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

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ISSN 2348-5914 JOZS 2016; 3(4): 39-47 Longhorn (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) of Meghalaya JOZS © 2016 with eight new records Received: 07-07-2016

Accepted: 12-08-2016 Authors: Bulganin Mitra, Priyanka Das, Udipta Chakraborti , Kaushik Mallick, Amitava Majumder

Abstract Bulganin Mitra Scientist – C 81 species under 53 genera of 28 tribes under 3 subfamilies of the family Cerambycidae are Zoological Survey of , Kolkata – 700053. reported from the state of Meghalaya. Among which eight species, namely, Tetraglenes insignis India. Newman, 1842, Palimnodes ducalis (Bates, 1884), Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius, 1801), Priyanka Das Junior Research Fellow, Acalolepta elongata (Breuning, 1935), Pharsalia (Cycos) subgemmata (Thomson, 1857), Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata – 700053. Oberea posticata Gahan, 1894, Sthenias gracilis Breuning, 1938, Glenea (Glenea) t-notata India. Gahan, 1889 are reported for the first time from this North-eastern state. Udipta Chakraborti Junior Research Fellow, Zoological Survey of India, Keywords: Cerambycidae, India, Meghalaya, New Records Kolkata – 700053. India. 1. Introduction

Kaushik Mallick The first record of cerambycid from Meghalaya was as early as in the middle of Junior Research Fellow, Zoological Survey of India, Eighteenth century by Thomson as reported by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) [1]. After that, Kolkata – 700053. India. few more species were also reported from this state by Breuning (1938) [2]. Voluminous work on

Amitava Majumder cerambycid fauna of this state was made by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) [1] and reported Junior Research Fellow, Zoological Survey of India, 71 species. Kolkata – 700053. India. 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 Corresponding Author: Bulganin Mitra classification after Delahaye (2014) [3] and Lamiaires du Monde: http:// www.lamiinae.org/ (23 Scientist – C Zoological Survey of India, May, 2013) [4]. Kolkata – 700053. India.

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2. Study area: 3. Results: Meghalaya is a Northeastern state of India bounded by Present communication reports 81 species under 53 state Assam and country Bangladesh. Total cover of genera of 28 tribes under 3 subfamilies from the state this area is 22,429 Sq km. The forests of Meghalaya of Meghalaya (table.1). The subfamily shares can be broadly grouped into tropical, subtropical and maximum number of species (71%), followed by temperate types and forest cover is 8,510 Sq km. 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 ornaticolle This species is earlier reported Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya 1. White, 1853 by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas and Sikkim. (2000) This species is reported as Nepiodes costipennis Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya Aegosoma costipenne White by 2. (White, 1853) and Sikkim Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) Tribe Anacolini Thomson, 1857 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, This species is earlier reported Sarmydus antennatus 3 Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand and by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Pascoe, 1867 West Bengal (2000) Tribe Macrotomini (Thomson, 1860) Anomophysis Reported as crenata Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, 4. inscripta (Fabricius) by Mukhopadhyay Maharashtra, Meghalaya and West Bengal (Waterhouse, 1884) and Biswas (2000) Tribe Prionini Latreille, 1802 This species is reported as 5. Lophosternus buqueti Guerin by (Lophosternus) buquetii Assam, Karnataka and Meghalaya. Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Guerin-Meneville, 1844) (2000) This species is reported as Dorysthenes Karnataka, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya and Lophosternus indicus Hope by 6. (Lophosternus) indicus West Bengal. Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Hope, 1831) (2000) This species is reported as Prionomma Ancyloprotus bigibbosus White Assam, Maharastra, Manipur and Meghalaya. 7. (Ancyloprotus) bigibbosum by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(White 1853) (2000)

