Long horn beetles of North-eastern and Western Himalaya

(1)

An Inventory

(Database)

Long horn beetles of North-eastern and Western Himalaya

Created by

G. T. Behere¹, D. M. Firake¹ and P.S. Burange²

1Division of Crop Protection

ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam Meghalaya-793103, INDIA

2Department of Entomology,

Punjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana, Punjab

Citation: Behere G.T., Firake D.M. and Burange P.S. 2019. An Inventory (Database): Long horn beetles of North-eastern and Western Himalaya. http://www.kiran.nic.in/. 56p

SN Scientific name

Host plants/

Method of collection

Distribution within

northeast India

Peak period of activity of adults

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1 Batocera lineolata Chevrolat

Mango Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam); (East Khasi Hills:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Nagaland (Dimapur:

Medziphema)

July

Acknowledgements:

1. Dr. Hemant V. Ghate, Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, Modern College, Shivajinagar, Pune- 411005 for identification of the long horn beetles

2. Dr. V. V. Ramamurthy, Principal Scientist (Retd), ICAR- Indian Agriculture Research Institute, New Delhi for identification of beetles

3. Mr. D. P. Thubru, Senior Research Fellow, DBT project on “Integrative Taxonomy: An unification of molecular and traditional taxonomy in cerambycid beetles”

(2)

2 Sthenias grisator (Fabricius)

Grape Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong) ; Nagaland

(Dimapur:

Medziphema)

September

3 Batocera numitor Newman

Mango Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

4 Aeolesthes sarta (Solsky)

Light trap Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Arunachal Pradesh: (East Siang district:

Pasighat)

April

(3)

5 Imantocera penicilleta (Hope)

Umiam)

May

6 Epepeotes uncinatus Gahan

Mulberry Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

August

7 Blepephaeus succinctor (Chevrolat)

Forest tree Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

(4)

8 Thylactus simulans Gahan

Umiam)

June

9 Ancyloprotus biggibosus (now Prionomma bigibbosum White)

Light trap Meghalaya (Jaintia hills district:

Ummulong)

July

10 Morimus inaequalis Waterhouse

Nongsder)

September

(5)

11 Stratioceros princeps Lacordaire

Umiam)

November

12 Stromatium barbatum (Fabricius)

Mercury light

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

July

13 Pharsalia subgemmata (Thomson)

Mercury light

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

July

(6)

14 Pseudonemoph as versteegi (Ritsema)

Citrus Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Pasighat; Lepa Rada; Namsai);

Manipur (Imphal East, Imphal west, Chandel);

Nagaland (Dimapur);

Mizoram (Kolasib, Aizawl); West Tripura(

Agartala);

Sikkim (East Sikkim:

Gangtok; South Sikkim)

August

15 Glenea pulchra Aurivillius

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

September

(7)

16 Macrochenus isabellinus Aurivillius

Umiam)

September

17 Diastocera wallichi (Hope)

Umiam)

March

18 Xystrocera globosa (Olivier)

Bamboo Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

April

(8)

19 Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

20 Xystrocera festiva Thomson

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

21 Macrotoma plagiata (Waterhouse)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

July

(9)

22 Xylorhiza adusta (Wiedemann)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills: Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

August

23 Aristobia reticulator (Voet)

Guava Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Pasighat; Lepa Rada; Namsai);

Manipur (Imphal East, Imphal west, Chandel);

Nagaland (Dimapur, Kohima);

Mizoram (Kolasib, Aizawl); West Tripura

(Agartala );

Gangtok; South Sikkim)

August

(10)

24 Apomecyna saltator (Fabricius)

Light trap, Pest of cucurbits etc.

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Pasighat);

Manipur (Imphal west);

Nagaland (Dimapur);

Mizoram (Kolasib); West Tripura(

Agartala);

Gangtok)

September

25 Arhopalus ferus (Mulsant)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon)

September

(11)

26 Nupserha dubia Gahan

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Pasighat);

Nagaland (Dimapur)

June

27 Neocerambyx paris

(Wiedemann)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

June

28 Monochamus bimaculatus Gahan

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

(12)

29 Macrochenus guerinii (White)

Shillong)

October

30 Ceresium leucostictium Gressitt &

Rondon

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam), Nagaland, Manipur

May-June

31 Niphona hookeri Gahan

Shillong);

Assam (Nagaon);

Pasighat);

Nagaland (Dimapur)

