Harshad ParekarSomaiya Vidyavihar | KJSIEIT · Department of Zoology
Harshad Parekar
MSc Zoology (Entomology)
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Introduction
Skills and Expertise
Education
August 2016 - April 2018
K.J. Somaiya College of Science & Commerce
Field of study
- Zoology-Entomology
July 2013 - April 2016
Publications
Publications (2)
Cryptalaus alveolatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from India. The species has unique morphological characters: conspicuous longitudinal median ridge on pronotum, elytral interstria II more depressed than interstriae I and III. The Indian fauna of the genus Cryptalaus Ȏhira, 1967 is updated and represented by seven species: C. alveolatus s...
Click beetles are members of the family Elateridae, the ninth largest family of beetles. Around 10,000 species are identified in among 600 genera. Although the family is one of the largest families of beetles, it remains comparatively less studied than some other families due to extreme homogeneity in their morphology. Very little is known about th...
Projects
Project (1)
1. To study systematics and diversity of Elateridae.
2. To update the knowledge of Elateridae from the Indian subcontinent.
