Rec. zool. Surv. India: Vol. 120(3)/257–262, 2020 ISSN (Online) : 2581-8686 DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/150304 ISSN (Print) : 0375-1511 On the collection of (: Chalcidoidea) from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India

Nabasri Basak, Anandhan Rameshkumar*, Sheela Saroj and Sarfrazul Islam Kazmi Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, India Email: [email protected]

Abstract Chalcidid pupal parasitoids were collected by employing improved collection methods such as sweep-net and yellow pan trap from various localities of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India. Consequently, in the present paper nine

distribution are also provided. species of the family Chalcididae are reported for the first time from the Union Territory. Details of the species hosts and Keywords: Chalcididae, Hymenoptera, New Distributional Records, Parasitoids

Introduction Systematic studies on the entomofauna are scant, particularly from Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Chandra Family Chalcididae is an important group of parasitic (2011) stated that less than 500 species of were Hymenoptera which are commonly used as biological reported from Dadra and Nagar Haveli; however no control agents against various pests species belonging to chalcid insects form a part of this list. Kazmi et al. (2003), the orders Lepidoptera (pupae of moths and butterflies), Ghosh et al. (2018) and Chandra et al. (2018) studied the Diptera (larvae and pupae), Coleoptera (beetles), diversity of butterflies, aquatic beetles and hemipteran Neuroptera (predatory larvae of ant-lions) and sometimes insects respectively. There was not a single chalcid Hymenoptera too (Narendran, 1989; Noyes, 2019). The parasitoid from this area have been studied yet. The family Chalcididae consists of 1464 species fewer than 87 present paper reported the study on diversity of chalcidid genera worldwide and 224 species belong to 31 genera are parasitoids from Dadra and Nagar Haveli, India. reported from India (Noyes, 2019). Major contributions to the knowledge of Chalcididae fauna of India were Material and Methods mainly made by Joseph et al. (1972, 1973), Mani & Dubey (1972), Bouček & Narendran (1981), Roy & Farooqi Specimens were collected through sweep-net and yellow- (1981), Bouček (1982), Husain & Agarwal (1982, 1989), pan traps from different areas of Dadra and Nagar Haveli Narendran (1986, 1989), Sheela et al. (2003), Narendran & and were processed and mounted on triangular cards Sudheer (2005), Khan & Hayat (2010), Narendran & as per standard protocol. The specimens were identified Khan (2011) and Gowri et al. (2016). up to species level, using appropriate keys. Vouchered The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli specimens are deposited in the National Zoological comprises of about 491 sq. km close to the western coast Collection, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. of India. It consists of two different geographic regions, The Following Acronyms are used for the Depositories Nagar Haveli being sharing boarders with Gujarat and Maharashtra states and Dadra being entirely surrounded BMNH: Natural History Museum London, UK; HDEO: by Gujarat. The Union Territory lies within the tropical Hope Department of Entomology, University Museum, moist deciduous forest eco-region which covers Oxford, England; MCSG: Museo Civico di Storia Naturel, approximately 40% of its total geographic area. Genova, Italy; NM: Entomologickeoddeleni, Narodni,

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Museum, Praha, CSSR; QM: Queensland Museum, Material examined: INDIA: DARDA AND NAGAR Brisbane, Australia; USNM: National Museum of Natural HAVELI: Vasona (20.2255° N, 72.9943° E), 1♀, 23.i.2018 History, Washington DC, USA; UZM: Universitets (yellow pan-trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. Zoologiska Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark; ZSI: Hosts: Aspidomorpha miliaris Fabricius (Coleoptera: Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata. Chrysomelidae) (Narendran, 1989). Results Distribution: India: Odisha, Uttar Pradesh (Sheela et al., 2015); West Bengal (Narendran, 1989); Dadra and Nagar Nine species under five genera are identified and reported Haveli. for the first time from Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Union territory) of India. Host associations and distributional 4. Brachymeria podagrica (Fabricius, 1787) (Fig. 1d) data wherever available are provided. 1787. Chalcis podagrica Fabricius, Mantissa Insectorumsis- 1. Antrocephalus phaeospilus Waterston, 1922 (Fig. 1a) tens species nuperdetectas, 1: 148, M., India, Tamil Nadu (UZM). 1922. Antrocephalus phaeospilus Waterston, Indian Forest Re- cords, 9(2): 22, F. India, Bhim Tal, Kumaon (BMNH). Material examined: India: DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI: Demni road (20.32° N, 72.98° E), 1♂, 1♀, Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR 23.i.2018 (sweep-net), leg. A. Rameshkumar. HAVELI: Garden near Dudhani jetty (20.1929° N, 73.1511° E), 1♀, 25.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Hosts: Different species of Sarcophagidae, , Rameshkumar; Khanvel (20.1272° N, 73.0529° E), 6♀, Synanthropic Diptera, Secondarily parasitic on 20.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar; Vasona Lepidoptera (Narendran, 1989). (20.2255° N, 72.9943° E), 1♀, 23.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, leg. A. Rameshkumar. Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Hosts: Unknown Pradesh (Noyes, 2019); West Bengal (Sheela et al., 2015); Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Distribution: India: Kerala, Uttar Pradesh (Noyes, 2019); West Bengal (Rameshkumar et al., 2020); Dadra and 5. Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846 (Fig. 1e) Nagar Haveli. 1846. Dirhinus anthracia Walker, List of the specimens of Hy- menopterous insects in the collection of the British Muse- 2. Antrocephalus sepyra (Walker, 1846) (Fig. 1b) um, Part 1: 7, 85, M. Philippines (BMNH). 1846. Halticella sepyra Walker, Annals and Magazine of Natural Material examined: INDIA: DADRA ANG NAGAR History, 17: 110, Lectotype, M., India, Bombay (HDEO). HAVELI: Khanvel (20.1272° N, 73.0529° E), 1♀, 20.i.2018 Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. HAVELI: Garden near Dudhani jetty (20.1929° N, Hosts: Different species of Calliphoridae, , 73.1511° E), 2♀, 25.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Sarcophagidea, Tachinidae, (Diptera); Rameshkumar; Khanvel (20.1272° N, 73.0529° E), 8♀, Bombycidae, Noctuidae, Pyralidae, Zygaenidae 20.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. (Lepidoptera); Acrididae (Orthoptera) (Noyes, 2019). Hosts: Unknown. Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Distribution: India: Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal (Noyes, 2019); Dadra Uttar Pradesh (Noyes, 2019); Kerala (Sheela et al., 2015); and Nagar Haveli. Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

