Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Type: Article
Published: 2021-04-19
Page range: 375–383
Abstract views: 91
PDF downloaded: 12

Contribution to the knowledge of the Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from the Mizoram State (India), with the first report of the genus Megobaralipton Lepesme & Breuning and new records from the country

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India
O. D. Taxonomy and Phylogeny—Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautier Street 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.
Ecological Centre, Orlov o.p.s., Sphingidae museum, Plzeňská 134, Příbram, 261 01, Czech Republic.
Laboratory of Entomology, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris, Buffon Street, 45, F-75005 Paris, France.
University of Mysore, Department of Studies in Sericulture Science, Mysore, Karnataka, 570 006, India.
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M- Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700 053, West Bengal, India
taxonomy northeast India Oriental region biodiversity hotspot Coleoptera

Abstract

Five species of Prioninae from the Indian state of Mizoram were studied: Megobaralipton kalimantanum (Komiya & Makihara, 2001); Nepiodes bowringi (Gahan, 1894); Anomophysis hainana (Gressitt, 1940); Eurypoda (Eurypoda) nigrita Thomson, 1865 and Eurypoda (Neoprion) batesi Gahan, 1894. New country records are provided to: Megobaralipton kalimantanum (Komiya & Makihara, 2001); Anomophysis hainana (Gressitt, 1940); Eurypoda (Eurypoda) nigrita Thomson, 1865; Eurypoda (Neoprion) batesi Gahan, 1894. Nepiodes bowringi (Gahan, 1894) is record for the first time from the Indian state of Mizoram. Detailed taxonomic position of all species, their host plant, and images of dorsal habitus are provided.

References

  1. An, S.L. (2019) Revision of the genus Eurypoda Saunders (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) with a new record from Korea. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 12, 1–7, 2 figs.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2019.09.012

    Chandra, K., Raghunathan, C. & Sheele, S. (2020) Animal Discoveries 2019, Published by the Director Zoological Survey of India, 184 pp.

    Delahaye, N. & Drumont, A. (2017) Contribution à la connaissance du genre Nepiodes avec la description de la femelle de Nepiodes terminalis (Gahan, 1906) (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Aegosomatini). Les Cahiers Magellanes, (New Series), 26, 105–109., 4 figs.

    Drumont, A., Galant, M. & Hüdepohl, K.E. (2000) Contribution à l’étude des Prioninae asiatiques Notes taxonomiques. (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Lambillionea, 100 (3), 489–493., 4 figs.

    Drumont, A., Gouverneur, X., Tavakilian, G. & Collard, S. (2018a) Contribution à l’étude de la faune des Prioninae du Laos (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Les Cahiers Magellanes (New Series), 29, 40–64., 18 figs.

    Drumont, A., Ivanov, S. & Do, C. (2018b) First report of the occurrence of the genus Megobaralipton Lepesme & Breuning, 1952 in Vietnam (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Aegosomatini). Lambillionea, 118 (1), 14–17., 4 figs.

    Gahan, C.J. (1894) Descriptions of some new Species of Prionidæ. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, 14 (6), 221–227.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939408677793

    Gahan, C.J. (1906) The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera. Vol. I. (Cerambycidæ). London, C. T. Bingham, xviii + 329 pp., 107 figs.

    Gemminger, M. (1872) Cerambycidae, pp. 2751–2988. In: Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. (eds.), Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Gummi, Monachii, v. 9, pp. 2669–2988.

    Gressitt, J.L. (1940) The Longicorn Beetles of Hainan Island, Coleoptera: Cerambycidæ. The Philippine Journal of Science, 72 (1–2), 1–239., pls 1–8.

    Gressitt, J.L. (1951) Longicorn beetles of China. Longicornia, 2, Paris, 1–667., 22 pls.

    Gressitt, J.L. & Rondon, J.A. (1970) Cerambycid-beetles of Laos (Disteniidae, Prioninae, Philinae, Aseminae, Lepturinae, Cerambycinae). Pacific Insects Monograph, 24, ii–iii + 1–314., 48 pls.

    Hayashi, M. (1981) On Some Longicorn Beetles of Nepal (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) “Scientific Results of Hokkaido University Expeditions to the Himalaya, Entomology No 38”. Bulletin of the Osaka Jonan Women’s Junior College, 14, 1–20, 1 carte.

    Hiremath, S.R. & Revannavar, R. (2016) Prioninae of Western Ghats in Karnataka, southern India (Coleoptera, Carambycidae, Prioninae). Les Cahiers Magellanes, (New Series) 23, 91–106., 54 figs.

