LONG HORNED BEETLES (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) With New Records And Their ASSOCIATION WITH DIFFERENT WEED PLANTS IN SINDH, PAKISTAN
LONG HORNED BEETLES (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) With New Records And Their ASSOCIATION WITH DIFFERENT WEED PLANTS IN SINDH, PAKISTAN
Kamran Ahmed Pathan1 , Waheed Ali Panhwar1,*, Abdul Manan Shaikh1, Safdar Ali
Ujan1, Javed Ahmed Ujan1, Khadim Hussain Memon1, Irfan Ahmed Pathan1 and
Shabana Mangi1
ABSTRACT
The longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) are present in almost all ecosystems,
except the ocean and polar regions. They are most important biologically controlling agents
into agro-ecosystems. Long horned beetles were gathered from different sites (agricultural
fields and their surrounding vegetation) of Sindh Province with insect net (7.79 cm in
diameter and 49.9 cm in length) and hand picking. A total of 234 specimens were captured
from October 2018 to July 2019. The material was identified to seven species and six
genera. The species Batocera rubus (Linnaeus, 1758), Batocera rufomaculata (De Geer,
1775), Apriona cinerea (Chevrolat, 1852), Prionus corpulantus (Bates, 1878) and
Macrotoma crenata (Fabricius, 1801), were recorded as new record from Sindh Province.
While Archopalus exoticus (Sharp, 1905), Dorysthenes hugelii (Redtenbacher, 1848) were
reported first time from Pakistan. Additionally, the association of various plants with the
species is provided for the first time. This study will be a baseline for the future research
associated with longhorn beetles.
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March 2021
Vol. 27, Iss. 1
