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The Journal of Zoology Studies

Vol. 3 No. 4 2016 Journalofzoology.com

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The Journal of Zoology Studies 2016; 3(4): 39-47

ISSN 2348-5914

JOZS 2016; 3(4): 39-47

JOZS © 2016

Received: 07-07-2016

Accepted: 12-08-2016

Bulganin Mitra

Scientist – C

Zoological Survey of India,

Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Priyanka Das

Junior Research Fellow,


Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Udipta Chakraborti



Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Kaushik Mallick



Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Amitava Majumder



Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Corresponding Author:

Bulganin Mitra

Scientist – C


Kolkata – 700053.

India.

Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) of Meghalaya

with eight new records

Authors: Bulganin Mitra, Priyanka Das, Udipta Chakraborti , Kaushik Mallick, Amitava Majumder

Abstract

81 species under 53 genera of 28 tribes under 3 subfamilies of the family Cerambycidae are

reported from the state of Meghalaya. Among which eight species, namely, Tetraglenes insignis

Newman, 1842, Palimnodes ducalis (Bates, 1884), Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius, 1801),

Acalolepta elongata (Breuning, 1935), Pharsalia (Cycos) subgemmata (Thomson, 1857),

Oberea posticata Gahan, 1894, Sthenias gracilis Breuning, 1938, Glenea (Glenea) t-notata

Gahan, 1889 are reported for the first time from this North-eastern state.

Keywords: Cerambycidae, India, Meghalaya, New Records

1. Introduction

The first record of cerambycid beetle from Meghalaya was as early as in the middle of

Eighteenth century by Thomson as reported by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) [1]

. After that,

few more species were also reported from this state by Breuning (1938) [2]

. Voluminous work on

cerambycid fauna of this state was made by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) [1]

and reported

71 species.

Present communication reports 81 species under 53 genera of 28 tribes under 3 subfamilies from

this state of which eight species are reported for the first time from the state of Meghalaya.

These eight species are reported from the old National Zoological collections of Zoological

Survey of India and marked with ‘#’. This documentation also provides a consolidated checklist

of the family Cerambycidae of Meghalaya along with their valid scientific names and current

classification after Delahaye (2014) [3]

and Lamiaires du Monde: http:// www.lamiinae.org/ (23

May, 2013) [4]

.



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2. Study area:

Meghalaya is a Northeastern state of India bounded by

state Assam and country Bangladesh. Total cover of

this area is 22,429 Sq km. The forests of Meghalaya

can be broadly grouped into tropical, subtropical and

temperate types and forest cover is 8,510 Sq km.

3. Results:

Present communication reports 81 species under 53

genera of 28 tribes under 3 subfamilies from the state

of Meghalaya (table.1). The subfamily Lamiinae shares

maximum number of species (71%), followed by

Cerambycinae (20%) and Prioninae (9%) (Figure: 1).

Table 1: List of Cerambycid species so far reported from the state of Meghalaya

Subfamily Prioninae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Aegosomatini Thomson, 1861

1.

Aegosoma ornaticolle

White, 1853

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya

and Sikkim.

This species is earlier reported

by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000)

2. Nepiodes costipennis

(White, 1853)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya

and Sikkim

This species is reported as

Aegosoma costipenne White by

Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000)

Tribe Anacolini Thomson, 1857

3 Sarmydus antennatus

Pascoe, 1867

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh,

Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and

West Bengal



(2000)

Tribe Macrotomini (Thomson, 1860)

4.

Anomophysis

inscripta

(Waterhouse, 1884)

Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir,

Maharashtra, Meghalaya and West Bengal

Reported as Macrotoma crenata

(Fabricius) by Mukhopadhyay

and Biswas (2000)

Tribe Prionini Latreille, 1802

5.

Dorysthenes

(Lophosternus) buquetii

(Guerin-Meneville, 1844)

Assam, Karnataka and Meghalaya.


Lophosternus buqueti Guerin by


(2000)

6.