    Hua, L. (2002) List of Chinese Insects. Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University Press, Guangzhou, 2, 612 pp.

    Hüdepohl, K.E. (1987) The Longhorn Beetles of the Philippines (Cerambycidae, Prioninae) Part I: Prioninae. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, Tutzing bei München, 35/36, 117–135., 25 figs.

    Jin, M., de Keyzer, R., Hutchinson, P., Pang, H. & Slipinski, S.A. (2020) A Review of the Australian Macrotomini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae). Annales Zoologici, 70 (1), 33–96., 15 figs, 15 cartes.

    https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2020.70.1.003

    Kariyanna, B., Mohan, M., Gupta, R. & Vitali, F. (2017) The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India. Zootaxa, 4345 (1), 1–317., 1 carte.

    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1

    Komiya, Z. (2002) A Synopsis of the Prionine Cerambycid of the Genus Megobaralipton, New Status (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). (Revisional Studies of the Genus Megopis sensu Lameere, 1909-1). Elytra, 30 (1), 219–234., 23 figs.

    Komiya, Z. (2017) A New Species of the Genus Tagalog from Halmahera Islands (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Special Bulletin of the Coleopterological Society of Japan, 1, 165–169., 6 figs.

    Komiya, Z. & Drumont, A. (2010) A Revision of the Genus Nepiodes (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) (Revisional Studies of the Genus Megopis sensu Lameere, 1909–10). Elytra, 38 (2), 169–192., 23 figs, 4 cartes.

    Komiya, Z. & Drumont, A. (2014) Supplement to the Genus Megobaralipton (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae) (Revisional Studies of the Genus Megopis sensu Lameere, 1909–13). Elytra, (New Series), 4 (2), 187–199, 25 figs.

    Komiya, Z. & Makihara, H. (2001) Two New Species of the Genus Megopis (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Indonesia and Malaysia. Elytra, 29 (1), 33–40, 7 figs.

    Kumawat, M.M., Mamocha, S.K. & Ramamurthy, V.V. (2015) A checklist of the Long-horned Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India with several new reports. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 7 (12), 7879–7901,, 49 figs.

    https://doi.org/10.11609/JoTT.o4007.7879-901

    Lacordaire, J.T. (1868) Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu’ici dans cet ordre d’insectes. Paris. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, 8, 552 pp.

    Lameere, A.A.L. (1904) Révision des Prionides. Neuvième mémoire. - Callipogonines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 48 (1), 7–78.

    Lameere, A.A.L. (1909) Révision des Prionides. Douzième mémoire. - Megopis. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 53 (4), 135–170.

    Lameere, A.A.L. (1913) Cerambycidae: Prioninae. Coleopterum Catalogus (pars 52) 22, W. Junk et S. Schenkling, Berlin 9, 108 pp.

    Lameere, A.A.L. (1919) Famille Cerambycidae: subfam. Prioninae. Coleoptera. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera insectorum, Belgique (172), pp. 1–189., pls. 1–8.

    Lansberge, J.W. (1884) Catalogue des Prionides de l’Archipel Indo-Néerlandais, avec descriptions des espèces nouvelles. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 6 (3), 135–160.

    Lepesme, P. & Breuning, S. (1952) Note préliminaire sur la classification des coléoptères cérambycides. Transactions of the IXth International Congress of Entomology, 11, 139–142.

    Li, J., Drumont, A., Mal, N., Lin, L., Zhang, X. & Gao, M. (2014) Checklist of the Prioninae of China with illustrations of genera and subgenera (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Les Cahiers Magellanes, (New Series), 16, 73–109., 35 figs.

    Li, Y., Chen, S. & Lin, S. (1981) A tentative list of Long-horn Beetles from Fujian (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Wuyi Science Journal 1 (supplement), 93–103.

    Lim, J., Jung, S., Lim, J., Jang, J., Kim, K., Lee, Y. & Lee, B. (2014) A Review of Host Plants of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) with new Host Records for Fourteen Cerambycids, Including the Asian Longhorn Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology, 53 (2), 111–133, 4 figs.

    https://doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2013.11.1.061

    Lingafelter, S.W., Garzón-moreno, A. & Nearns, E.H. (2013) Primary types of Chinese longhorned woodboring beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae) of the Smithsonian Institution. In: Lin, M.Y. & Chen, C.C. (Eds.), In memory of Mr. Wenhsin Lin. Formosa Ecological Company, Taiwan, pp. 117–146., 97 figs.

