First record of the long-horned beetle Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from the Western Ghats, India

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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).

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 Mane, Y.K., Pal, P.B. & S.M. Gaikwad (2023). First record of the long-horned beetle Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius, 1792) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae:
Lamiinae) from the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 15(1): 22528–22532. hps://doi.org/10.11609/jo.7512.15.1.22528-22532
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Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
 The authors declare no compeng interests.
 The authors would like to thank the head, Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur for providing laboratory facilies and nancial
assistance under the Golden Jubilee Research Fellowship.
Niphona fuscatrix 

 & 3
1,2,3 Department of Zoology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416004, India.
1 yogeshmane75p@gmail.com, 2 priyankapal7933@gmail.com, 3 smg_zoo@unishivaji.ac.in (corresponding author)
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The keys and descripons of the various species of
Indian Cerambycidae (without Lamiinae) is provided
by Gahan (1906). Because there are no keys for Indian
Lamiinae, there are many dicules in idenfying its
members. The subfamily Lamiinae Latreille, 1825 is the
most diverse subfamily of long-horned beetles (Švácha
& Lawrence 2014) and Mulsant (1839) described the
genus Niphona with the species Niphona piccornis. It
is a widely distributed genus known from Paleotropical
region, Afrotropical region, western Africa, central
Africa, eastern Africa, southern Africa, northern Africa,
western Palearcc region, northeastern Palearcc
region, southeastern Palearcc region, southern
Asia, northern Asia, southeastern Asia, Europe, and
Australasian region as per the website of ‘Lamiines of the
World’. The genus Niphona consists of three subgenera,
viz., Hammatoniphona Pic, 1936, Niphona Mulsant,
1839, and Spinoniphona Hua, 1989 of the subfamily
Lamiinae (Danilevsky 2020) and the tribe Pteropliini.
Breuning (1962) provided keys for the tribe Pteropliini
Thomson, 1860 (metasternum short, mid-bia without
dorsal groove, mid-coxal cavies open), with key for 50
species of Niphona in German language. The species
was idened as Niphona (Niphona) fuscatrix vide keys
by Breuning (1962). Majumder et al. (2015) provided
photographs, diagnosis, and distribuon of N. fuscatrix
which helped in idencaon of this beetle.
The species N. fuscatrix was rst described by
Fabricius in 1792 as Lamia fuscator from Nagapanam,
India. It is reported from Tamil Nadu, Uarakhand,
Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh
(Kariyanna et al. 2017), and Odisha (Majumder et al.
2015). The present communicaon is based on a male
specimen collected from the Shivaji University Campus,
Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
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 SUKZ, Ceramb-191, 21.vi.2018,
1 male, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra,
India, 16.678o N, 74.255o E, 595 m, coll. P.B. Pal,
presently preserved in the Department of Zoology,
 A long-horned beetle, collected when aracted to light,
was idened as Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius 1792). This species
is reported for the rst me from western India (Shivaji University,
Kolhapur, Maharashtra).
 Kolhapur, male genitalia, Pteropliini.
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First record of
Niphona fuscatrix
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Shivaji University, Kolhapur. The specimen was studied
under a Nikon stereozoom (SMZ 800) microscope and
photographed by using Canon 550D camera with a
100 mm lens at various focal lengths and then stacked
in Photoshop CC soware for beer illustraon of
diagnosc characters. Measurements were done with
digital Vernier caliper. The male genitalia were dissected
out from terminal abdominal segments with the help of
ne forceps. The genitalia were kept in 10% KOH soluon
overnight (Majumder et al. 2014). Male genital parts
were separated and photographed using Lynx LM-52-
3621 stereozoom microscope. Terminology for genitalia
follows Ehara (1954). The coordinates of the collecon
sites were taken from the website, LATITUDE (hps://
latude.to/arcles-by-country/in/india/21549/shivaji-
university), which was further used in preparing maps of
the sampling sites in DIVA-GIS soware (Figure 1).
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Body―Medium size (16.9 mm long, 6 mm width at
humerus), relavely brown, stout, with dense, golden
pubescence dorsally & mixed whish pubescence
ventrally, including on legs (Image 1A,B,C). Head―
Small (4.2 mm frontal height, 0.7 mm length), densely
pubescent, slightly convex at clypeus and concave
medially in frontal region, vertex broad; mandibles strong
with black apices; palpi brown; eyes coarsely faceed,
divided into upper small & lower large lobe joined with
minute, narrow ommadia-less connecon at outer side
of antennal socket; antenna 11 segmented, brown, with
small yellow patches of pubescence, inner side densely
pubescent, rst segment swollen and robust, second
segment short, as long as broad and smallest (Image
1A,a,c), inner side of each antennomere with long setae.
Pronotum―(3.7 mm length, 4.7 mm width excluding
anterior spine) coarsely punctured, with irregular ridges,
densely pubescent with two lateral hornlike strong
spines on each side with anterior spine slightly larger
(Image 1F); scutellum tongue shaped, small, dark brown
with yellowish margin, pubescent, broader than long
(Image 1A,b). Elytra―(12.4 mm long, width 6.0 mm
between humeral angles) pubescent, densely & deeply
punctate basally, with three broad brown transverse
bands basal dark, middle pale, apical is more paler
(Image 1d); large globular tubercles at humeral region;
two erect vercal tu of brown pubescence basally one
on either side of suture which look like small tooth when
seen laterally (Image 1e), similar but small tus are at
3/4th length of the elytra; posterior margin noceably
narrowed, curved, subrounded with brown fringed
hairs (Image 1d). Thoracic Sternum―Strong prosternal
& mesosternal processes on the anterior & posterior
edge, processes covered with creamy white, dense
pubescence; mesosternum large; legs fairly strong, but
short with hind femora not reaching apex of abdomen;
fore femur with strong carina on ventral side (Image1B),
mid-coxal cavies open to epimera.
Male genitalia (Image 2A): Median lobe―Weakly
projected through ringed part, longer than median
struts, median foramen not elongated (Image 2B,C,D),
median orice is visible in ventral & lateral view (Image
2A,D), struts are wider & curved medially, in between
which internal sac is seen (Image 2F,G,H). Lateral lobes
(parameres)―Separated, broad, sub-rounded, densely
covered with setae at the apex, ringed part constricted,
broad medially and converging (Image 2F,G,H,I); VIIIth
tergite―With numerous apical setae, somewhat
pentagonal, marginate with pointed apex; apical corners
and point with numerous setae (Image 2E).
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Niphona fuscatrix
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 Niphona fuscatrix     

