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An Updated List of Cerambycid Beetles (Coleoptera:Cerambycidae) of Assam, India


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1 Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata – 700006, West Bengal, India
 

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Assam is a state in North-East India which is considered as a biological hotspot. Present communication is the first consolidated updated list of cerambycid fauna of Assam and reports 95 species, 64 genera, 32 tribes and 3 subfamilies. Among the three subfamilies from Assam, subfamily Lamiinae shares 49 species, followed by the subfamily Cerambycinae with 38 species and Prioninae with only 8 species.

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Longhorn Beetle, Assam, North-East India.
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Authors

Bulganin Mitra
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India
Udipta Chakraborti
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India
Kaushik Mallick
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India
Subhrajit Bhaumik
Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar College, Kolkata – 700006, West Bengal, India
Priyanka Das
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhavan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700 053, West Bengal, India

Abstract


Assam is a state in North-East India which is considered as a biological hotspot. Present communication is the first consolidated updated list of cerambycid fauna of Assam and reports 95 species, 64 genera, 32 tribes and 3 subfamilies. Among the three subfamilies from Assam, subfamily Lamiinae shares 49 species, followed by the subfamily Cerambycinae with 38 species and Prioninae with only 8 species.

Keywords


Longhorn Beetle, Assam, North-East India.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi.v117i1.158274