A new species of Diplatys (Insecta, Dermaptera, Diplatyidae) earwig from the Western Ghats of India

By

Karthik, Chikkabidare M.
Kamimura, Yoshitaka
Kalleshwaraswamy, Chicknayakanahalli M.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-3-7

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1088

Pages

53--64

Subjects

Diplatys sahyadriensis sp. nov. , Karnataka , Sri Lanka , Sugarcane

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1088.79416

 

Abstract

To explore diversity of earwigs (Dermaptera) in different agricultural ecosystems of South India, an extensive taxonomic survey was conducted in 2020 during which an undescribed species ofDiplatyswas collected. Twenty-one species of the genusDiplatys(Diplatyidae, Diplatyinae) have been reported to date from India, of which six species are known from Karnataka, South India. Based on a male specimen collected from a sugarcane field in Karnataka, a new species,Diplatys sahyadriensissp. nov., is described as the twenty-second species of this genus from India. A revised key to the males ofDiplatysspecies from India and Sri Lanka is provided. This new record adds to the known species diversity in the Sahyadri Ranges of the Western Ghats in Shivamogga District, Karnataka, part of the Southern Plateau and Hills agro-climatic region of India.