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Issue: Vol. 82 No. 1: 26 Mar. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-03-26
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2026.82.1.2
Page range: 16-28
Abstract views: 46
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The longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of three Ecuadorian protected natural areas

Baranavichy State University, 21, Voykova str., 225404 Baranavichy, Belarus.
California State Collection of Arthropods, CDFA, 3294 Meadoview Rd., Sacramento, USA.
University of Arizona Insect Collection, Department of Entomology, 1140 E. South Campus Dr., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA.
Scientific-practical Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for Biological Resources, Akademicheskaya str., 27, 220072 Minsk, Belarus.
Universidade de São Paulo, Museu de Zoologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, fauna, Specially Protected Natural Areas, South America

Abstract

This study presents the results of the longhorn beetle surveys conducted in three protected natural areas in Ecuador. Species collection was carried out in Yasuní National Park, El Pahuma Orchid Reserve and Lalo Loor Dry Forest Reserve in different seasons in the years 2008, 2011, and 2018. A total of 39 species of Cerambycidae were collected across the three protected natural areas. Four of them are recorded for the first time for the Ecuadorian fauna: Achryson surinamum (Linnaeus, 1767); Eburodacrys elegantula Gounelle, 1909; Pantomallus fuligineus Bates, 1872; and Colobothea juncea Bates, 1865.

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