ISSN 0973-1555(Print) ISSN 2348-7372(Online) HALTERES, Volume 11, 118-128, 2020  LOBENO MOZHUI, AMIT RANA, KELEVIKHO NEIKHA AND L.N. KAKATI doi: 10.5281/zenodo.4405843

A checklist of long horn (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Lumami, Zunheboto District, Nagaland with 23 new records

Lobeno Mozhui1, Amit Rana2, Kelevikho Neikha1 and L.N. Kakati1*

1Department of Zoology, Nagaland University, Lumami 798627, Nagaland, India. 2Zoological Survey of India, North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong 793003, Meghalaya, India.

(Email: [email protected])

Abstract

A checklist of long horn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) within the geographical area of Lumami under Zunheboto District, Nagaland is provided. As per the current checklist there are 36 long horn species classified under 31 genera, 18 tribes and 3 sub-families (Prioninae, Cerambycinae and ); of which 23 species are new records for the state of Nagaland. For each species, accepted nomenclature followed by all relevant works reporting systematic classification and distribution within and outside India is provided. The checklist is based on specialized literature sources, collections and faunistic researches made by the authors.

Keywords: Cerambycidae, long horn beetles, Lumami, Nagaland, new record, Zunheboto.

Received: 11 June 2020; Revised: 30 December 2020; Online: 31 December 2020

Introduction The representatives of the family effort to present the distribution and diversity Cerambycidae are commonly known as of long horn beetles within the geographical longhorn beetles and can be easily recognised area of Lumami in Zunheboto District, from other families of Coleoptera by its Nagaland. elongated and somewhat parallel-sided body, long antennae and pseudo tetramerous tarsi. Materials and Methods With more than 36,000 described species in a) Study Area: more than 5000 genera from eight subfamilies, Sharing international border with Cerambycidae is one of the biggest families of Myanmar, Nagaland is a mountainous state in Coleoptera (Monne et al., 2017). However, in North-East India. The state harbours rich spite of having immense economic and faunal diversity including various species of ecological importance, the family is one of the ; however, the region is understudied as least studied in India (Kariyanna et al., 2017). many areas are difficult to access due to poor Similarly, even though Nagaland is recognized road connectivity. Lumami is located at as one of the major biodiversity hotspot (Indo- 26.20°N and 94.47°E and 942 meters above Burma) region of the World (supporting sea level (Fig. 1) and with its unique different unique floral and faunal species geographical location, the region hosts variety association), faunal diversity especially of habitats. With semi-evergreen forest, the Cerambycidae is least studied. Except for area is dominated by Abroma augusta (L.) faunistic information of Coleoptera belonging L.f., Bauhinia variegata (L.) Benth., to 7 families i.e., Silvanidae, Inopeplidae, Callicarpa arborea Roxb., Duabanga Erotylidae, Endomychidae, Monotomidae, grandiflora (Roxb. ex DC.) Walpers, Ficus Discolomidae and Languriidae (Anonymous, racemosa L., Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) 2005); and systematic account of 19 species by Pers., Oak trees (Quercus griffithii Hook.f. & Mitra et al. (2016) and a mention of 4 species Thomson ex Miq. and Quercus serrata by Mozhui et al. (2017), no proper Murray), Prunus cerasoides Buch. -Ham. ex documentation is available within the state of D.Don, Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth. and Nagaland. The present study is therefore, an

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Terminalia myriocarpa van Heurck & Müll. 4). Earlier reports of long horn beetles from Arg. Nagaland as well as 23 new records are b) Methodology: mentioned in the remarks for each species. The specimens were collected from Lumami during 2014 to 2020. The specimens Checklist of Collected Specimens were collected from trees, flowers, leaves and Systematic Account wooden logs involving various collection Subfamily: Prioninae Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Aegosomatini Thomson, 1861 1. Baralipton maculosum (Thomson, 1857) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 01(1)/2014). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 35 mm; Head: 15 mm. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim and West Bengal (Kolkata); Elsewhere: China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Remark: First record from Nagaland.

