Abstract
THIS volume, which is the third contributed by Mr. G. J. Arrow to the “Fauna of British India ” series, deals with three very closely related families of clavicorn Coleoptera, namely, the Erotylidæ, Languriidæ, and Endomychidæ. They are all tropical groups that are but poorly represented in temperate regions. The Erotylidæ recorded from the Indian fauna number 129 species, and Mr. Arrow has established the new subfamily Euxestinaæ for four exceptional genera which possess a rounded, solid club to the antenna. The Languriidæ, with no Indian species, are not usually regarded as a separate family and most authorities place them among the Erotylidæ. Mr. Arrow, however, considers them sufficiently distinct to merit family rank, but their affinities are so intermingled with the Erotylidæ, Endomychidæ, and Cryptophagidæ that their taxonomic status is largely a matter of individual opinion. Unlike the Erotylidæ and Endomychidæ, the Languriidæ feed as larvae in stems and the imagines are very characteristically elongated. The third family—the Endomychidæ—includes 120 recorded Indian species included in three subfamilies.
The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma.
Edited by Sir Arthur E. Shipley; assisted by Dr. Hugh Scott. Coleoptera. Clavicornia. Erotylidæ, Languriidæ and Endomychidæ. By G. J. Arrow. Pp. xvi + 416. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1925.) 30s.
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I., A. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . Nature 116, 388 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116388b0
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