Diversity of hymenoptera in coffee in Tamil Nadu Manikandan K. R.*, Muthuswami M.1, Chitra N.1, Chinniah C., Ananthan M.2 Department of Agricultural Entomology, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, 625104 1Coimbatore, 641003 2Directorate of Open and Distance Learning, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 641003 *Email: manibscagri@gmail.com (corresponding author)
Abstract A total of 2334 hymenopterans of 24 families under 14 superfamilies were collected in the coffee ecosystem at Horticultural Research Station, Thadiyankudisai, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. The hymenopteran diversity comprised predominantly Ichneumonidae (14.7%) followed by Diapriidae (13.4%), Platygastridae (13.0%), Braconidae (12.0%) and Scelionidae (11.3%). Ceraphronidae, Eulophidae, Ampulicidae, Figitidae (0.7%) and Eupelmidae (0.6%) were observed to be the least in diversity. Top Keywords Coffee, Hymenoptera, diversity, parasitoids, Ichneumonidae, Diapriidae, Platygastridae, Braconidae, Scelionidae, diversity indices. Top |