    Lingafelter, S.W., Nearns, E.H., Tavakilian, G.L., Monné, M.Á. & Biondi, M. (2014) Longhorned Woodboring Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Disteniidae) Primary Types of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington D.C., v–xviii + 1–390, 187 figs.

    Majumder, A., Raha, A., Mitra, B., Ghate, H.V. & Chandra, K. (2014) Contributions to the studies on Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Central India with checklist of Indian species. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 9 (2), 848–857, 1 carte, 3 figs.

    Mitra, B., Chakraborti, U., Mallick, K., Bhaumik, S. & Das, P. (2017) An updated list of cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of Assam, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 117 (1), 78–90.

    https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v117/i1/2017/117286

    Mitra, B., Das, P., Chakraborti, U., Mallick, K. & Majumder, A. (2016) Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) of Meghalaya with eight new records. The Journal of Zoology Studies, 3 (4), 39–47, 1 fig.

    Nonfried, A.F. (1894) Beiträge zur Coleopteren-Fauna von Tebing - Tinggi (Süd - Sumatra): Lucanidae, Melolonthidae, Rutelidae, Cetonini, Buprestidae und Cerambycidae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 1894 (2), 193–215.

    https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48018940512

    Ohbayashi, N. (1964) A List of Cerambycidae from the Tokara and the Amami Islands (Coleoptera). Reports of the Scientific Researches to the Tokara and the Amami Islands of the Ehime University, 1, 37–43., pl. 17.

    Ohbayashi, N. (1992) Taxonomic Notes on Japanese Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Acta Coleopterologica Japonica, (2), 1–11, 22 figs.

    Ohbayashi, N. (2007) Outline of longicorn beetle, Prioninae. In: Ohbayashi, N. & Niisato, T. (Eds), Longicorn Beetles of Japan. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 216–344.

    Ohbayashi, N., Kimura, M. & Satô, M. (1994) The Cerambycid Fauna of the Tokara Island. In: The Insects Fauna of the Tokara Islands of the Ryukyu Archipelago, WWF Japan Science Report, 2 (2), pp. 251-309, 5 pls.

    Pascoe, F.P. (1867) LX.-Diagnostic Characters of some new Genera and Species of Prionidæ. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, 19 (3), 114: 410–413.

    https://doi.org/10.1080/00222936708562698

    Pascoe, F.P. (1869) Longicornia Malayana ; or, a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of the three Longicorn Families Lamiidæ, Cerambycidæ and Prionidæ collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace in the Malay Archipelago. (Part VII). The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 3 (3) 7, 553–712, pls. XXI–XXIV.

    Quentin, R.M. & Villiers, A. (1981) Les Macrotomini de l’Ancien Monde (Région éthiopienne exclue) genera et catalogue raisonné (Col. Cerambycidae Prioninae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, Paris, (New Series) 17 (3), 359–393, 76 figs.

    Raychaudhuri, D. & Saha, S. (2000) Longicorn Beetles (Cerambycidae, Prioninae: Cerambycidae) of Buxa Tiger Reserve, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Journal of The Bombay Natural History Society, 97 (1), 74–91, 12 figs.

    Saunders, W.W. (1853) Descriptions of some Longicorn Beetles discovered in Northern China by Rob. Fortune, Esq. The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 2 (2), 109–113, pl. IV.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1853.tb02216.x

    Švácha, P. & Lawrence, J.F. (2014) Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera. Volume 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga). 2.4 Cerambycidae Latreille, 1802. In: Leschen, R.A.B. & Beutel, R.G. (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology, 3, i–xii + 1–676, 465 figs.

    Tavakilian, G. & Chevillotte, H. (2020). Titan : base de données internationales sur les Cerambycidae ou Longicornes. Version 4.0. Available from : http://titan.gbif.fr/index.html (accessed 02/09/2020)

    Thomson, J. (1861) Essai d’une classification de la famille des cérambycides et matériaux pour servir à une monographie de cette famille, Paris, pp. 129–396.

    https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9206

    Thomson, J. (1864–65) Systema cerambycidarum ou exposé de tous les genres compris dans la famille des cérambycides et familles limitrophes. H. Dessain, Liége. 578 pp. [1864: pp. 1–352; 1865: pp. 353–578]

    https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48458

    Thomson, J. (1865) Diagnoses d’espèces nouvelles qui seront décrites dans l’appendix du systema cerambycidarum. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège, 19, 541–578.

    Weigel, A. (2006) Checklist and Bibliography of Longhorn Beetles from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). In: Hartmann, M. & Weipert, J. (Eds.), Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya II. Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Naturkundemuseums, Erfurt e. V, pp. 495–510.