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Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology
Year : 2010, Volume : 29a, Issue : 1
First page : ( 31) Last page : ( 46)
Print ISSN : 0970-0765. Online ISSN : 2320-3188.

Record on species of Apanteles foerster (Braconidae: microgastrinae) from central India

Yousuf Mohd.*, Ray Puja

Forest Entomology Division, Tropical Forest Research Institute, Jabalpur-482021 (M. P.), India

*E-mail: yousuf_tfri@yahoo.com

Online published on 22 February, 2013.

Abstract

Apanteles species are important larval parasitoids of several lepidopterous pests of economic importance to agricultural crops, commercial cash crops and forest tree species. Several Apanteles species were recovered during taxonomic survey of important forestry and adjoining agro-forestry areas of central India, covering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra by sweeping and host-insects rearing methods. From the sweeping samples, 19 species and from laboratory host rearing 8 species of Apanteles were obtained. The present paper gives a brief account of these Apanteles species. These parasitoids are undoubtedly important for keeping the check and balance of the population of important insect pests.

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Keywords

Apanteles spp, Biological control, Braconidae, Insect pest management, Hymenoptera, Microgastrinae.

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