2. Nepiodes bowringi (Gahan, 1894) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 02(1)/2014). Figure 1: Location of Lumami (Zunheboto Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 15 mm; district), Nagaland (Source: Survey of India Head: 5 mm. toposheets) Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Sikkim; Elsewhere: methods and picked carefully with the help of Myanmar and Nepal. forceps; after which they were gently placed in Remark: Reported in Mitra et al., 2016a; a jar and killed with the help of benzene 2017. (Chandra et al., 2015). They were then brought to the laboratory where the collected 3. Nepiodes costipennis (White, 1853) specimens were first properly relaxed and Material examined: District Zunheboto, pinned and oven dried. The specimens were Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- examined under Labomed CZM6 stereo zoom 03(1)/2014). microscope, photographed with Nikon DSLR Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 13 mm; D5200 and labeled with Adobe Photoshop Head: 6 mm. v7.0. The specimens were identified using Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, relevant books and literatures (Gahan, 1906; Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, North India, Beeson and Bhatia, 1939; Breuning, 1964; Sikkim and West Bengal; Elsewhere: China Cherepanov, 1990; Mukhopadhyay and (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Biswas, 2000a, b; Shylesha et al., 2004; Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Mukhopadhyay and Halder, 2004; Komiya and Remark: Reported in Mitra et al., 2016a, Drumont, 2010; Agarwala and Bhattacharjee, 2017. 2012; Mitra et al., 2016a, b, c; Kariyanna et al., 2017; Monné et al., 2017; Behere et al., Tribe: Macrotomini Thomson, 1860 2019) and were compared with reference 4. Bandar pascoei (Lansberge, 1884) Material examined: District Zunheboto, collections from Zoological Survey of India, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- North Eastern Regional Centre, Shillong. 04(1)/2014).

Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 45 mm; Results Head: 17 mm. The present study reports a total of 36 Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, species belonging to 31 genera of 18 tribes Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, under 3 sub-families described below (Plate 1-

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Tripura and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet and Elsewhere: Borneo, China, Indonesia (Java, Vietnam. Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Remark: First record from Nagaland.

Figures 1-9: Long horn beetles of Lumami, Nagaland: 1. Baralipton maculosum; 2. Nepiodes bowringi; 3. Nepiodes costipennis; 4. Bandar pascoei; 5. Dorysthenes buqueti; 6. Dorysthenes indicus; 7. Prionomma bigibbosum; 8. Aphrodisium cantori; 9. Neoplocaederus obesus.

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Tribe: Prionini Latreille, 1802 Tribe: Cerambycini Martins & Monné, 5. Dorysthenes buqueti (Guérin-Méneville, 2002 1844) 9. Neoplocaederus obesus (Gahan, 1890) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 05(1)/2014). 02(1)/2015). Antennae: 11 segments; Body length: 11 mm; Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Head: 7 mm. Head: 8 mm. Distribution: India: Assam and Meghalaya; Distribution: India: Andaman Islands, Elsewhere: Bangladesh, China (Guangxi, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Yunnan), Indonesia (Java), Laos, Malaysia, Manipur, Nagaland, Odisha, Sikkim and West Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. Bengal; Elsewhere: Laos, Myanmar, South Remark: First record from Nagaland. China, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Remark: Reported in Mitra et al., 2016a, 6. Dorysthenes indicus (Hope, 1831) 2017. Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 10. Trirachys indutus (Newman, 1842) 06(1)/2014). Material examined: District Zunheboto, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 28 mm; Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Head: 10 mm. 08(3)/2014/2020). Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 28 mm Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal (head to bottom). (Darjeeling); Elsewhere: Bhutan, China Distribution: India: Andaman & Nicobar (Xizang) and Nepal. Islands, Assam, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu; Remark: First record from Nagaland. Elsewhere: Borneo, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines (Mindanao, 7. Prionomma bigibbosum (White, 1853) Luzon, Romblon, Sibuyan, Negros), Sri Material examined: District Zunheboto, Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Remark: First record from Nagaland. 07(3)/2014). Antennae: 11 segments; Body length: 32 mm; Tribe: Callidiopini Lacordaire, 1868 Head: 10 mm. 11. Ceresium zeylanicum (White, 1855 ) Distribution: India: Assam, Manipur, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Meghalaya and Sikkim; Elsewhere: Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Bangladesh, China (Yunnan, Hainan), Laos, 09(1)/2014). Myanmar and Thailand. Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 10 mm; Remark: First record from Nagaland. Head: 4.5 mm. Distribution: India: Assam and West Bengal; Subfamily: Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 Elsewhere: Borneo, Laos, Myanmar, Tribe: Callichromatini Swainson & Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand and Shuckard, 1840 Vietnam. 8. Aphrodisium cantori (Hope, 1840) Remark: First record from Nagaland. Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Tribe: Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 01(1)/2015). 12. Stromatium longicorne (Newman, 1842) Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 34 mm; Material examined: District Zunheboto, Head: 12 mm. Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Distribution: India: Assam, Gujarat, Manipur, 03(1)/2015). Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 15 mm; Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal Head: 12 mm. (Darjeeling); Elsewhere: Bangladesh, China Distribution: India: Assam and West Bengal; (Guangxi), Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka Elsewhere: Borneo, Cambodia, China, Japan, and Vietnam. Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Remark: First record from Nagaland. Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Remark: First record from Nagaland.

