Pub Date : 2021-12-27DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.2010617
M. Hussain, Maimoona Kanwal, K. Aftab, M. Khalid, Somia Liaqat, T. Iqbal, G. Rahman, M. Umar
ABSTRACT We explored patterns of dung beetle diversity from croplands and pastures in two climatic zones (hot semi-arid and humid subtropical climate) from six localities in each of three districts, i.e. Gujrat, Kotli and Sialkot. We placed three 500 m long transects each separated by ~150 m apart within a sampling site. Data were collected by placing nine pitfall traps, each separated by ~50 m apart at each habitat. We estimated alpha diversity metrics and also calculated the similarity percentage (SIMPER) between study sites and habitat types. Nineteen species representing eight genera, six tribes and two subfamilies were recorded. Dung beetle assemblages showed significant differences in relative abundance in species richness and abundance. In croplands, Onthophagus gazella (18.19%), Onitis philemon (09%) and Onitis castaneous (12.92%) were the most abundant species. Whereas in pastures, Onthophagus gazella (11.16%), Onitis castaneous (6.65%) and Onitis philemon (8.22%) were abundant. SIMPER results indicated that Onthophagus gazella and Onitis castaneous were top contributors in the dissimilarity between study sites and habitat types. Greater diversity was recorded in Gujrat and Kotli Tunnellers were the most dominant functional guild in both habitat types. The present study highlights that climatic zones influence the patterns of distribution of dung beetle assemblages associated with habitat types.
{"title":"Distribution patterns of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) assemblages in croplands and pastures across two climatic zones of Pakistan","authors":"M. Hussain, Maimoona Kanwal, K. Aftab, M. Khalid, Somia Liaqat, T. Iqbal, G. Rahman, M. Umar","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.2010617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.2010617","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We explored patterns of dung beetle diversity from croplands and pastures in two climatic zones (hot semi-arid and humid subtropical climate) from six localities in each of three districts, i.e. Gujrat, Kotli and Sialkot. We placed three 500 m long transects each separated by ~150 m apart within a sampling site. Data were collected by placing nine pitfall traps, each separated by ~50 m apart at each habitat. We estimated alpha diversity metrics and also calculated the similarity percentage (SIMPER) between study sites and habitat types. Nineteen species representing eight genera, six tribes and two subfamilies were recorded. Dung beetle assemblages showed significant differences in relative abundance in species richness and abundance. In croplands, Onthophagus gazella (18.19%), Onitis philemon (09%) and Onitis castaneous (12.92%) were the most abundant species. Whereas in pastures, Onthophagus gazella (11.16%), Onitis castaneous (6.65%) and Onitis philemon (8.22%) were abundant. SIMPER results indicated that Onthophagus gazella and Onitis castaneous were top contributors in the dissimilarity between study sites and habitat types. Greater diversity was recorded in Gujrat and Kotli Tunnellers were the most dominant functional guild in both habitat types. The present study highlights that climatic zones influence the patterns of distribution of dung beetle assemblages associated with habitat types.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"7 1","pages":"392 - 407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88310178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-12-20DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.2011796
Yao Deng, Mengjin Wang, Benyong Mao, Miao Li
ABSTRACT Two new species of the genus Xistra Bolívar, namely Xistra orchotibia sp. nov. and Xistra bannaensis sp. nov., are described from the Yunnan Province of China. A key to species and a distribution map are provided for Xistra. The differences among the genera Xistra, Xistrella Bolívar, Xistrellula Günther, Pseudoparatettix Günther, 1937 and Mazarredia Bolívar are briefly discussed.
