Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 117(1)/ 78-90, 2017 ISSN (Online) : (Applied for) DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117286 ISSN (Print) : 0375-1511 An updated list of cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Assam, India Bulganin Mitra1*, Udipta Chakraborti1, Kaushik Mallick1, Subhrajit Bhaumik2 and Priyanka Das1 1Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India; [email protected] 2Post Graduate, Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata – 700006, West Bengal, India Abstract consolidated updated list of cerambycid fauna of Assam and reports 95 species, 64 genera, 32 tribes and 3 subfamilies. AmongAssam isthe a threestate subfamiliesin North-East from India Assam, which subfamily is considered Lamiinae as shares a biological 49 species, hotspot. followed Present by the communication subfamily Cerambycinae is the first with 38 species and Prioninae with only 8 species. Keywords: Longhorn beetle, Assam, North-East India Introduction world, therefore this beetle family is considered as one of important coleopteran family (Agarwala & Bhattacharjee, The study on long horned beetles from the northeast 2012). This communication is the first updated Indian state Assam is very poor with many species consolidated list of cerambycid beetles from the state of awaiting discovery, study and description. Among the Assam (after complete separation from other states of NE seven sister states, cerambycid fauna of Arunachal India in 1987) which includes 95 species under 64 genera Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, of 32 tribes belonging to 3 subfamilies along with their Nagaland are mostly worked out by the Zoological Survey distribution. of India and some other universities and institutions. But nothing has been published on the Cerambycidae fauna Systematic Account of Assam in particular (after separation from other states of north-east India).Therefore, an attempt has been made Order COLEOPTERA to prepare a consolidated and updated list of cerambycid Family CERAMBYCIDAE beetles reported from Assam state after compilation of I. Subfamily PRIONINAE Latreille, 1802 the published works on cerambycidae of India. Tribe AEGOSOMATINI Thomson, 1861 The voluminous works on the cerambycid fauna in north east India were mostly done by Gahan (1894, Aegosoma ornaticolle White, 1853 1906) and Breuning (1936, 1938a, 1938b, 1954, 1958, 1965). Afterwards, Kapur (1954), Basak and Biswas 1853. Aegosoma ornaticolle White, Cat. Coleopt. B . M., (1985), Mukhopadhyay and Biswas (2000a, 2000b), Longic. p. 30; id. P. Z. S. p. 27. Ray Chaudhuri and Saha (2000), Mukhopadhyay and Distribution: India: Assam (Basak and Biswas, 1985), Halder (2003, 2004), Mukhopadhyay (2011), Saha et al. Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Sikkim. (2013), Mitra and Majumder (2014), Mitra et al. (2016a, 2016b,2016c) have reported some more species from Baralipton maculosum Thomson, 1857 Assam in their published works. Family Cerambycidae includes more than 35,000 1857. Baralipton maculosnm Thomson, Archiv. Ent. I, p. species under 4,000 genera in 11 subfamilies in the 342, pI.14, Figure 1. * Author for correspondence Article Received on: 22.11.16 Accepted on: 11.05.2017 Bulganin Mitra, Udipta Chakraborti, Kaushik Mallick, Subhrajit Bhaumik and Priyanka Das Distribution: India: Assam: [Sibsagor: Patkai Mts.] (Ghan, United States of America. 1906), West Bengal. Remarks: Reported as Lophosternus buqueti by Mukhopadhyay and Biswas, 2000a. Nepiodes bowringi (Gahan, 1894) Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) huegelii (Redtenbacher, 1894. Aegosoma bowringi Gahan, A. M. N. H. (6) xiv, p. 1848) 226. 2016. Nepiodes bowringi: Mitra et al., Journal of Global 1848. Cyrtognathus hugelii Redtenb, Hiigel’s Kaschmir, 4 bioscience, 5(4): 3963-3969. (2):550. Distribution: India: Assam (Gahan, 1906), Arunachal 1979. Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) hugelii: Hayashi, Ent. Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Rev. Japan, 33(1/2): 85. Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal; Pakistan. Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay, 2011), Remarks: This species is reported as Aegosoma bowringi Andaman, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, by Gahan, 1906. Punjab, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal. Elsewhere: Nepal. Remarks: Reported as Lphosternus hugelii by Mukhopadhyay, Nepiodes costipennis (White, 1853) 2011. 1853. Megopis costipennis White, Cat. Coleopt. Brit. Mus. Prionomma (Ancyloprotus) bigibbosum (White, 1853) Longicorn, 1(7): 28. 2010. Nepiodes costipennis: Komiyo & Drumont, Elytra, 1853. Aneyloprotus bigibbosus White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M. 38 (92):169-192. Logic. 1: 19. Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay & Halder, 2016. Prionomma (Ancyloprotus) bigibbosum: Mitra et al., 2004), Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim. JOZS, 3 (1): 19-26. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Myanmar; China. Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadyay and Halder, Remarks: Reported as Aegosoma costipenne by 2004), Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Mukhopadhyay and Halder (2004). Myanmar. Remarks: Reported as Ancyloprotus bigibbosus Mukhopadhyay Tribe ANACOLINI (Thomson, 1857) and Halder (2004). Sarmydus antennatus Pascoe, 1867 II. Subfamily CERAMBYCINAE Latreille, 1802 1867. Sarmydus antennatus Pascoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Tribe CALLICHROMATINI Blanchard, 1845 (3)xix: 410. Aphrodisium cribricolle Van de Poll, 1890 Distribution: India: Assam (Mitra & Majumder, 2014), Andaman & Nicobar Is., Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, 1890. Aphrodisium cribricolle Van de Poll. Notes Leyd. Meghalaya, Uttarakhand. Elsewhere: Indonesia, Myanmar. Mus., 12: 157. Distribution: India: Assam (Mitra et al., 2016a), Manipur, Tribe PRIONINI Latreille, 1802 Sikkim,West Bengal. Elsewhere: Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) buquetii (Guerin Meneville, Vietnam; China. 1844) Aphrodisium neoxenum (White,1853) 1844. Lophostemus buqueti Guerin, Icon. Reqne Anim.lns. p. 209. 1853. Callichroma neoxenum White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M., 2016. Dorysthenes (Lophosternus) buquetii: Mitra et al., Longic. p. 154. JOZS, 3(4): 39-47. 1906. Aphrodisium neoxenum: Gahan, Fauna. Brit. India, Distribution: India: [Assam: Dispur](Mukhopadyay and (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) 1:208. Biswas, 2000a), Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka, Distribution: Assam (Gahan,1906). Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Java ; Vol 117(1) | 2017 | www.recordsofzsi.com Zoological Survey of India 79 An updated list of cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Assam, India Cataphrodisium rubripenne (Hope, 1843) Chloridolum (Chloridolum) perlaetum White, 1853 1843. Purpuricenus rubripennis Hope, Trails. Linn. Soc., 1853. Chloridolum perlaetum White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M., 19(2): 110. pI. 10, figure 6. Longic. p. 161. 2012. Cataphrodisium rubripenne: Bentanachs, Les 2016. Chloridolum (Chloridolum) perlaetum White: Mitra Cahiers Magellanes 10: 41, figure 14. et al. JOZS, 3(4): 39-47. Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay and Halder, Distribution: Assam (Mukhopadhyay and Biswas, 2000a), 2004), Manipur and Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Bangladesh. Meghalaya and Sikkim. Remarks: Reported as Aphrodisium rubripennis by Mukhopadhyay and Halder (2004). Pachyteria dimidiata Westwood, 1848 Chelidonium argentatum (Dalman, 1817) 1848. Pachyteria dimidiata Westwood. Cab. Or. Entom. p. 60, pl. 29, Figure 8. 1817. Cerambyx argentatum Dalman, Schonh. Syn. Ins. Distribution: India: Assam (Gahan, 1906). App., P. 151. 1906. Chelidonium argentatum: Gahan, Fauna. Brit. India, Polyzonus prasinus (White, 1853) (Col.: Cerambycidae), 1: 211-212. Distribution: India: Assam (Mitra et al., 2016a), Manipur, 1853. Promeces prasinus White, Cat. Coleopt. B. M. Longic. Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Laos, p. 170. Myanmar, Sri Lanka,Vietnam; China. 1906. Polyzonus prasinus: Gahan, Fauna. Brit. India, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), 1: 219. Chelidonium gibbicole (White, 1853) Distribution: India: Assam (Gahan, 1906), Chennai, Karnataka. Elsewhere: Myanmar. 1853. Callichroma gibbicolle white, Cat. Coleopt. B. M . Longic, 160. Polyzonus (Striatopolyzonus) tetraspilosus (Hope, 1835) 1906. Chelidonium gibbicole: Gahan, Fauna Brit. India, 1: 213. 1835. Cerambyx tetraspilosus Hope, Silberm. Rev. Ent., 3: Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay & Biswas, 71, pI. 32. 2000b), Tripura. Elsewhere: Bangladesh; China. 2012. Polyzonus (Striatopolyzonus) tetraspilosus: Bentanachs, Les Cahiers Magellanes 10: 81, figs 45. Chloridolum (Chloridolum) alcmene Thomson, 1865 Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay and Halder, 2004), Manipur, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Bhutan, Laos, 1865. Chloridolum alcmene Thoms., Syst. Ceramb., p. 568 Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam; China. 2016. Chloridolum (Chloridolum) alcmene: Mitra et al. Remarks: Reported as Polyzonus tetraspilotus by JOZS, 3(4): 39-47. Mukhopadhyay and Halder (2004). Distribution: India: Assam (Mukhopadhyay and Biswas, 2000a), Andaman & Nicobar Islands,, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tribe CALLIDIOPINI Lacordaire, 1869 Nagaland and Tamil Nadu. Ceresium leucosticticum White, 1855 Chloridolum bivittatum (White, 1853) 1855. Ceresium leucosticticum White, Cat. Col. B. M . Longic. 2, p. 245. pI. vi. Figure 1. 1853. Callichroma bivittatum White Coleopt. B. M., Distribution: India: Assam (Saha & Ray Chaudhuri, Longic, P. 162. 2000), Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, 1906. Chloridolum bivillatum: Gahan, Fauna. Brit. India Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), 1: 198-199. Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. Elsewhere: Distribution: India: Assam