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Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 122(1)/113–116, 2022 DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/168469 ISSN (Online) : 2581-8686 ISSN (Print) : 0375-1511 Short Communication Occurrence of Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni (Régimbart, 1902) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Deccan Peninsular, India Deepa Jaiswal*, Shiva Shankar, M. Karuthapandi, Shrikant Jadhav and Rehanuma Sulthana Freshwater Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Hyderabad – 500048, Telangana, India; Email: deepajzsi@gmail.com Abstract The present study documents Coelostoma horni (Régimbart, 1902) distribution from three states of the Deccan peninsular region in various aquatic habitats such as agricultural fields, streams and reservoirs. Keywords: Coelostoma, Deccan Peninsular, Distribution Introduction A total of 776 aquatic beetles have been reported from India so far. The family Dytiscidae includes the maximum number of species, followed by Hydrophilidae, Gyrinidae and Noteridae (Chandra et al., 2017; Deepa et al., 2021). The genus Coelostoma Brullé, 1935 belongs to the family Hydrophilidae, has 120 species, distributed in Oriental, Afrotropical, Palearctic, Palearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Nine species were documented from the oriental region, of which eight species were reported from India and its subcontinents viz., Coelostoma vividum, C. fallaciosum, C. lyratum, C. aeneolum, C. nostocinum, C. vitalisi, Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) stultum and C. Bhutanicum (Sheth et al., 2020). The present study reveals C. horni distribution is found in three different states of the Deccan peninsular region. Material and Methods The specimens were collected from the shallow waters and under the aquatic vegetation from three different habitats viz., agricultural fields, streams and reservoirs. Collected specimens were preserved in 70% Ethanol. Photographs were captured with the help of a Stereo Zoom Microscope Leica M205A, identification done by using standard literature (Jiaet al., 2014). The identified specimens of C. horni were deposited in the National Zoological Collectionsat Zoological Survey of India, Freshwater Biological Regional Centre, Hyderabad. Taxonomic Account Order COLEOPTERA Linnaeus, 1758 Superfamily HYDROPHILOIDEA Latreille, 1802 Family HYDROPHILIDAE Latreille, 1802 Subfamily SPHAERIDIINAE Latreille, 1802 Tribe COELOSTOMATINI Heyden, 1891 Genus Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni (Régimbart, 1902) (Figure 2) 1902. Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni Régimbart, Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 71: 468-475. 1921a. Coelostomaor bicularehorni, Knisch, Archivfür Naturgeschichte, 8: 55–88. 1924a. Coelostoma horni Knisch, Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 14. part 79. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1-306. 1940. Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni Orchymont, Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique deBelgique, 80: 157-197. 2014. Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni, Jia, et al., Zootaxa, 3887(3): 354–376. * Author for correspondence Article Received on: 14.02.2022 Accepted on: 31.03.2022 Occurrence of Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni (Régimbart, 1902) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)... Materials examined: 2 exs., FBRC/ZSI/INS/2702, Bairanaikk Natti, Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, 09.I.2019; 05 exs., FBRC/ZSI/INS/2704, Bhupathipalem, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, 04.XII.2021; 20 exs, FBRC/ ZSI/INS/2697, Kuntala Waterfall, 24.XII.2021; 30 exs, FBRC/ZSI/INS/2696, Pulgampandri, Nirmal, Telangana, 26.XII.2021. Distribution: India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and Telangana; Elsewhere: Bhutan, China (Hong Kong, Yunnan), Indonesia (Sumatra, Sunda), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Mascarene Island, Oman, Saudi Arabia (south), South Africa, Yemen. Diagnosis: Body size varies between 4.2- 5.0 mm, body oval, dorsally convex, shiny, black in colour. Antennal club, Head, pronotum and elytra with almost same punctuation. Prosternum pointed medially, Mesofemora densely pubescent except at extreme apex, Aedeagus broad with median lobe, widely trilobite at apex, parameres angulate at midlength, longer, narrower than median lobe, strongly bent outwards medially, curved on outer face sub apically. The present study reports Coelostoma horni (Régimbart, 1902) occurrence in Deccan peninsular India. It has been collected from three states, i.e., Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana (Table 1 and Figure 1). Coelostoma from India and its subcontinent species were reviewed by Sheth et al. (2020). It is noted that eight species belonging to the genus Coelostoma were reported from India. C. horni was originally described in Sri Lanka (Hansen 1999), and later it was reported Results and Discussion Table 1. Details of the sampling location from Deccan peninsular, India Sl. No Location Name District State Latitude Longitude 1 BairanaikkNatti Dharmapuri Tamilnadu 12.0352N 78.6383E 2 Bhupathipalem East Godavari Andhra Pradesh 17.3983N 81.8027E 3 Pulgampandri Nirmal Telangana 19.2483N 78.5913E 4 Kunthala waterfalls Nirmal Telangana 19.2045N 78.5035E Figure 1. 114 Map showing Coelostoma horni distribution from Deccan peninsular India. Vol 122(1) | 2022 | www.recordsofzsi.com Zoological Survey of India Deepa Jaiswal et al., Figure 2. Coelostoma horni: A. Dorsal View B. Ventral View C. Elytra D. Male Aedeagus. Vol 122(1) | 2022 | www.recordsofzsi.com Zoological Survey of India 115 Occurrence of Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) horni (Régimbart, 1902) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)... in Bhutan, China (Hong Kong, Yunnan), Indonesia (Sumatra, Sunda), Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Mascarene Island, Oman, Saudi Arabia (south), South Africa and Yemen (Arminudin and Yoshitomi, 2012; Jia et al., 2014). C. horni was also reported earlier from Andaman Islands and Sikkim in India. The current study recorded C.horni from wide variety of habitats such as agricultural fields, waterfalls and slow flowing streams. Along with C. horni, C. bhutanicum was also observed, which had been previously documented from Kerala, Rajasthan and Meghalaya. The present study also documents C. bhutanicum from the states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for the first time. However, it needs more extensive studies on aquatic beetles diversity and its distribution in the Deccan peninsular region. 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Review of Coelostoma of the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Part 1:Coelostomas. str. and Holocoelostoma. European J. Taxonomy, 690:1-32. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.690 116 Vol 122(1) | 2022 | www.recordsofzsi.com Zoological Survey of India