May-June

(13)

32 Ceresium zeylanicum White

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam), Tripura

May-June

33 Apriona germarii germarii (Hope)

May-June

34 Rhytidodera bowringii White

Umiam), Tripura

May-June

(14)

35 Nepiodes costipennis costipennis (White)

Umiam)

May-June

36 Tetraglenes hirticornis (Fabricius)

May-June

37 Melanauster beryllinus (Hope)

Umiam)

May-June

(15)

38 Apomecyna cretacea (Hope)

Umiam), Tripura (West Tripura:

Agartala (Lembusera)

September

39 Xylotrechus quadripes Chevrolat

Forest tree Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills:

Mawmaram, Shillong;

Ribhoi: Umiam;

West Garo Hills: Tura)

March- November

(16)

40 Xylorhiza spp Forest tree Arunachal Pradesh (Lohit:

TezuNala), Assam (Hailakandi), Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam), Nagaland (Dimapur:

Jharnapani)

May-June

41 Sarothrocera lowii White

Forest tree Manipur, Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

(17)

42 Rhytidodera integra Kolbe

Forest tree Mizoram, Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills: Dawki)

April-May

43 Prionomma bigibbosum (White)

Forest tree Arunachal Pradesh (Lower Subansiri:

Ziro), Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May-July

44 Plocaederus obesus (now Neoplocaederu s obesus (Gahan))

Umiam)

April

(18)

45 Melanaustor beryllinus

Forest tree Manipur (Ukhrul:

Kamjong, Khamasom, Ukhrul), Meghalaya (Jaintia Hills:

Kdiap)

May-June

46 Megopis bowringi (Gahan)

(now Nepiodes bowringii (Gahan))

Forest tree Arunachal Pradesh (Anjaw:

Hayuliang;

Changlang)

May

47 Hoploceramby x spinicornis (Newman)

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May- July

(19)

48 Glenea indiana (Thomson)

Forest tree Assam (Karimganj)

June

49 Glenea cantor (Fabricius)

Forest tree Assam (Nagaon)

July

(20)

50 Eucomatocera vittata White

Umiam)

June

51 Epepeotes guttatus Beeson

Light trap Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills: Shillong;

Ribhoi: Umiam)

May -

August

52 Dorysthenes hugelii

(Redtenbacher)

Umiam), Arunachal Pradesh (Lower Subansiri: Ziro, Dobi), Mizoram

June- October

(21)

53 Chlorophorus annualris (Fabricius)

Light trap Assam (Dibrugarh), Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam), Nagaland (Dimapur:

Jharnapani)

April- October

54 Chloridolum alcmene Thomson

Light trap Arunachal Pradesh (Lohit:

Makailang), Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May- August

55 Batocera rufomaculata (Degeer)

Umiam)

May

(22)

56 Batocera parryi (Hope)

Forest tree Manipur (Ukhrul:

Jessami)

April

57 Batocera hercules Boisduval

Umiam)

May

58 Ceresium spp. Forest tree Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh (Lohit:

Tezu; Anjaw:

Hayuliang)

May- August

(23)

59 Monochamus spp.

Mercury light

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

July

60 Acalolepta spp. Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

July

61 Pharsalia spp. Hand picking

Meghalaya (Jaintia hill district:

Ummulong)

March

(24)

62 Neoplocaederu s spp.

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

63 Dorysthenes spp.

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

May

64 Pterolophia spp.

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

September

(25)

65 Linda spp. Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

September

66 Ceresium spp Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

September

67 Exocentrus alboguttatus Fisher

Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

September

(26)

68 Dihammus spp. Hand picking

Meghalaya (Ribhoi:

Umiam)

September

69 Pterolophia humerosa (Thomson)

Light trap Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland

October

70 Acalolepta spp.

(CERDBT-12)

Light trap Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh

October

(27)

71 Acalolepta spp.

(CERDBT-33)

Light trap Meghalaya, Sikkim

October

72 Niphona spp.

(CERDBT-43)

Light trap Meghalaya, Sikkim

October

73 Rondibilis spp.

(CERDBT-51)

Light trap Meghalaya October

(28)

74 Neocerambyx spp.

(CERDBT-56)

Light trap Meghalaya February

75 Acalolepta spp?

(CERDBT-77)

Light trap Meghalaya May

76 Nepiodes costipennis (White)

(CERDBT-87)

Light trap Meghalaya March

(29)

