TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON PREDACIOUS COCCINELLIDAE, ORDER : COLEOPTERA
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TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON PREDACIOUS COCCINELLIDAE, ORDER : COLEOPTERA
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Creator |
CHANMAMLA, G
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RAMASUBBA RAO, V
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Subject |
diseases, fruits, marketing margins, biological phenomena, developmental stages, coccinella septempunctata, groundnuts, predators, meat, animal products
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Description |
Taxonomic studies on predacious Coccinellidae, Order : Coleoptera were under taken at the Department of Entomology, S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati during 2007-2009. In the present study, 12 Coccinellid species belonging to eleven genera, under four tribes of the family Coccinellidae are collected and identified. They, are Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius), Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius), Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, Harmonia octomaculata (Fabricius), Illeis cincta (Fabricius), Micraspis discolor (Fabricius), Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius), Propylea sp. nr. japonica (Thunberg), Pseudaspidimerus trinotatus (Thunberg), Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant and Scymnus (Scymnus) nubilus Mulsant. All the 12 Coccinellid species are described and illustrated. A key for distinguishing all these Coccinellid species with line diagrams and colour photographs are given for easy identification. Among these 12 species of Coccinellids, Coccinella transversalis Fabricius (38%) and Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) (34%) are the most abundant species in and around Tirupati in different agro-ecosystems followed by Illeis cincta (Fabricius) (6%). Five species viz., Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus; Coccinella transversalis Fabricius; Harmonia octomaculata (Fabricius); Micraspis discolor (Fabricius) and Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) are recorded in groundnut crop ecosystem feeding on aphids, Aphis craccivora and leafhoppers, Empoasca (Empoasca) motti Pruthi. Among these species, Coccinella transversalis Fabricius is abundant recording 52% of population followed by Cheilomenes sexmaculata (Fabricius) (29%). |
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2016-06-24T13:38:11Z
2016-06-24T13:38:11Z 2009 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/67933
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Language |
en
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D8710;
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application/pdf
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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