3. Brachymeria burksi Chhotani, 1966 (Fig. 1c) 6. Kriechbaumerella ayyari (Gahan, 1919) (Fig. 1f) 1966. Brachymeria burksi Chhotani, J. Zool. Soc. India, 18: 89, F., 1919. Stomatoceras ayyari Gahan, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 56: 518; India, West Bengal (ZSI). Lectotype F., India, Coimbatore (USNM).

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Figure 1. (a) Antrocephalus phaeospilus; (b) Antrocephalus sepyra; (c) Brachymeria burksi; (d) Brachymeria podagrica; (e) Dirhinus anthracia; (f) Kriechbaumerella ayyari.

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Figure 2. (a) Kriechbaumerella pulvinata; (b) Kriechbaumerella titusi; (c) Tropimeris monodon.

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Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR 9. Tropimeris monodon Bouček, 1958 (Fig. 2c) HAVELI: Madhuban dam (20.1946° N, 73.0578° E), 1♀, 1958. Tropimeris monodon Bouček, Acta Entomologica Musei Na- 22.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. tionalis Pragae, 32: 481, F., India, Bombay (NM). Hosts: Parasa lepida (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR (Narendran, 1989 ). HAVELI: Silvassa circuit house (20.2665° N, 72.9943° E), ♀ Distribution: India: Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar 2 , 20.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. Pradesh (Noyes, 2019); Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Hosts: Pupae of Exealtisa tomosa Walshm. (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) (Narendran, 1989). 7. Kriechbaumerella pulvinata (Masi, 1932) (Fig. 2a) Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra 1932. Antrocephalus pulvinatus Masi, Konowia, 11: 232, Lecto- (Noyes, 2019); Uttar Pradesh (Sheela et al., 2015); Dadra type, F., Formosa, Kankau (MCSG). and Nagar Haveli. Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI: Khanvel (20.1272° N, 73.0529° E), 1♀, 20.i.2018 Discussion (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. In the present paper, nine species belonging to five Hosts: Unknown. genera of the family Chalcididae are reported for the Distribution: India: Goa, Karnataka, Kerala (Narendran, first time from the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar 1989); Madhya Pradesh, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Haveli. However, further more surveys and collections Bengal (Sheela, et al., 2015); Dadra and Nagar Haveli. are required in the agricultural and horticultural belts in these regions which may likely to yield a large number of known and undescribed species. Hence, it is too early 8. Kriechbaumerella titusi Narendran, 1989 (Fig. 2b) to establish the existence of dominant group of taxa in 1989. Kriechbaumerella titusi Narendran, Oriental Chalcididae absence of any adequate / sufficient data on the Chalcidids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): 74, F., India, Kerala (QM). fauna from the Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Material examined: INDIA: DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI: Garden near Dudhani jetty (20.1929° N, Acknowledgements 73.1511° E), 1♀, 25.i.2018 (yellow-pan trap), leg. A. Rameshkumar. Authors are grateful to Dr Kailash Chandra, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for providing Hosts: Unknown. facilities. Distribution: Kerala, Tamil Nadu (Noyes, 2019); Uttar Pradesh (Sheela et al., 2015); Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

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