Dorysthenes

(Lophosternus) indicus

(Hope, 1831)

Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya and

West Bengal.


Lophosternus indicus Hope by


(2000)

7.

Prionomma

(Ancyloprotus) bigibbosum

(White 1853)

Assam, Maharastra, Manipur and Meghalaya.


Ancyloprotus bigibbosus White


(2000)

Subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802

Tribe Callichromatini Blanchard, 1845

8. Cataphrodisium

rubripenne (Hope, 1843)

Manipur and Meghalaya.


Aphrodisium rubripennis Hope


(2000)

9. Chelidonium argentatum

(Dalman, 1817)

Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tamil

Nadu.



(2000)

10.

Chloridolum

(Chloridolum) alcmene

Thomson, 1865

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Manipur,

Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu.

This species is reported by


(2000) from the materials of

Shillong Museum. Present

communication reports three



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materials of NZC collection

present in Zoological Survey of

India, Kolkata.

11.

Chloridolum

(Chloridolum) bivittatum

(White, 1853)

Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya.



(2000)

12.

Chloridolum

(Chloridolum) perlaetum

White, 1853

Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000)

13. Zonopterus flavitarsis

Hope, 1843 Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000)

Tribe Callidiopini Lacordaire, 1869

14.

Ceresium leucosticticum

White, 1855

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,

Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Meghalaya,

Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West

Bengal.



(2000)

15. Stenygrinum

quadrinotatum Bates, 1873

Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya.



(2000)

Tribe Cerambycini Mulsant, 1839

16.

Hoplocerambyx

spinicornis (Newman,

1842)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattishgarh,

Gujrat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra,

Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim,

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.



(2000)

17. Neocerambyx paris

(Wiedemann, 1821)

Karnataka, Maharastra, Meghalaya, North India,

Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Clytini Mulsant, 1839

18.

Chlorophorus annularis

(Fabricius, 1787)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal

Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra,

Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar

Pradesh and West Bengal.

This species is reported d as

Caloclytus annularis Fabricius


(2000)

19. Xylotrechus incurvatus

contortus Gahan, 1906

Manipur, Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000) as Xylotrechus contortus

Gahan, 1906

Tribe Compsocerini Thomson, 1864

20. Rosalia (Eurybatus)

formosa (Saunders, 1839)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and

West Bengal.



(2000) as Rosalia formosa

Saunders.

Tribe Glaucytini Thomson, 1864

21. Polyphida metallica

(Nonfried, 1893)

Manipur, Meghalaya and North India.



(2000)

Tribe Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839

22.

Stromatium barbatum

(Fabricius, 1775)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh,

Assam, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura

and West Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Xystrocerini Blanchard, 1845



2

23.

Xystrocera festiva

Thomson, 1860

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya.



(2000)

Subfamily Lamiinae Latreille, 1825

Tribe Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839

#24.

Tetraglenes insignis

Newman, 1842

Meghalaya. This is the first report of this

species from Meghalaya.

Tribe Ancylonotini Lacordaire, 1869

#25.

Palimnodes ducalis (Bates,

1884)

Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and North India.

This is the first report of this

species from Meghalaya

Tribe Apomecynini Thomson, 1861

26. Apomecyna leucosticta

(Hope, 1831)

Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal.


by Biswas and Basak (1992) [5]

.

Tribe Batocerini Thomson, 1864

27.

Apriona germari (Hope,

1831)

Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur,

Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West

Bengal.



(2000)

28.

Batocera lineolata

Chevrolat, 1852

Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, South Himalaya and

West Bengal.


Batocera b. lineolata Chev. var.

adelpha Thomson by


(2000)

29.

Batocera numitor

Newman, 1842

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra,

Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West

Bengal.


Batocera b. numitor Newman

and Batocera b. numitor

Newman var. titana Thomson


(2000)

30.

Batocera parryi (Hope,

1845)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and

West Bengal.


Batocera (Semibatocera) parryi

Hope var. calanus Parry by


(2000)

31.

