Besouros da família Cerambycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) do acervo entomológico do Museu de História Natural da Universidade Federal da Bahia (dados preliminares)

Abstract

Faunal inventories have great importance to feed Entomological Collections, aggregating important information on the Ecology, Taxonomy and geographical distribution of stored taxa. The insects correspond to the most diverse group, among the animals, standing out the coleoptera, with greater biodiversity in species. One of the largest families of Coleoptera is Cerambycidae, presenting a wide geographic distribution and a great ecological importance. Although it represents an important group of insects, little is known about the fauna of Cerambycidae already raised in the entomological collections of Bahia State, Brazil. In this context, the present work aimed to perform a checklist of the specimens of cerambytids deposited in the entomological deer of the Natural History Museum of Federal University of Bahia (MHNBA-MZUFBA). The cerambycids were analyzed morphologically and identified to the lowest possible taxonomic level. A total of 395 individuals belonging to the Cerambycidae Family were identified and distributed into five subfamilies, 14 tribes and 159 species. Cerambycinae was the most frequent subfamily in the MHNBA collection, with 43.8% (n = 173) and Lamiinae presented the highest richness in species with 45.28% (n = 72).