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Tribe: Xystrocerini Blanchard, 1845 Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 13 mm 13. Oplatocera (Epioplatocera) oberthuri Head: 5 mm. (Gahan, 1906) Distribution: India: Central India and Tamil Material examined: District Zunheboto, Nadu; Elsewhere: Data deficient. Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Remark: First record from Nagaland. 04(1)/2015). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Tribe: Batocerini Thomson, 1864 Head: 10 mm. 17. Apriona germari (Hope, 1831) Distribution: India: Sikkim and West Bengal Material examined: District Zunheboto, (Darjeeling); Elsewhere: Borneo, Bhutan, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Shaanxi, 12(1)/2014). Sichuan, Yunnan), Indonesia (Sumatra), Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 40 mm; Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan and Head: 10 mm. Thailand. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Remark: First record from Nagaland. Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh; Elsewhere: 14. Xystrocera festiva (Thomson, 1860) Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Japan, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam. 01(1)/2016). Remark: Reported in Behere et al., 2019. Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 26 mm; Head: 8 mm. 18. Batocera rubus (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution: India: Assam, Arunachal Material examined: District Zunheboto, Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim; Elsewhere: Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/EI/LB- Borneo, China (Hainan, Yunnan), Indonesia 58(1)/2015). (Java, Sumatra), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 31 mm; Thailand and Vietnam. Head: 12 mm. Remark: First record from Nagaland. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Meghalaya, Nagaland and 15. Xystrocera globosa (Olivier, 1795) Tamil Nadu; Elsewhere: Africa, Borneo, Material examined: District Zunheboto, China, France, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Japan (Ryukyu: Okinawa), Korea, Laos, 01(1)/2019). Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 11 mm; Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Head: 8 mm. Remark: Reported in Mozhui et al., 2017. Distribution: India: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, 19. Batocera lineolata (Chevrolat, 1852) Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Tamil Material examined: District Zunheboto, Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Elsewhere: Australia, China, Comoros, Egypt, 11(3)/2014). Korea, Hawaii, Indonesia (Java, Sulawesi, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 40 mm; Sumatra, Timor), Israel, Laos, Malaysia, Head: 15 mm. Madagascar, Marquesas, Mauritius, Myanmar, Distribution: India: Assam, Meghalaya, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Pakistan, Nagaland and Sikkim; Elsewhere: China, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Myanmar and Taiwan. Taiwan and Vietnam. Remark: Reported in Behere et al., 2019. Remark: First record from Nagaland. 20. Batocera parryi (Hope, 1845) Subfamily: Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 Material examined: District Zunheboto, Tribe: Mulstant, 1839 Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/EI/LB- 16. Pothyne multivittipennis (Breuning, 57(1)/2015). 1950) Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 30 mm; Material examined: District Zunheboto, Head: 10 mm. Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, 10(1)/2014). Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu; Elsewhere: Borneo, China,

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Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Laos, Myanmar, Remark: Reported in Mozhui et al., 2017. Taiwan and Vietnam.

Figures 10-18: Long horn beetles of Lumami, Nagaland: 10. Trirachys indutus; 11. Ceresium zeylanicum; 12. Stromatium longicorne; 13. Oplatocera (Epioplatocera) oberthuri; 14. Xystrocera festiva; 15. Xystrocera globosa; 16. Pothyne multivittipennis; 17. Apriona germari; 18. Batocera rubus.

Tribe: Ceroplesini Thomson, 1860 Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, 21. Thysia wallichii (Hope, 1831) Thailand and Vietnam. Material examined: District Zunheboto, Remark: Reported in Mitra et al., 2016a, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 2017. 05(1)/2015). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 23 mm; Tribe: Eunidiini Téocchi et al., 2010 Head: 10 mm. 22. Eunidia lateralis (Gahan, 1893) Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal; 06(2)/2015). Elsewhere: Borneo, China (Guangdong, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 6 mm; Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), Iran, Head: 3 mm.

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Distribution: India: Nagaland, South India Bangladesh, China, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, (Tamil Nadu); Elsewhere: Cambodia, China Thailand and Vietnam. (Hainan, Yunnan), Nepal, South Korea, Remark: Reported in Mitral et al., 2016a, Thailand and Vietnam. 2017; Behere et al., 2019. Remark: Reported in Behere et al., 2019. 27. Blepephaeus succinctor (Chevrolat, Tribe: Lamiini Latreille, 1825 1852) 23. Anoplophora stanleyana (Hope, 1839) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/EI/LB- 09(1)/2015). 56(1)/2015). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 17 mm; Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 21 mm; Head: 7 mm. Head: 9 mm. Distribution: India: Assam and West Bengal; Distribution: India: Assam and Sikkim; Elsewhere: Bangladesh, China, Laos, Elsewhere: China, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Thailand Thailand. and Vietnam. Remark: First record from Nagaland. Remark: First record from Nagaland.