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Journal of Threatened Taxa | www.threatenedtaxa.org | 26 January 2023 | 15(1): 22528–22532
First record of
Niphona fuscatrix
from Western Ghats Mane et al.
22532
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
The genus Niphona Mulsant, 1839 is mainly
distributed in the Palearcc, Ethiopian, Oriental, and
Australian regions (Lamiines of the World website).
The characters of N. fuscatrix given by Breuning
(1962), Majumder et al. (2015) and the photos on
the website ‘Lamiines of the World’ match with our
specimen conrming that the species in queson is N.
fuscatrix. The fauna of Maharashtra is known to include
59 species of cerambycid beetles including 23 species
of Lamiinae (Ghate 2012). However, the list does not
include N. fuscatrix. The male genitalia of N. fuscatrix are
described here for the rst me with color photographs.
Among the previously reported sites (from where this
species was recorded), Salem and Nagapanam in Tamil
Nadu are the closest to the current locality, Kolhapur
which is about 692 km and 980 km (aerial distance)
away from these places, respecvely. The present record
extends its known geographical range notably westward
and is an addion to the fauna of Maharashtra as well as
the Western Ghats.

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Dr. R. Varatharajan, Manipur University, Imphal, Manipur, India
Dr. Eduard Vives, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona, Terrassa, Spain
Dr. James Young, Hong Kong Lepidopterists’ Society, Hong Kong
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Dr. John E.N. Veron, Coral Reef Research, Townsville, Australia
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Dr. Mihaly Foldvari, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway
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Dr. J.A. Johnson, Wildlife Instute of India, Dehradun, Uarakhand, India
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January 2023 | Vol. 15 | No. 1 | Pages: 22355–22558
Date of Publicaon: 26 January 2023 (Online & Print)
DOI: 10.11609/jo.2023.15.1.22355-22558
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Asiac Black Bear Ursus thibetanus aacks in Kashmir Valley, India
– Aaliya Mir, Shanmugavelu Swaminathan, Rashid Y. Naqash, Thomas Sharp &
Aur Shanmugam Arun, Pp. 22355–22363
Food habits of the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae) in
Dachigam Naonal Park of the Kashmir Himalaya, India
– Kulsum Ahmad Bhat, Bilal A. Bhat, Bashir A. Ganai, Aamir Majeed, Naziya
Khurshid & Muniza Manzoor, Pp. 22364–22370
Status distribuon and factors aecng the habitat selecon by Sambar Deer
Rusa unicolor in Pench Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India
– Abdul Haleem & Orus Ilyas, Pp. 22371–22380
Assessing illegal trade networks of two species of pangolins through a
quesonnaire survey in Nepal
– Nikita Phuyal, Bipana Maiya Sadadev, Reeta Khulal, Rashmi Bha, Santosh
Bajagain, Nirjala Raut & Bijaya Dhami, Pp. 22381–22391
First occurrence record of Indian Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros lankadiva in
Rajasthan, India
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Food availability and food selecvity of Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill Ocyceros
gingalensis Shaw, 1811 in Mihintale Sanctuary, Sri Lanka
– Iresha Wijerathne, Pavithra Panduwawala & Sriyani Wickramasinghe, Pp.
22399–22409
Conservaon signicance of Changaram wetlands - a key wintering site for
migratory shorebirds and other waterbirds in the western coast of Kerala, India
– Jasmine Anand, H. Byju, Aymen Nea, S. Abhijith, Omer R Reshi & K.M. Aarif,
Pp. 22410–22418
Long-term monitoring of pelicans in Naonal Chambal Sanctuary, India
– Lala A.K. Singh & Rishikesh Sharma, Pp. 22419–22429
