There was a report of skin disease outbreak and emergence of unfamiliar insects at Hunthar locality, the western part of Aizawl City, Mizoram, North-east India. Epidemiological and entomological studies with house-to-house survey were conducted. Of the 259 confirmed cases, 123(47.49%) were males while 136(52.51%) were females. Maximum number of cases (14.28%) were in the age group of 21-25 years. Most of the patients have contacted sites in their exposed areas affecting face 145(34.19%), neck 91(21.46%) and arms 55 (12.97%).The first case was recorded on 23rd October 2015 and the last case was recorded on 30th November 2015.The outbreak had a peak period from 8th November, 2015 to 18th November, 2015and cases during the peak period constituted 206(79.53% of the total cases).Maximum number of cases were recorded on 10thNovember 2015(38 cases =14.67%). The causative organism was identified as a Rove beetle, a coleopteran under family Staphylinidae, Genus Paederus and Species melampus.
