Checklist of Carabidae (Coleoptera) in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, a dry forest in the rain shadow region of the southern Western Ghats, India

The first report on the composition of carabids from a natural forest in peninsular India as well dry belt rain shadow region Western Ghats is provided, with data subfamilies, tribes, genera, species, geographic range, collection techniques, and relevant literature details for all listed species. Fifty-four species belonging to 11 subfamilies 31 genera were recorded. Harpalinae, Lebiinae, Scaritinae 15, 14, seven respectively, are species-rich subfamilies. list also includes two records India, four southern six endemic Sri Lanka biodiversity hot spot.