| Summary: | Fifty-three species of Cerambycidae were collected in Mali between 2014 and 2020 as by-catches within NIH and IVCC projects for malaria vector ecology and control, 42 of them are new records for the country. An updated list of 89 species of cerambycid beetles of Mali is presented. Two species, Niphotragulus occidentalis Breuning, 1977 and Sophronica sudanica Breuning, 1962, are so far only known from Mali. We are grateful to the late Prof. Dr. Vasiliy D. Kravchenko (Tel Aviv University, Israel, USTTB Bamako, Mali) for his dedicated entomological work in Mali: operating trap-ping systems, training local entomologists, and taking care of the collected material in harsh conditions.We are thankful to the University of Sciences, Techniques, and Technologies of Bamako, which allowed us to use their field station near Ouronina, the numerous village councils that approved our activities, and the citizens of the surrounding vil-lages that kindly tolerated our activities in their land. We thank Karl Adlbauer for the species identification and valuable comments.
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