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The cerambycid beetle commonly called Mango stem borer Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer, 1755) is a serious pest of about 35 different species of plants. It differs in its body size. The smallest specimen recorded during study from Kolhapur district is 39.47 mm and largest is 74.26 mm . The standard daviation about total body length is ± 9.33.The var...
A long-horned beetle, collected when attracted to light, was identified as Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius 1792). This species is reported for the first time from western India (Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra).
The beetle Chlorophorus jucundus (Perroud, 1855) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is being reported for the first time from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, which is part of the northern Western Ghats. This communication briefly describes the species with colour photographs showing important diagnostic characters.
Beetles belonign to the Cerambycidae are wood boring and hence pests of several trees. The present study reports Paramispila bispecularis White (1858) from Maharahstra, and a lone species belonging to the
genus Paramispila of the subfamily Lamiinae as a new record from Maharashtra. Fauna of Maharashtra
includes 59 species of Cerambycidae.