摘要本文报道了云南西stra Bolívar属2新种(西stra orchotibia sp. nov.)和bannaensis sp. nov.)。并提供了种键和分布图。简要讨论了xstra属、Xistrella Bolívar、Xistrellula g nther、Pseudoparatettix g nther、1937和Mazarredia Bolívar之间的差异。
{"title":"Two new species of Xistra Bolívar, 1887 (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae: Metrodorinae) from China, with a key to species of the genus","authors":"Yao Deng, Mengjin Wang, Benyong Mao, Miao Li","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.2011796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.2011796","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Two new species of the genus Xistra Bolívar, namely Xistra orchotibia sp. nov. and Xistra bannaensis sp. nov., are described from the Yunnan Province of China. A key to species and a distribution map are provided for Xistra. The differences among the genera Xistra, Xistrella Bolívar, Xistrellula Günther, Pseudoparatettix Günther, 1937 and Mazarredia Bolívar are briefly discussed.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"25 1","pages":"408 - 427"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86019844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-08DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1997831
Varun Saini, D. Dey
ABSTRACT The genus Piyuma Pate from India is reviewed, and a new species, Piyuma chapraensis (Bihar: Chapra), is described and illustrated. Furthermore, two subspecies of P. prosopoides, viz., makilingi and iwatai are redescribed with illustrations. A checklist is provided for all Piyuma species reported from the Indian subcontinent. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:91AD2C75-AAC0-4B92-AFA4-6D59ECBA7421
{"title":"The solitary wasp genus Piyuma Pate, 1944 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) in India, with description of a new species","authors":"Varun Saini, D. Dey","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1997831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1997831","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The genus Piyuma Pate from India is reviewed, and a new species, Piyuma chapraensis (Bihar: Chapra), is described and illustrated. Furthermore, two subspecies of P. prosopoides, viz., makilingi and iwatai are redescribed with illustrations. A checklist is provided for all Piyuma species reported from the Indian subcontinent. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:91AD2C75-AAC0-4B92-AFA4-6D59ECBA7421","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"13 1","pages":"379 - 391"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88028507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-20DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1988744
Yoshihiro Senda
ABSTRACT The large-sized species of the genus Eupiestus Kraatz were reviewed taxonomically. Eupiestus miriceps Fauvel, 1902, is redescribed with a detailed illustration of the male genital parts. Eupiestus giganteus Shibata, 1991, was synonymised with E. callosus Fauvel, 1902. Eupiestus miriceps and E. spinifer were newly recorded from the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia: Selangor) and Laos, respectively. Habitus photographs of all species including the holotype of E. spinifer var. unicolor Cameron are given. A key for the identification of large-sized Eupiestus species and the list of the world Eupiestus species are provided. Observation of the mid-gut contents suggests that Eupiestus species are fungivorous, at least in adults of a few species.
{"title":"Review of the large-sized species of the genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae), with notes on the adult feeding habit","authors":"Yoshihiro Senda","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1988744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1988744","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The large-sized species of the genus Eupiestus Kraatz were reviewed taxonomically. Eupiestus miriceps Fauvel, 1902, is redescribed with a detailed illustration of the male genital parts. Eupiestus giganteus Shibata, 1991, was synonymised with E. callosus Fauvel, 1902. Eupiestus miriceps and E. spinifer were newly recorded from the Malay Peninsula (Malaysia: Selangor) and Laos, respectively. Habitus photographs of all species including the holotype of E. spinifer var. unicolor Cameron are given. A key for the identification of large-sized Eupiestus species and the list of the world Eupiestus species are provided. Observation of the mid-gut contents suggests that Eupiestus species are fungivorous, at least in adults of a few species.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"122 1","pages":"328 - 344"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76326026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-20DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1989074
Changrong Zhang, Chun Wang, F. Maggi, Shuai Li, Yonglu Meng, Shuangli Luo, Siyu Yang, Yu Cao
ABSTRACT The free choice of Frankliniella occidentalis to the paper color simulative to Rosa chinensis cultivars (Ruby, Love,Parade,Mohana, Pink Peace, and Spectra) was tested in Petri dishes, and their behavioral responses to the volatiles of different these R. chinensis cultivars was tested in a Y-tube olfactometer. The results showed that F. occidentalis exhibited color preference for yellow (Mohana ≈ Spectra) > red (Ruby ≈ Love) > pink (Parade ≈ Pink Peace), whereas the preference for plant flower volatiles was Ruby > Love > Parade > Mohana > Pink Peace > Spectra. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis showed that benzeneethanol was the single most abundant component in the volatile profiles of Ruby, Love, and Mohana, with contents of 37.03, 25.25, and 33.13%, respectively. (Z)-3-Hexenyl acetate was the most abundant component in the volatile profiles of Parade and Spectra, with contents of 39.87 and 22.62%, respectively. Geraniol (16.07%) was the most abundant component of the Pink Peace volatiles. Therefore, future mitigation approaches, e.g., color sticky traps or/and attractants, could be still used for the key monitoring and control of F. occidentalis on a particular cultivar when different varieties of certain crops were grown together on a large scale.