Tribe: Mesosini Mulsant, 1839 28. Epepeotes uncinatus (Gahan, 1888) 24. Coptops leucostictica (White, 1858) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 10(2)/2015). 07(1)/2015). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 15 mm; Head: 10 mm. Head: 7 mm. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and West Bengal; Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Elsewhere: Bhutan, China, Laos, Myanmar, Bengal (Darjeeling); Elsewhere: Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Remark: First record from Nagaland. Thailand and Vietnam. Remark: Reported in Mitral et al., 2016a, 29. Monochamus bimaculatus (Gahan, 1888) 2017. Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 25. Mesosa (Perimesosa) binigrovittipennis 13(1)/2014). (Breuning, 1968) Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 10 mm; Material examined: District Zunheboto, Head: 4 mm. Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar 08(1)/2015). Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal; Elsewhere: Antennae: 8 segments; Body length: 12 mm; China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Head: 5 mm. Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Remark: First record from Nagaland. Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Elsewhere: Bhutan and Vietnam. 30. Pseudonemophas versteegii (Ritsema, Remark: First record from Nagaland. 1881) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Tribe Monochamini Gistel, 1856 Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 26. Aristobia reticulator (Fabricius, 1781) 01(2)/2017/2020). Material examined: District Zunheboto, Antennae: 11 segments; Body length: 22 mm; Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Head: 10 mm. 02(1)/2016). Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Head: 7 mm. Bengal; Elsewhere: Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Subtropical China, Indonesia (Sumatra), Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura; Elsewhere: Remark: Reported in Mitral et al., 2017; Behere et al., 2019.

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Figures 19-27: Long horn beetles of Lumami, Nagaland: 19. Batocera lineolata; 20. Batocera parryi; 21. Thysia wallichi; 22. Eunidia lateralis; 23. Anoplophora stanleyana; 24. Coptops leucostictica; 25. Mesosa (Primesosa) binigrovittipennis; 26. Aristobia reticulator; 27. Blepephaeus succintor.

Tribe: Petrognathini Blanchard, 1845 32. Pseudapriona flavoantennata (Breuning, 31. Ithocritus ruber (Hope, 1839) 1936) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 04(2)/2016). 03(1)/2016). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 20 mm; Head: 10 mm. Head: 7 mm. Distribution: India: Assam, Meghalaya and Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim; Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Myanmar Himalayan India, Meghalaya, Nagaland and and Vietnam. Peninsular India; Elsewhere: Myanmar and Remark: First record from Nagaland. Tibet. Remark: Reported in Mitral et al., 2017.

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Figures 28-36: Long horn beetles of Lumami, Nagaland: 28. Epepeotes unicatus; 29. Monochamus bimaculatus; 30. Pseudonemophas versteegii; 31. Ithocritus ruber; 32. Pseudapriona flavoantennata; 33. Pterolophia multifasciculata; 34. Sthenias franciscana; 35: Thylactus simulans; 36: Xylorhiza adusta.

Tribe: Pteropliini, Thomson, 1860 34. Sthenias franciscana (Thomson, 1865) 33. Pterolophia multifasciculata (Pic, 1926) Material examined: District Zunheboto, Material examined: District Zunheboto, Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- 05(1)/2016). 11(1)/2015). Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 12 mm; Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 8 mm; Head: 5 mm. Head: 3 mm. Distribution: India: Sikkim; Elsewhere: Distribution: India: Data deficient; Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Elsewhere: Cambodia, China, Thailand and Remark: First record from Nagaland. Vietnam. Remark: First record from Nagaland. Tribe: Lacordaire, 1872

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35. Thylactus simulans (Gahan, 1890) month of February. The present study led to Material examined: District Zunheboto, the firm belief that the region is rich with Village Lumami (Regd. No. NU/ZOO/LB- Cerambycidae diversity and further extensive 02(3)/2017). research and intensive sampling, may lead to Antennae: 10 segments; Body length: 22 mm; even more discoveries of both little known and Head: 6 mm. unknown taxa under this group. Distribution: India: Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Funding: This research received no Elsewhere: China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand external funding. and Vietnam. Remark: First record from Nagaland. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest. 36. Xylorhiza adusta (Wiedemann, 1819)

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