A checklist of avifauna of Mangalore University, Karnataka, India
– K. Maxim Rodrigues, K. Vineeth Kumar, Vivek Hasyagar, M.C. Prashantha
Krishna & Deepak Naik, Pp. 22430–22439
Biology of Bhutanis ludlowi Gabriel, 1942 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, Bhutan
– Tshering Dendup, Namgay Shacha, Karma Tempa & Tez Bdr Ghalley, Pp. 22440–
22447
Biodiversity of bueries (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the protected
landscape of Nandhour, Uarakhand, India
– Hem Chandra, Manoj Kumar Arya & Aman Verma, Pp. 22448–22470
A comparison of four sampling techniques for assessing species richness of
adult odonates at riverbanks
– Apeksha Darshetkar, Ankur Patwardhan & Pankaj Koparde, Pp. 22471–22478
Florisc diversity of nave wild ornamental plants of Aravalli Hill Range: a case
study from district Rewari, Haryana, India
– Pradeep Bansal, Amrender Singh Rao, Surender Singh Yadav, M.S. Bhandoria &
S.S. Dash, Pp. 22479–22493
Flowering and fruing of Tape Seagrass Enhalus acoroides (L.f.) Royle from the
Andaman Islands: observaons from inorescence buds to dehiscent fruits
– Swapnali Gole, Sivakumar Kuppusamy, Himansu Das & Jeyaraj Antony Johnson,
Pp. 22494–22500
Short Communicaons
Status of Swamp Deer Rucervus duvaucelii duvaucelii (G. Cuvier, 1823) in
grassland-wetland habitats in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, India
– Sankarshan Rastogi, Ashish Bista, Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Pranav Chanchani &
Mudit Gupta, Pp. 22501–22504
First photographic evidence of Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata Georoy,
1803 (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae), in Colonel Sher Jung Naonal Park,
Himachal Pradesh, India
– Nidhi Singh, Urjit Bha, Saurav Chaudhary & Salvador Lyngdoh, Pp. 22505–
22509
The Marine Oer Lontra felina (Molina, 1782) (Mammalia: Carnivora:
Mustelidae) along the marine protected areas in Peru
– José Pizarro-Neyra, Pp. 22510–22514
First record of the genus Acropyga Roger, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae:
Formicinae) in Kerala, India
– Merin Elizabeth George & Gopalan Prasad, Pp. 22515–22521
First report of a coreid bug Aurelianus yunnananus Xiong, 1987 (Hemiptera:
Heteroptera: Coreidae) from India
– Hemant V. Ghate, Prak Pansare & Rahul Lodh, Pp. 22522–22527
First record of the long-horned beetle Niphona fuscatrix (Fabricius, 1792)
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from the Western Ghats, India
– Yogesh K. Mane, Priyanka B. Pal & Sunil M. Gaikwad, Pp. 22528–22532
Incidence of Clinostomum complanatum (Trematoda: Clinostomidae)
in Trichogaster fasciata (Acnopterygii: Osphronemidae), the rst report from
Deepor Beel, Assam, India
– Bobita Bordoloi & Arup Kumar Hazarika, Pp. 22533–22537
Sauromatum horseldii (Araceae): a new addion to the ora of Manipur,
northeastern India
– Kazhuhrii Eshuo & Adani Lokho, Pp. 22538–22542
Rhynchostegiella menadensis (Sande Lac.) E.B. Bartram and R. scabriseta
(Schwagr.) Broth.: two new records of mosses (Brachytheciaceae: Bryophyta) for
peninsular India
– V.K. Rajilesh, C.N. Manju & R. Prakashkumar, Pp. 22543–22547
Notes
Installaon of hot boxes for conservaon in the last nursery roost of Greater
Horseshoe Bats Rhinolophus ferrumequinum in Austria
– Lukas Zangl, Alexander Gutstein, Wolfgang Paill, Edmund Weiss & Peter Sackl,
Pp. 22548–22550
New prey record of giant ladybird beetle Anisolemnia dilatata (Fabricius)
(Coccinellidae: Coleoptera) feeding on Som Plant Aphid Aiceona sp.
– Suprakash Pal, Biwash Gurung, Ponnusamy Natarajan & Partha Sarathi Medda,
Pp. 22551–22555
Book Review
Book Review - Under the Feet of Living Things
Editors — Aparajita Daa, Rohan Arthur & T.R. Shankar Raman
– Review by Melito Prinson Pinto, Pp. 22556–22558