Diversity of Timber Infesting Beetles From Odisha

A study was undertaken in coastal Odisha i.e. Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Khurda and Kandhamal to document diversity of wood feeding beetles. A total of 22 species were observed on different timbers during storage. Borers on these timbers were observed to belong to families like Cerambycidae, Buprestidae, Lyctidae, Platypodidae, Silvanidae, Passalidae, Scolytidae and Curculionidae. In addition, three termite (Isoptera) species were also observed. Of the borers, the bamboo borer and auger beetle were reared in sal pieces under laboratory condition. The larval, pupal and adult periods were found as 29.33± 0.56, 8.00± 0.51 and 19.20± 0.62 days for Dinoderus minutus F.; and 34.33± 0.49, 12.3± 60.25 and 43.53± 0.42 days for Sinoxylon anale Lesne, respectively. Total lifecycle of Xystrocera globosa Olivier was found to occupy 44.03± 0.46 days; and pupal and adult periods were 6.02± 0.30 and 4.01± 0.51days, respectively.