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Prioninae of Vietnam, Taxonomical Revision and Distribution

Grantee: DO MANH Cuong
  • Vietnam
  • Vietnam National Museum of Nature
  • Arthropods - Insects

Internship details

  • Years

    2016 and 2017

  • Training location

    Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

  • Belgian supervisor

    Drumont Alain

  • Studied organism (classification)

    Animalia – Arthropoda – Insecta – Coleoptera – Cerambycidae – Prioninae

  • Reports

 2016 report Do Manh Cuong

The objective of the project is to achieve an updated checklist and revision of Prioninae (Cerambycidae) from Vietnam with additions of taxonomy and distribution. Materials of Prioninae, collected from 2010 to 2015 in Vietnam, will be scanned and reviewed then compared with type specimens deposited at the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS). The work will include describing new species and revising taxa of the subfamily. The cooperation between Mr. Do Manh and a specialist from RBINS has already been initiated in the past, with some work and publications on Aegosomatini.

The fauna of Prioninae of Vietnam is extremely diverse but its taxonomy is very complicated; the project will enable the upgrading of information on both taxonomy and distribution of these species in Vietnam. The information will not only be used for science but will also be valuable for conservation in estimating threatened species with narrow distribution. This project is part of the Ph. D. of Mr. Do Manh.

Additional documentation

Scientific papers

  • Do, C., Drumont, A., and Komiya, Z. (2019). Description of a new species of the genus Prionus Geoffroy, 1762 from northern Vietnam (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae). J. Asia Pac. Entomol. 22, 63–66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2018.12.005.
  • Do, C., and Drumont, A. (2018). A new species of Aegolipton Gressitt, 1940 from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 29, 65–71.
  • Drumont, A., Ivanov, S., and Do, C. (2018). First report of the occurrence of the genus Megobaralipton Lepesme & Breuning, 1952 in Vietnam (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae, Aegosomatini). Lambillionea CXVIII, 14–17.
  • Drumont, A., and Do, C. (2017). New contribution to the study of the tribe Aegosomatini in Vietnam with the description of a new species of Aegolipton Gressitt, 1940 and a note on the identity of the  female sex of Aegosoma george Do, 2015 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae). Les Cahiers Magellanes 25, 106–112.

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