_____________Mun. Ent. Zool. Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2010__________ 1 A NEW CATALOGUE OF THE CERAMBYCIDAE (COLEOPTERA) OF ISRAEL WITH NOTES ON THEIR DISTRIBUTION AND HOST PLANTS Gianfranco Sama*, Jörn Buse**, Eylon Orbach***, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman****, Oz Rittner**** and Vladimir Chikatunov**** * Via Raffaello Sanzio 84, I-47023 Cesena, ITALY. E-mail:
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[email protected] **** Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL. [Sama, G., Buse, J., Orbach, E., Friedman, A. L. L., Rittner, O. & Chikatunov, V. 2010. A new catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Israel with notes on their distribution and host plants. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 5 (1): 1-51] ABSTRACT: A new Catalogue of the Cerambycidae from Israel is proposed with details on their distribution and host plants. A total of 104 species representing 65 genera and 5 subfamilies are recorded. All taxa mentioned by previous authors are quoted and discussed; a list of species to be excluded from the Israeli Cerambycid fauna is provided. Seven species are regarded as new records for Israel. KEY WORDS: Invertebrates, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Catalogue, Israel, east Mediterranean, new records. Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) are a group of insects belonging to the most attractive taxa for collectors all over the world. To date more than 25,000 species of Cerambycidae have been described worldwide, and there are possibly many more.