Insects Of Sri Lanka" (PDF). Butterfly Conservation Society of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  6. ^ "STUDY ON COLEOPTERAN FAUNA IN SOIL AND LITTER OF WAGA NATURAL. FOREST RESERVE IN SRI LANKA" (PDF). Open University of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  7. ^ "Predatory Coccinellids (Coleoptera: Cocinellidae) of Vegetables in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Tropical Agricultural Research Vol.19. pp. 69–77. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  8. ^ "Rhynchophorus ferrugineus attractants" (PDF). National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  9. ^ "An annotated checklist of the Coccinellidae fauna of the Indian subregion" (PDF). Project Directorate of Biological Control. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  10. ^ "The Blister Beetle (Meloidae) of Sri Lanka". Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences) 13(1&2):203-251. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
  11. ^ Ranasinghe, Sasanka; Eberle, Jonas; Benjamin, Sresh P.; Ahrens, Dirk (2020-04-01). "New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (621). doi:10.5852/ejt.2020.621. S2CID 216436939. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  12. ^ Jałoszyński, Paweł (2020-01-03). "Clidicus minilankanus sp. n., with notes on remaining Sri Lankan Clidicus species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)". Zootaxa. 4718 (1): 87–94. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4718.1.7. PMID 32230043. S2CID 213971376. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
  13. ^ Bambaradeniya, Channa N. B. (2006). The Fauna of Sri Lanka: Status of Taxonomy, Research, and Conservation. ISBN 9789558177518. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
  14. ^ "Coleoptera in Sri Lanka". insectoid. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  15. ^ Balkenohl, Michael (2021-10-21). "Revisiting the Oriental genus Syleter Andrewes, 1941 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)". Revue suisse de Zoologie. doi:10.35929/RSZ.0050. Retrieved 2022-07-16.
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