Subfamily Cerambycinae Latreille, 1802 Tribe Callichromatini Blanchard, 1845 This species is reported as Cataphrodisium Manipur and Meghalaya. Aphrodisium rubripennis Hope 8. rubripenne (Hope, 1843) by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is earlier reported Chelidonium argentatum Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tamil 9. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Dalman, 1817) Nadu. (2000) This species is reported by Chloridolum Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Manipur, Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Chloridolum) alcmene 10. Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. (2000) from the materials of Thomson, 1865 Shillong Museum. Present

communication reports three

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materials of NZC collection present in Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. This species is earlier reported Chloridolum Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 11. (Chloridolum) bivittatum (2000) (White, 1853)

Chloridolum This species is earlier reported (Chloridolum) perlaetum Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 12. White, 1853 (2000)

This species is earlier reported Zonopterus flavitarsis 13. Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Hope, 1843 (2000) Tribe Callidiopini Lacordaire, 1869 Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, This species is earlier reported Ceresium leucosticticum Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Meghalaya, by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 14. White, 1855 Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West (2000)

Bengal. This species is earlier reported Stenygrinum Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 15. quadrinotatum Bates, 1873 (2000)

Tribe Cerambycini Mulsant, 1839 Hoplocerambyx Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chattishgarh, This species is earlier reported spinicornis (Newman, Gujrat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 16. 1842) Meghalaya, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, (2000) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. This species is earlier reported Neocerambyx paris Karnataka, Maharastra, Meghalaya, North India, 17. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Wiedemann, 1821) Odisha, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. (2000) Tribe Clytini Mulsant, 1839 This species is reported d as Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Chlorophorus annularis Caloclytus annularis Fabricius Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, 18. (Fabricius, 1787) by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar (2000) Pradesh and West Bengal.

This species is reported by Xylotrechus incurvatus Manipur, Meghalaya and Sikkim. Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 19. contortus Gahan, 1906 (2000) as Xylotrechus contortus Gahan, 1906 Tribe Compsocerini Thomson, 1864 This species is reported by Rosalia (Eurybatus) Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 20. formosa (Saunders, 1839) West Bengal. (2000) as Rosalia formosa Saunders. Tribe Glaucytini Thomson, 1864 This species is earlier reported Polyphida metallica Manipur, Meghalaya and North India. 21. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Nonfried, 1893) (2000) Tribe Hesperophanini Mulsant, 1839 Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, This species is earlier reported 22. Stromatium barbatum Assam, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Fabricius, 1775) and West Bengal. (2000) Tribe Xystrocerini Blanchard, 1845

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This species is earlier reported Xystrocera festiva by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 23. Thomson, 1860 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya. (2000)

Subfamily Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 Tribe Agapanthiini Mulsant, 1839 Tetraglenes insignis This is the first report of this #24. Newman, 1842 Meghalaya. species from Meghalaya.

Tribe Ancylonotini Lacordaire, 1869 Palimnodes ducalis (Bates, Himachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and North India. This is the first report of this #25. 1884) species from Meghalaya Tribe Apomecynini Thomson, 1861 This species is earlier reported Apomecyna leucosticta Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal. 26. by Biswas and Basak (1992) [5]. (Hope, 1831)

Tribe Thomson, 1864 This species is earlier reported germari (Hope, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 27. 1831) Meghalaya, Punjab, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West (2000) Bengal.

This species is reported as lineolata Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, South Himalaya and Batocera b. lineolata Chev. var. 28. Chevrolat, 1852 West Bengal. adelpha Thomson by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported as Batocera b. numitor Newman Batocera numitor Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, and Batocera b. numitor 29. Newman, 1842 Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West Newman var. titana Thomson Bengal. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported as Batocera parryi (Hope, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Batocera (Semibatocera) parryi 30. 1845) West Bengal. Hope var. calanus Parry by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported by Batocera roylii (Hope, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Meghalaya and West Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 31. 1833) Bengal. (2000) as Batocera tyrannolamia

roylei Hope This species is reported by (Linnaeus, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himalaya, Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 32. 1758) Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, (2000) as Batocera b. rubus Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Linnaeus.

Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Maharashtra, Manipur, This species is earlier reported 33. Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, by Tahkur et al.(2012) [6] . (Degeer, 1775) Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Tribe Ceroplesini Thomson, 1861 This species is reported by Thysia wallichi Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 34. (Hope,1831) Nagaland, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. (2000)

Tribe Dorcaschematini Thomson, 1861

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Olenecamptus bilobus Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Maharashtra, This is the first report of this #35. (Fabricius, 1801) Manipur, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, species from Meghalaya Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. Tribe Gnomini Thomson, 1861 This species is earlier reported Imantocera penicillata Meghalaya and Sikkim. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 36. (Hope, 1831) (2000)

Tribe Monochamini Gistel, 1856 This species is reported as Acalolepta aurata (Gahan, Meghalaya. Monochamus auratus Gahan by 37. 1888) Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000) Acalolepta elongata Meghalaya and Sikkim. This is the first report of this #38. (Breuning, 1935) species from Meghalaya This species is reported as Monochamus permutans Pascoe by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Acalolepta permutans Meghalaya. (2000) from Meghalaya. But the 39. (Pascoe, 1857) present authors did not found

any other report of the occurrence of this species from India. This species is reported as Acalolepta sulphurifera Meghalaya. Monochamus sulphurifer Hope 40. (Hope, 1842) by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported as Aristobia testudo by Tahkur et Aristobia reticulator Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, al.(2012) and reported as 41. (Fabricius, 1781) Mizoram, Sikkim and Tripura. Aristobia clathrator Thomson, Aristobia testudo Voet by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is earlier reported Aristobia horridula (Hope, 42. Meghalaya, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 1831) (2000) This species is earlier reported Blepephaeus succinctor 43. Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Bengal. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (Chevrolat, 1852) (2000) This species is earlier reported Epepeotes uncinatus 44. Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Gahan, 1888 (2000) This species is earlier reported Hechinoschema spinosa 45. Meghalaya and Sikkim. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Thomson, 1857 (2000) This species is reported as Macrochenus guerinii Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. Macrochenus guerini White by 46. (White, 1858) Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000) This species is earlier reported Mimoleprodera granulosa Meghalaya. 47. by Breuning (1938) Breuning, 1938

Monochamus Meghalaya. This species is earlier reported 48. (Monochamus) by Breuning (1938).

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basifossulatus Breuning, 1938 This species is reported as Paraepepeotes guttatus Epepeotes guttatus Guerin by 49. Meghalaya and Sikkim. (Guerin, 1844) Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported as Paraleprodera stephanus Leprodera stephanus White by 50. Assam and Meghalaya. (White, 1858) Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) Pharsalia (Cycos) This is the first report from #51. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Meghalaya and subgemmata (Thomson, Meghalaya. West Bengal 1857) This species is earlier reported Pharsalia suturalis Assam and Meghalaya. 52. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Aurivillius, 1920 (2000) This species is reported as Anoplophora versteegi by Pseudonemophas Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West Tahkur et al.(2012) and reported versteegii (Ritsema, 1881) 53. Bengal. as Monochamus versteegi Rits

by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is earlier reported Stratioceros princeps 54. Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Lacordaire, 1869 (2000) Tribe Obereini Pascoe, 1864 This species is reported as Oberea insperans Pascoe, Meghalaya. Oberea insensibilis Pascoe by 55. 1857 Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000) Oberea posticata Gahan, This is the first report of this #56. Assam and Meghalaya 1894 species from Meghalaya. Tribe Petrognathini Blanchard, 1845 This species is earlier reported Ithocritus ruber (Hope, Assam, Himalaya, Meghalaya, Sikkim and West by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 57. 1839) Bengal. (2000)

Tribe Thomson, 1861 misellus This species is earlier reported Meghalaya. 58. Breuning, 1938 by Breuning (1938) from

Meghalaya. This species is reported as Morimus lethalis Meghalaya. Morimus morimoides White by 59. Thomson, 1857 Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

(2000) Tribe Phytoeciini Mulsant, 1839 This species is earlier reported Linda (Dasylinda) testacea by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 60. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim. (Saunders, 1839) (2000)