{"title":"Visual and olfactory preferences of Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) for color and volatiles of different Rosa chinensis (Rosales: Rosaceae) cultivars","authors":"Changrong Zhang, Chun Wang, F. Maggi, Shuai Li, Yonglu Meng, Shuangli Luo, Siyu Yang, Yu Cao","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1989074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1989074","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The free choice of Frankliniella occidentalis to the paper color simulative to Rosa chinensis cultivars (Ruby, Love,Parade,Mohana, Pink Peace, and Spectra) was tested in Petri dishes, and their behavioral responses to the volatiles of different these R. chinensis cultivars was tested in a Y-tube olfactometer. The results showed that F. occidentalis exhibited color preference for yellow (Mohana ≈ Spectra) > red (Ruby ≈ Love) > pink (Parade ≈ Pink Peace), whereas the preference for plant flower volatiles was Ruby > Love > Parade > Mohana > Pink Peace > Spectra. Gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis showed that benzeneethanol was the single most abundant component in the volatile profiles of Ruby, Love, and Mohana, with contents of 37.03, 25.25, and 33.13%, respectively. (Z)-3-Hexenyl acetate was the most abundant component in the volatile profiles of Parade and Spectra, with contents of 39.87 and 22.62%, respectively. Geraniol (16.07%) was the most abundant component of the Pink Peace volatiles. Therefore, future mitigation approaches, e.g., color sticky traps or/and attractants, could be still used for the key monitoring and control of F. occidentalis on a particular cultivar when different varieties of certain crops were grown together on a large scale.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"18 1","pages":"345 - 361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75901197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-04DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1982043
Z. Naaz, R. Bibi, J. Dorey
ABSTRACT The rapid decline of bee populations over the last decade is thought to be driven by a combination of environmental change, habitat loss, invasive species, co-introduced disease, and chemical use in agriculture. Native bee species, managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), and other introduced bee species in Fiji provide great economic value by assisting in pollination of crops and also contribute to the maintenance of plant biodiversity in Fiji, but do not occur in the high numbers that they can elsewhere in the world. Recent scientific evidence suggests, however, that there is also a high risk of current and future decline in native bee numbers and potentially species in Fiji. Thus, for effective conservation of native bee fauna, knowledge of bee species richness, diversity, and possible threats is critical. In response to a recent flurry of publication activity on the Fijian bee fauna over the last decade, we review the current bee species found in Fiji, their geographical range, and their interactions with the environment. We also discuss the implications and importance of introduced bees and the reciprocal need for conservation methods to be put in place to ensure that the endemic Fijian bee species are not forced into extinction.
{"title":"Current status of bees in Fiji - geographical distribution and role in pollination of crop plants","authors":"Z. Naaz, R. Bibi, J. Dorey","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1982043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1982043","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The rapid decline of bee populations over the last decade is thought to be driven by a combination of environmental change, habitat loss, invasive species, co-introduced disease, and chemical use in agriculture. Native bee species, managed honey bees (Apis mellifera), and other introduced bee species in Fiji provide great economic value by assisting in pollination of crops and also contribute to the maintenance of plant biodiversity in Fiji, but do not occur in the high numbers that they can elsewhere in the world. Recent scientific evidence suggests, however, that there is also a high risk of current and future decline in native bee numbers and potentially species in Fiji. Thus, for effective conservation of native bee fauna, knowledge of bee species richness, diversity, and possible threats is critical. In response to a recent flurry of publication activity on the Fijian bee fauna over the last decade, we review the current bee species found in Fiji, their geographical range, and their interactions with the environment. We also discuss the implications and importance of introduced bees and the reciprocal need for conservation methods to be put in place to ensure that the endemic Fijian bee species are not forced into extinction.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"23 1","pages":"271 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84409675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-29DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1982787
S. Joshi, Rejoice Gassah, V. Ismavel
ABSTRACT Situated at the intersection of the Himalayan and Indo-Chinese biodiversity hotspots, Northeast India is one of the most biodiversity rich areas of South Asia. Despite this, insects such as dragonflies and damselflies (Order: Odonata) of this region remain poorly studied causing an impediment to their conservation assessments. We conducted long-term surveys to study odonate diversity of the Karimganj District, Assam, India bordering the states of Tripura and Mizoram, and the country of Bangladesh. Here, we publish reports of eight species: four new to India Ceriagrion calamineum, Nannophyopsis clara, Phyllothemis eltoni, and Zyxomma breviventre, and four noteworthy species newly recorded from the state: Megalogomphus smithii, Orientogomphus indicus, Pseudothemis zonata, and Sarasaeschna khasiana. We recorded total 97 odonate species during our surveys. We provide the checklist of Odonata of Assam based on our surveys and literature.
