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large pits. L. 4-6 mm. Onitis spp. Black, reddish yellow hair, clypeus
elyptical. L. 16-23 mm. H. heimi. Blackor red or in parts, broadly oval,
hemispherical. L. 2-3 mm. in the nest of Phidole ant.
See Fletcher T. B. (i919) Rep. Pro. 3rd £nto. Meet. Pusa pp. 165- 183
Annotated list of crop pests.
Hingston R. W. G. (1923) A naturalist in Hindustan pp. 209-274.
Fam. Lucanidae (Stag beetles), ( स भातावरीलर किडा (Plकडी, नाडत) (P. V, Fig. 74) Smooth,
shining, elytra covering the body. Mandibles in males greatly developed
,often equal to the rest of the body, in females usually small and stout. Size
varies greatly even in same species in all respects. Generally inhabit thick
moist forests and high altitudes. Larvae fleshy, strongly curved,
stridulating. Feed in decaying or soft logs of wood, never in hard or
seasoned wood, in irregular tunnel for a year or two and pupate inside in
debris. About 900 species known, about 150 in the Indian region, 2-3
small ones in Maharashtra.
D. curvipes. Black, female shining, male dull, convex, eyes prominent, a
curved spinde on thorax. Elytra punctured, pointed at shoulder. L. 12-20
mm. 11-14 mm. Female excluding mandibles. F. caviceps. Black, shining
punctured above, a double hump in hind part of head, depression in front,
a laminar projection. L. 9-10 mm.
Fam. Passalidae consists of black or dark brown beetles fairly big,
flattened with elytra longitudinally striated, covering abdomen fully.
Resemble Tenebrionidae. Soft wood borers. Can produce notes. Not
common in Maharashtra.
Fam. Cerambycidae. (PI. V, Fig. 75) (झुरळ) (P डी, नाडत पुडी, ना खरणी)