New state records of longhorn beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Meghalaya, India

Authors

  • Vishwanath Duttatray Hegde North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya 793003, India.
  • Sarita Yadav North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya 793003, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1073-5054
  • Prerna Burathoki 3rd Mile, Upper Shillong, Meghalaya 793005, India.
  • Bhaskar Saikia North Eastern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Risa Colony, Shillong, Meghalaya 793003, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8590-2972

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.7058.14.8.21720-21726

Keywords:

Additional distribution records, Mawsmai cave, Nongkhyllem, northeastern India, Shillong

Abstract

We report the range extension of 11 species of Cerambycidae fauna into Meghalaya, northeastern India, based on our studies on the unidentified specimens of longhorn beetles deposited in the National Zoological Collection of the Zoological Survey of India, Shillong. These 11 species under 11 genera, nine tribes, and three subfamilies increases the known Cerambycidae diversity in Meghalaya from 81 species to 92 species. 

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26-08-2022 — Updated on 26-08-2022

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Vol. 14 No. 8 (2022)

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