Batocera roylii (Hope,

1833)

Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya and West

Bengal.



(2000) as Batocera tyrannolamia

roylei Hope

32.

Batocera rubus (Linnaeus,

1758)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himalaya,

Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim,

Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.



(2000) as Batocera b. rubus

Linnaeus.

33. Batocera rufomaculata

(Degeer, 1775)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Manipur,

Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh,

Uttarakhand and West Bengal.


by Tahkur et al.(2012) [6]

.

Tribe Ceroplesini Thomson, 1861

34.

Thysia wallichi

(Hope,1831)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya,

Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Dorcaschematini Thomson, 1861



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#35.

Olenecamptus bilobus

(Fabricius, 1801)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Maharashtra,

Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura,

Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.



Tribe Gnomini Thomson, 1861

36. Imantocera penicillata

(Hope, 1831)

Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000)

Tribe Monochamini Gistel, 1856

37.

Acalolepta aurata (Gahan,

1888)

Meghalaya.


Monochamus auratus Gahan by


(2000)

#38.

Acalolepta elongata

(Breuning, 1935)

Meghalaya and Sikkim.



39.

Acalolepta permutans

(Pascoe, 1857)

Meghalaya.


Monochamus permutans Pascoe


(2000) from Meghalaya. But the

present authors did not found

any other report of the

occurrence of this species from

India.

40. Acalolepta sulphurifera

(Hope, 1842)

Meghalaya.


Monochamus sulphurifer Hope


(2000)

41.

Aristobia reticulator

(Fabricius, 1781)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya,

Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura.


Aristobia testudo by Tahkur et

al.(2012) and

reported as

Aristobia clathrator Thomson,

Aristobia testudo Voet by


(2000)

42. Aristobia horridula (Hope,

1831) Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.



(2000)

43. Blepephaeus succinctor

(Chevrolat, 1852) Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal.



(2000)

44. Epepeotes uncinatus

Gahan, 1888 Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.



(2000)

45. Hechinoschema spinosa

Thomson, 1857 Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000)

46.

Macrochenus guerinii

(White, 1858)

Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.


Macrochenus guerini White by


(2000)

47. Mimoleprodera granulosa

Breuning, 1938

Meghalaya.


by Breuning (1938)

48. Monochamus

(Monochamus)

Meghalaya.


by Breuning (1938).



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basifossulatus Breuning,

1938

49. Paraepepeotes guttatus

(Guerin, 1844) Meghalaya and Sikkim.


Epepeotes guttatus Guerin by


(2000)

50. Paraleprodera stephanus

(White, 1858) Assam and Meghalaya.


Leprodera stephanus White by


(2000)

#51.

Pharsalia (Cycos)

subgemmata (Thomson,

1857)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya and

West Bengal

This is the first report from

Meghalaya.

52. Pharsalia suturalis

Aurivillius, 1920

Assam and Meghalaya.



(2000)

53.

Pseudonemophas

versteegii (Ritsema, 1881)

Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West

Bengal.


Anoplophora versteegi by

Tahkur et al.(2012) and reported

as Monochamus versteegi Rits


(2000)

54. Stratioceros princeps

Lacordaire, 1869 Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.



(2000)

Tribe Obereini Pascoe, 1864

55.

Oberea insperans Pascoe,

1857

Meghalaya.


Oberea insensibilis Pascoe by


(2000)

#56.

Oberea posticata Gahan,

1894 Assam and Meghalaya



Tribe Petrognathini Blanchard, 1845

57.

Ithocritus ruber (Hope,

1839)

Assam, Himalaya, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West

Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Phrissomini Thomson, 1861

58.

Morimus misellus

Breuning, 1938

Meghalaya.


by Breuning (1938) from

Meghalaya.

59.

Morimus lethalis

Thomson, 1857

Meghalaya.


Morimus morimoides White by


(2000)

Tribe Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839

60. Linda (Dasylinda) testacea

(Saunders, 1839) Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim.



(2000)

61.

Nupserha annulata

(Thomson, 1857)

Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal.



