New records of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India

Abstract

<p>The present study reports new distribution records of seven species of Cerambycid beetles belonging to seven genera of seven tribes and under two subfamilies from Madhya Pradesh. As a result, based on the past literature and the present study, a total of 18 species of Cerambycidae are known from Madhya Pradesh. The paper also provides detailed diagnostic characters of the eight studied species. </p><div> </div>

First record of the long-horned beetle Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from the Western Ghats, India

“…The characters of N. fuscatrix given by Breuning (1962), Majumder et al (2015) and the photos on the website 'Lamiines of the World' match with our specimen confirming that the species in question is N. fuscatrix. The fauna of Maharashtra is known to include 59 species of cerambycid beetles including 23 species of Lamiinae (Ghate 2012).…”

“…The species N. fuscatrix was first described by Fabricius in 1792 as Lamia fuscator from Nagapattinam, India. It is reported from Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh (Kariyanna et al 2017), and Odisha (Majumder et al 2015). The present communication is based on a male specimen collected from the Shivaji University Campus, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.…”

“…The species was identified as Niphona (Niphona) fuscatrix vide keys by Breuning (1962). Majumder et al (2015) provided photographs, diagnosis, and distribution of N. fuscatrix which helped in identification of this beetle.…”

Woody flora of Karumpuliyuthu Hill, Tenkasi, Tamil Nadu, India: a checklist

“…Recently, Evitex-Izayas & Udayakumar (2021) in a thorn forest ecosystem, Uthumalai, Tirunelveli; Nagaraj & Udayakumar (2021) in a southern thorn forest existing within Vallanadu Blackbuck Sanctuary (VBS), Thoothukudi; Muneeswaran & Udayakumar (2022) in a Carnatic umbrella thorn forest, Therikadu, Thoothukudi observed the dominance of Fabaceae members. Notably, the members of Fabaceae constituted 52.36% of tree community in VBS (Nagaraj & Udayakumar 2021).Besides, Indian thorn forests act as home for threatened species(Joshi et al 2012;Baskaran & Desai 2013); range of insects(Adarsh et al 2013;Majumder et al 2015), and birds(Narwade & Fartade 2011;Babu & Bhupathy 2013).…”