{"title":"Dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Karimganj District, Assam, India with four additions to the Indian checklist","authors":"S. Joshi, Rejoice Gassah, V. Ismavel","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1982787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1982787","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Situated at the intersection of the Himalayan and Indo-Chinese biodiversity hotspots, Northeast India is one of the most biodiversity rich areas of South Asia. Despite this, insects such as dragonflies and damselflies (Order: Odonata) of this region remain poorly studied causing an impediment to their conservation assessments. We conducted long-term surveys to study odonate diversity of the Karimganj District, Assam, India bordering the states of Tripura and Mizoram, and the country of Bangladesh. Here, we publish reports of eight species: four new to India Ceriagrion calamineum, Nannophyopsis clara, Phyllothemis eltoni, and Zyxomma breviventre, and four noteworthy species newly recorded from the state: Megalogomphus smithii, Orientogomphus indicus, Pseudothemis zonata, and Sarasaeschna khasiana. We recorded total 97 odonate species during our surveys. We provide the checklist of Odonata of Assam based on our surveys and literature.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"81 1","pages":"299 - 327"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86479585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-02DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1959462
S. Triapitsyn, Mei-Ling Chan
ABSTRACT The cave barklouse Psocathropos lachlani Ribaga, 1899 (Psocodea: Psyllipsocidae) occurs in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where it is a frequent dweller inside buildings. Numerous specimens of an egg parasitoid Dicopus psyche Girault, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) were collected by yellow pan traps and commercial cockroach sticky traps inside houses infested with P. lachlani in two urban localities in Taiwan. This apparent association with P. lachlani is the third known host record for the genus Dicopus Enock, 1909, which is newly recorded from Taiwan. Taxonomic notes and digital images are provided for the holotype male of D. psyche from Fiji as well as for its both sexes based on specimens from Taiwan. Dicopus longipes (Subba Rao, 1984), syn. nov., originally described as Kubja longipes Subba Rao and known from Cambodia, India and Malaysia, is synonymised with D. psyche.
{"title":"Taxonomy of Dicopus psyche Girault, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) and its association with Psocathropos lachlani Ribaga, 1899 (Psocodea: Psyllipsocidae) in houses in Taiwan","authors":"S. Triapitsyn, Mei-Ling Chan","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1959462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1959462","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The cave barklouse Psocathropos lachlani Ribaga, 1899 (Psocodea: Psyllipsocidae) occurs in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world, where it is a frequent dweller inside buildings. Numerous specimens of an egg parasitoid Dicopus psyche Girault, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) were collected by yellow pan traps and commercial cockroach sticky traps inside houses infested with P. lachlani in two urban localities in Taiwan. This apparent association with P. lachlani is the third known host record for the genus Dicopus Enock, 1909, which is newly recorded from Taiwan. Taxonomic notes and digital images are provided for the holotype male of D. psyche from Fiji as well as for its both sexes based on specimens from Taiwan. Dicopus longipes (Subba Rao, 1984), syn. nov., originally described as Kubja longipes Subba Rao and known from Cambodia, India and Malaysia, is synonymised with D. psyche.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"3 1","pages":"235 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90213664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-09DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1944931
S. A. Farooqui, Kazi Sabnam Siddiqua, H. Sankararaman, Hina Parwez, R. Joshi
ABSTRACT In the present paper, Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986, an Arctiid moth, is reported as a new pest feeding on flowering oilseed plant castor (Ricinus communis L.) from the Indian region, which also reports the first association of this insect with any plant species. In addition, a list of pest species of moths that feeds on castor in India are also provided.
本文报道了一种以开花油籽植物蓖麻(Ricinus communis L.)为食的新害虫——北蛾Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986，这也是首次报道了这种昆虫与植物的关联。此外，还提供了印度以蓖麻为食的害虫种类清单。
{"title":"First report of Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) feeding on economically important oilseed plant castor (Ricinus communis Linnaeus) from India","authors":"S. A. Farooqui, Kazi Sabnam Siddiqua, H. Sankararaman, Hina Parwez, R. Joshi","doi":"10.1080/00305316.2021.1944931","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2021.1944931","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In the present paper, Olepa koslandana Orhant, 1986, an Arctiid moth, is reported as a new pest feeding on flowering oilseed plant castor (Ricinus communis L.) from the Indian region, which also reports the first association of this insect with any plant species. In addition, a list of pest species of moths that feeds on castor in India are also provided.","PeriodicalId":19728,"journal":{"name":"Oriental Insects","volume":"22 1","pages":"227 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2021-07-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85376664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-22DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1943558
A. Chauhan, H. Singh
ABSTRACT Studies were conducted to explore the extent of conopid fly infestation in carpenter bee rearing. Conopid flies are larval parasitoids of carpenter bees. The samples were collected from fields, natural nesting sites and artificially domiciled nests. The seasonal incidences of conopid flies in Xylocopa were observed from January 2019 to June 2020. The biology of conopid flies revealed different stages of their life cycle. Two species of conopid fly, Physocephala rufipes and Physocephala scutellata were identified to infect carpenter bees in this region. The total development period of P. rufipes ranged between 130 and 185 days while it was 136–191 days in P. scutellata. Seasonal incidences showed higher infestation during June to August which ranged between 25 and 38% and the infested foragers died after 7–11 days of infestation. A comparative seasonal incidence of P. rufipes and P. scutellata revealed higher infestation in X. tenuiscapa (15.96% and 16.79%) over X. fenestrata 14.29% and 14.66% during 2019 and 2020. The incidence of P. rufipes was higher in both the carpenter bees (64–71.11%) as compared to P. scutellata (28.29–36.93%).The highest incidence of P. rufipes was recorded from Dimapur (29.68%) while P. scutellata infestation was higher in Peren.
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