A New Apterous Species of the Genus Parathlibops Basilewsky (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae) from the Western Ghats, a Global Hotspot of Biodiversity in Southwest India

Abstract The genus Parathlibops Basilewsky, 1958 of the subfamily Scaritinae Bonelli, 1810 comprises 22 species globally, with five species known from India. Parathlibops devagiriensis Aswathi, Thomas, and Aswathi, new species is described from the Western Ghats, a global hotspot of biodiversity in southwest India, with a key to species of the genus Parathlibops from the Indian subcontinent.