This species is earlier reported Nupserha annulata by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 61. (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) This species is earlier reported Nupserha quadrioculata by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 63. (Thunberg, 1787) Indian Himalaya, Meghalaya and West Bengal. (2000)

Tribe Pogonocherini Mulsant, 1839 This species is originally reported by Fisher (1932) [7] Exocentrus from Assam (Meghalaya at Meghalaya. 64. (Pseudocentrus) present). The species is

granulicollis Fisher, 1932 distributed outside India (lamiaires du monde: http://www.lamiinae.org/ ) Tribe Thomson, 1861 Meghalaya. This species is reported as Pterolophia (Lychrosis) Lychrosis humerosus Thomson 65 humerosa (Thomson, by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 1865) (2000) This species is reported as Pterolophia (Lychrosis) Assam, Kerala, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu Lychrosis zebrinus Pascoe by 66 zebrina (Pascoe, 1858) and West Bengal. Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is reported by Pterolophia longiuscula 67. Assam and Meghalaya. Breuning (1938) from Breuning, 1938 Meghalaya. Pterolophia (Hylobrotus) This species is reported by 68. obscuroides Breuning, Meghalaya and West Bengal. Breuning (1938) from 1938 Meghalaya. This species is reported by Pterolophia (Hylobrotus) Meghalaya. Breuning (1938) from 69. subcostata Breuning, 1938 Meghalaya.

This species is reported by Pterolophia (Lychrosis) Breuning (1965) [8] from 70. Meghalaya. subbicolor Breuning, 1960 Meghalaya.

This species is earlier reported Arunachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 71. (Fabricius, 1787) Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, (2000) Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

Sthenias gracilis Breuning, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. This is the first report of this #72. 1938 species from Meghalaya. Tribe Mulsant, 1839 This species is reported as Glenea (Aridoglenea) Glenea (Stiroglenea) cancellata 73. Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim. cancellata Thomson, 1865 Thomson by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000) This species is earlier reported Glenea indiana by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 74. (Thomson,1857) Meghalaya, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal. (2000)

Meghalaya. This species is earlier reported 75. Glenea lecta Gahan, 1889 by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas

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(2000) This species is reported as Glenea pulchra Karnataka, Manipur, Meghalaya, Peninsular India, Glenea (s.str.) pulchella 76. Aurivillius, 1926 Sikkim, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Thomson by Mukhopadhyay

and Biswas (2000) This species is earlier reported Glenea sulphurea 77. Meghalaya. by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Thomson, 1865 (2000) Glenea (Glenea) t-notata Meghalaya This is the first report of this #78. Gahan, 1889 species from Meghalaya This species is reported by Serixia inconspicua 79. Meghalaya. West Bengal Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Gardner, 1936 (2000) This species is reported by Stibara tetraspilota Hope, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Mukhopadhyay and Biswas 80. 1840 Meghalaya, Odisha, Sikkim, Tripura and West (2000) Bengal.

Tribe Lacordaire, 1872 adusta This species is earlier reported Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, 81. (Wiedemann, 1819) by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. (2000)

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

4. Discussion: been made so far to update the scientific nomenclature Among the wood boring of the freshly felled of cerambycids of this state in the light of modern logs, the long horned beetles or roundhead borers classification. belonging to the order Coleoptera and family Cerambycidae are found in large varieties and Therefore, this consolidated account of taxonomic abundance in the tropics. Seventy percent of forested knowledge along with current scientific names of the land, abundant rainfall and vast variety of timber plants cerambycid beetles will certainly help to monitor of of Meghalaya also provide these cerambycid borers an these noxious pest in the forests of Meghalaya. ideal habitat. 5. Acknowledgement But the progress of taxonomic and biological studies Authors are grateful to Dr. Kailash Chandra, Director, on the cerambycid borers of India and Meghalaya in ZSI, Kolkata for providing necessary facilities and particular does not commensurate at all with their study the materials. Thanks are also due to Shri K.C. economic importance. No holistic approach has also

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