First record of Mesomorphus latiusculus Chatanay (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from India and its association with the ant Chronoxenusdalyi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sheela Saroj; Diptarka Ghosh; Viswanath Hegde

Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies

2018, Vol. 6, Issue 3

**First record of Mesomorphus latiusculus Chatanay (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from India and its association with the ant Chronoxenusdalyi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)**

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Sheela Saroj, Diptarka Ghosh and Viswanath Hegde

abstract
Association between a Tenebrionid beetle, Mesomorphus latiusculus Chatanay and an ant Chronoxenusdalyi Forel, is reported from Satkosia Tiger Reserve, Odisha, India. Mesomorphus latiusculus is reported for the first time not only from Odisha but also from India. Both species are rarely distributed and their biology is not known so far.

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Sheela Saroj, Diptarka Ghosh, Viswanath Hegde. First record of Mesomorphus latiusculus Chatanay (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from India and its association with the ant Chronoxenusdalyi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Entomol Zool Stud 2018;6(3):236-238.

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