Stellognatha maculata (Olivier) 1795

CHECKLIST OF THE CERAMBYCIDAE

OF MADAGASCAR AND ADJACENT ISLANDS

by

Keve Ribardo and James Cope

          Cerambycidae are among the more important economic insects, annually causing tens of millions of dollars damage to forest wood products worldwide. A knowledge of faunal compositions, and an understanding of species biologies are essential to successful tropical silvicultural and forestry programs. Further, cerambycid beetles are highly diversified taxonomically and ecologically, and are closely-allied to their host plants; as such they may provide important data and evolutionary "clues" for ecological and zoogeographic studies.

          There is no recent catalog or checklist of Cerambycidae for Madagascar. Some taxonomic groups have been treated fairly recently (Parandrinae and Prioninae by Quentin and Villiers in 1975; Lamiinae by Breuning in 1954, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1980a, and 1980b) but other large groups, such as Cerambycinae and Lepturinae have not been recently treated. This is particularly significant for Lepturinae, because this subfamily, although almost completely absent from continental Africa, forms a significant component of the Malagasy fauna.

          The area under consideration for this checklist includes all of the nearby offshore islands, such as Europa Island, Nosy-Be Island, and Sainte-Marie Island, as well as more distant island groups, such as the Comoro Islands and Seychelles.

          This checklist should not be considered a finished product, but rather the best information that we currently have available.  If errors or omissions are found we would appreciate knowing about these so that we may keep this list as accurate as possible.  We may be contacted in care of the Entomology Department of the California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.  94118

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Aurivillius, C.  1912.  Coleopterorum Catalogus.  pars 39, Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae.  Berlin, W. Junk, 574 pp.

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Quentin, R.M. and A. Villiers. 1970. Revision des Dorcasomini [Col. Cerambycidae]. Annls Soc. Ent. Fr. (N.S.), 6(1):25-34.

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-----. 1977. Genera et Catalogue raisonne des Prioninae africains. I. Ergatini (Col. Cerambycidae). Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.), 13(3):509-524.

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-----. 1982. Demembrement du genre Mastododera Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). Annls Soc. ent. Fr. (N.S.), 18(1):129-162.

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