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Dermaptera in Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding forested areas of West Bengal, India

Paramita Basu
Ramsaday College, Amta, Howrah, West Bengal, India

Rajatendu Banik
Derozio Memorial College, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Published online: 30 June, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52756/lbsopf.2024.e02.007

Keywords: Dermaptera, diversity, India, West Bengal, wildlife sanctuary

Abstract:

The present commentary is focused on the Dermapteran species assemblage in four tropical deciduous forests in India. Following continuous sampling of the forests from January, 2017 to December, 2018, 09 species of order Dermaptera belonging to anisolabididae, labiduridae, spongiphoridae and chelisochidae were recorded. Chelisochidae was the most species rich family. BWLS was the most species rich sanctuary and least number of species was recorded from SF. Monodominant moist deciduous forests like BWLS and BF exhibited similar kind of species composition and the community were mainly dominated by detritivores. Whereas predator species were most abundant on the other study area.

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Paramita Basu & Rajatendu Banik (2024). Dermaptera in Bethuadahari Wildlife Sanctuary and its surrounding forested areas of West Bengal, India. © International Academic Publishing House (IAPH), Dr. Somnath Das, Dr. Latoya Appleton, Dr. Jayanta Kumar Das, Madhumita Das (eds.), Life as Basic Science: An Overview and Prospects for the Future Volume: 2, pp. 87-95. ISBN: 978-81-969828-6-7
Doi: https://doi.org/10.52756/lbsopf.2024.e02.007

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