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

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Yogesh K. Mane
Priyanka B. Patil
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8285-1869
Sunil M. Gaikwad
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5182-9861

Abstract

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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