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Calvicornia: Coleoptera Family Silvanidae
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Calvicornia: Coleoptera Family Silvanidae

Synopsis "The silvanids are small flat beetles belonging to the family Silvanidae of the Order Coleoptera. A large number of them occur under the bark of (fallen of felled) trees and it is due to this habitat that they derive the name 'flat bark beetles'. Quite a few of them live in haystacks, many species infest stored grains and other products of vegetable origin, while some may be saprobinots or anthophilous. Silvanids as such form a group of economically important beetles under Coleoptera. So far no Fauna of British India volume or a comprehensive treatise on the Indian Silvanidae has been published though they occur abundantly in India. 'Coleopteres de la Indienne' and 'Notes sur les Silvanini'' incorporating Indian silvanids were compiled by A. Grouvelle as early as in 1908 and 1912 respectively. Subsequent work on Silvanids from Indian region remained scattered in research papers. In the present treatise, Drs. T. Sengupta and T.K. Pal have provided a comprehensive account of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Burma and Sri Lanka. Incidentally, from 1980 till-date, no Silvanid has been reported from these countries to warrant their inclusion in the present volume. This volume of Fauna of India deals with the habitat, systematics, bionomics, distribution and phylogeny of Silvanids occurring in India and adjoining countries. The authors have dealt with adults and larvae separately. The taxonomic account of adults comprises 4 subfamilies, 14 genera and 69 species including new ones and new records, while that of larvae deals with 11 species under 10 genera and 4 subfamilies. The strength of the work lies in its utility and easy to use keys which would help to distinguish each taxon. It is expected that the present volume will serve as an excellent aid to the future workers in Silvanids taxonomy in the region."
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