(2000)

62. Nupserha lenita (Pascoe, Meghalaya. This species is earlier reported



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1867) by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000)

63.

Nupserha quadrioculata

(Thunberg, 1787)

Indian Himalaya, Meghalaya and West Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839

64.

Exocentrus

(Pseudocentrus)

granulicollis Fisher, 1932

Meghalaya.

This species is originally

reported by Fisher (1932) [7]

from Assam (Meghalaya at

present). The species is

distributed outside India

(lamiaires du monde:

http://www.lamiinae.org/ )

Tribe Pteropliini Thomson, 1861

65

Pterolophia (Lychrosis)

humerosa (Thomson,

1865)

Meghalaya.


Lychrosis humerosus Thomson


(2000)

66 Pterolophia (Lychrosis)

zebrina (Pascoe, 1858)

Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu

and West Bengal.


Lychrosis zebrinus Pascoe by


(2000)

67. Pterolophia longiuscula

Breuning, 1938 Assam and Meghalaya.


Breuning (1938) from

Meghalaya.

68.

Pterolophia (Hylobrotus)

obscuroides Breuning,

1938

Meghalaya and West Bengal.



Meghalaya.

69. Pterolophia (Hylobrotus)

subcostata Breuning, 1938

Meghalaya.



Meghalaya.

70. Pterolophia (Lychrosis)

subbicolor Breuning, 1960 Meghalaya.


Breuning (1965) [8]

from

Meghalaya.

71.

Sthenias grisator

(Fabricius, 1787)

Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala,

Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,

Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.



(2000)

#72.

Sthenias gracilis Breuning,

1938

Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya.



Tribe Saperdini Mulsant, 1839

73. Glenea (Aridoglenea)

cancellata Thomson, 1865 Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim.


Glenea (Stiroglenea) cancellata

Thomson by Mukhopadhyay

and Biswas (2000)

74.

Glenea indiana

(Thomson,1857)

Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.



(2000)

75. Glenea lecta Gahan, 1889 Meghalaya.





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(2000)

76.

Glenea pulchra

Aurivillius, 1926

Karnataka, Manipur, Meghalaya, Peninsular India,

Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.


Glenea (s.str.) pulchella

Thomson by Mukhopadhyay

and Biswas (2000)

77. Glenea sulphurea

Thomson, 1865 Meghalaya.



(2000)

#78.

Glenea (Glenea) t-notata

Gahan, 1889

Meghalaya



79. Serixia inconspicua

Gardner, 1936 Meghalaya. West Bengal



(2000)

80.

Stibara tetraspilota Hope,

1840

Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra,

Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West

Bengal.



(2000)

Tribe Xylorhizini Lacordaire, 1872

81.

Xylorhiza adusta

(Wiedemann, 1819)

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim,

Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.



(2000)

Fig 1: Distribution of cerambycid species in Meghalaya (Subfamily-wise)

4. Discussion:

Among the wood boring insects of the freshly felled

logs, the long horned beetles or roundhead borers

belonging to the order Coleoptera and family

Cerambycidae are found in large varieties and

abundance in the tropics. Seventy percent of forested

land, abundant rainfall and vast variety of timber plants

of Meghalaya also provide these cerambycid borers an

ideal habitat.

But the progress of taxonomic and biological studies

on the cerambycid borers of India and Meghalaya in

particular does not commensurate at all with their

economic importance. No holistic approach has also

been made so far to update the scientific nomenclature

of cerambycids of this state in the light of modern

classification.

Therefore, this consolidated account of taxonomic

knowledge along with current scientific names of the

cerambycid beetles will certainly help to monitor of

these noxious pest in the forests of Meghalaya.

5. Acknowledgement

Authors are grateful to Dr. Kailash Chandra, Director,

ZSI, Kolkata for providing necessary facilities and

study the materials. Thanks are also due to Shri K.C.



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Gopi, Scientist-F, ZSI, Kolkata for his keen interest

and constant encouragement.

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