New records of Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India

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Amitava Majumder
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-6681
Angshuman Raha
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2299-9447
Bulganin Mitra
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4963-7291
Kailash Chandra
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8352-8534

Abstract

The present study reports new distribution records of seven species of Cerambycid beetles belonging to seven genera of seven tribes and under two subfamilies from Madhya Pradesh.  As a result, based on the past literature and the present study, a total of 18 species of Cerambycidae are known from Madhya Pradesh. The paper also provides detailed diagnostic characters of the eight studied species. 

 

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