77 Unidentified (CERDBT- 101)

Light trap Meghalaya May-June

79 Pothyne spp? ( CERDBT-103)

(30)

(31)

82 Chlorophorus strobilicola Champion (CERDBT- 133)

Light trap Nagaland May-June

Light trap Sikkim May-June

(32)

Light trap Tripura March- April

Light trap Meghalaya March- April

(33)

88 Eunidia

lateralis Gahan (CERDBT- 165)

Light trap Meghalaya, Nagaland

May-June

(34)

(35)

Light trap Meghalaya, Nagaland

May-June

(36)

94 Niphona sp.

(CERDBT-41)

Light trap Meghalaya, Tripura

March- April

95 Moechotypa delicatula

Hand collection

Meghalaya August

(37)

96 Aeloesthes sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July- August

97 Eunidia sp. 1 Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July- August

(38)

98 Exocentrus sp Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

(39)

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

104 Batocera rufomaculata (DeGeer)

Hand picking

Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July

(40)

105 Ostedes cf subrufipenis

Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July

106 Acalolepta nivosa (White)

Dhar)

July

107 Oberea sp.1 Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July

(41)

108 Mesosa subfasciata (Gahan)

Dhar)

July

109 Exocentrus sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July

Dhar)

July

(42)

111 Eryssamena sp.

Dhar)

July

112 Celosterna scabrator (Fabricius)

Dhar)

July

113 Stromatium barbatum (Fabricius)

Dhar)

July

(43)

114 Mispila sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

August

115 Cacia sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

August

116 Ostedes sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

August

(44)

Dhar)

August

118 Aeolesthes sarta Solsky

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Chamba:

Khajjiar)

May

119 Macrotoma sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Sirmour:

Bhogdhar)

July

(45)

120 Xystrocera globosa (Olivier)

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Solan:

Serighat), Punjab (PAU, Ludhiana)

July

121 Dorysthenes buqueti (Guérin- Méneville)

Serighat)

July

122 Hoploceramby x spinicornis (Newman)

Serighat)

July

(46)

123 Dorysthenes montanus (Guérin- Méneville)

Light Trap Ludhiana (Ludhiana, Punjab)

August

124 Glenea sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra: Radh Paniyali)

July

125 Oligoenoplus ventralis Chevrolat

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra: Radh Paniyali)

July

(47)

126 Dorysthenes sp.

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Sirmour:

Bhogdhar);

Jammu &

Kashmir (Srinagar)

July

127 Hypoeschrus indicus Gahan

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra: Radh Paniyali)

July

128 Exocentrus sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra: Radh Paniyali)

July

(48)

129 Mesosa sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra:

Mastgarh)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

(49)

Dhar)

July- August

133 Mesosa sp. Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

July

Dhar)

July- August

Dhar)

July- August

(50)

136 Exocentrus sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur:

Tauni Devi)

August

137 Apomecyna sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kullu:

Kasol)

August

138 Apomecyna saltator (Fabricius)

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kullu:

Kasol)

August

(51)

139 Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius)

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Hamirpur:

Tauni Devi);

Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

August

140 Celosterna sp. Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur:

Nihari)

August

(52)

141 Diorthus cinereus (Fabricius)

Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Bilaspur:

Nihari)

August

142 Stibara tetraspilota Hope

Light Trap Punjab (Ludhiana:

Ludhiana)

July

143 Coptops aedificator (Fabricius)

Light Trap Punjab (Ludhiana:

Ludhiana)

August

(53)

144 Bandar pascoei (Lansberge)

Serighat)

June

145 Xylorhiza adusta (Wiedemann)

Light Trap Meghalaya (Umroi:

Bhoirymbong)

June

146 Oberea sp. 2 Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (CSK HPKV, Palampur)

July

(54)

147 Apriona cinerea Chevrolat

Light trap Himachal Pradesh (Mandi)

June

148 Unidentified 1 Light Trap Dhar (Pathankot, Punjab)

July

(55)

Unidentified 2 Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Chamba:

Khajjiar)

May

149 Unidentified 3 Light Trap Punjab (Pathankot:

Dhar)

June

150 Unidentified 4 Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Chamba:

Pukhri)

July

(56)

151 Unidentified 5 Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Kangra: Amb)

July- August

152 Unidentified 6 Light Trap Himachal Pradesh (Chamba:

Dalhousie)

August