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Hymenoptera) of Meghalaya with Special Reference to Encyrtidae, Mymaridae and Aphelinidae Journal of Biological Control, 29(2): 49-61, 2015 Research Article Additions to the Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Meghalaya with special reference to Encyrtidae, Mymaridae and Aphelinidae A. RAMESHKUMAR*, J. POORANI and V. NAVEEN Division of Insect Systematics, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, H. A. Farm post, Bellary road, Hebbal, Bangalore - 560024, Karnataka. *Corresponding author E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: Encyrtidae, Mymaridae and Aphelinidae were surveyed from Ri-Bhoi, Jaintia hills, East Khasi hills, and West Khasi hills districts of Meghalaya in 2013. New distribution records of 55 genera and 61 species of encyrtids, mymarids aphelinids and eucharitids for Meghalaya state are documented. KEY WORDS: Encyrtidae, Mymaridae, Aphelinidae, distributional records, India, Meghalaya (Article chronicle: Received: 01-06-2015; Revised: 21-06-2015; Accepted: 23-06-2015) INTRODUCTION composite images were obtained from image stacks using Combine ZP. The images were arranged in plates in Adobe Studies on the Chalcidoidea fauna of Meghalaya are Photoshop Elements 11. very limited and the state has not been systematically sur- veyed for encyrtids, mymarids and aphelinids though they RESULTS AND DISCUSSION play an important role in natural and applied biological control. Hayat and his co-workers have contributed to the During the survey, 950 specimens of chalcidoids and known fauna of Meghalaya (Hayat, 1998; Hayat, 2006; Ka- other parasitoids were collected. Twenty two species repre- zmi and Hayat, 2012; Zeya and Hayat, 1995). We surveyed senting 16 genera of mymarids, 30 species representing 28 four districts of Meghalaya in 2013 for Chalcidoidea with genera of encyrtids, 10 genera and 8 species of aphelinids particular reference to Encyrtidae, Aphelinidae and My- and Orasema initiator Kerrich of eucharitid are reported maridae and documented several taxa new to the state. The as new distribution records for Meghalaya as listed below. results of our studies are presented in this paper. Notes on distribution and hosts (wherever known) are pro- vided for all the species. A brief diagnostic account is given MATERIALS AND METHODS only for Orasema initiator Kerrich as it has been recorded as a pest of tea by Kerrich (1963). Extensive surveys were conducted from 31st May to 17th June 2013 at various places in Ri-Bhoi, Jaintia hills, New distributional records for Meghalaya East Khasi hills, and West Khasi hills districts of Megha- I. Family Mymaridae laya for collection of Chalcidoidea. Different collection methods (host rearing, net sweep, yellow pan trap and Ma- 1. Acmopolynema tachikawai Taguchi laise trap) were used for collection from different ecosys- Specimen examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, East Khasi tems. Collected parasitoids were processed and curated as hills, Cherrapunji, net sweep, forest land, 09.vi.2013, A. per standard protocol (Noyes, 1982) and identified using Rameshkumar, 1 female (ICAR-NBAIR). appropriate keys. Voucher specimens are deposited with Host: Palumbia glaucittis (Syrphidae) (Triapitsyn and ICAR - National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resourc- Berezovskiy, 2007) es (ICAR-NBAIR), Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Imag- Distribution: India: Karnataka (Triapitsyn and Ber- ing was done using Leica M205A stereo microscope and ezovskiy, 2007), Meghalaya (new record). 49 Additions to the Chalcidoidea of Meghalaya 2. Alaptus Westwood 08.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 3 females (ICAR-NBAIR); Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, chilli Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, weedy field, field, 10.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 23 females (ICAR- 08.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 3 females (ICAR-NBAIR); NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, chilli traps, weedy (spinach) field, 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, field, 10.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female (ICAR- 2 females (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, Malaise trap, complex, yellow pan traps, groundnut field, 13.vi.2013, Peach orchard, 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 8 females, 1 A. Rameshkumar, 7 females (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, male (ICAR-NBAIR). Umiam, ICAR complex, Malaise trap, Peach orchard, Hosts: Psocoptera (Lin et al., 2007), Erythroneura 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 9 females, 1 male (ICAR- mori (Cicadellidae), Saissetia oleae (Coccidae), Carulaspis NBAIR); East Khasi Hills, Mawkriah, yellow pan traps, minima, Leucaspis pusilla (Diaspididae), Caecilius flavidus potato field, 08.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 3 females (Caeciliidae) (Noyes, 2014). (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow Distribution: India: Delhi, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal pan traps, capsicum field, 11.vi.2013, Naveen V, 1 female (Subba Rao and Hayat, 1983), Pudhucherry (Rameshku- (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yel- mar, et al., 2011b), Karnataka (Manickavasagam et al., low pan traps, weedy field, 08.vi.2013, Naveen V, 1 female 2011), Uttarakhand (Anwar and Zeya, 2014), Meghalaya (ICAR-NBAIR). (new record). Hosts: Curculionidae (Huber and Prinsloo 1990), Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae; also from Argidae, 3. Anagrus Haliday Brenthidae, Byrrhidae, Ephydridae, Gerridae, Miridae, Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Tephritidae and Tipulidae (Lin et al., 2007). Noyes (2014) Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, weedy field, has listed the known hosts of Anaphes. 08.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female (ICAR-NBAIR); Distribution: India: Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, chilli (Subba Rao and Haya, 1983), Kerala (Rameshkumar et al., field, 10.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 28 females (ICAR- 2011a), Tamil Nadu (Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar, NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan 2011), Pudhucherry (Rameshkumar et al., 2011b), Megha- traps, groundnut field, 13.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 3 laya (new record). females (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, 5. Arescon Walker Malaise trap, Peach orchard, 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 5 females, 1 male (ICAR-NBAIR); East Khasi Hills, Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Mawkriah, yellow pan traps, potato field, 08.vi.2013, Umiam, ICAR complex, Malaise trap, peach cum weedy A. Rameshkumar, 2 females (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, field, 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 9 females, 1 male Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, capsicum field, (ICAR-NBAIR). 11.vi.2013, Naveen V, 5 females (ICAR-NBAIR); Ri-Bhoi, Hosts: Cicadellidae (Lin et al., 2007), Arescon enocki Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, weedy field, (Subba Rao and Kaur) from jassid eggs (Subba Rao and 08.vi.2013, Naveen V, 7 females (ICAR-NBAIR). Hayat 1983), Amrasca devastans (Cicadellidae) (Noyes, Hosts: Cicadellidae, Delphacidae, Cercopidae, 2014). Tingidae, and Odonata (Zygoptera) (Lin et al., 2007), Distribution: India: Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Noyes (2014) provided a complete list of known hosts of Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra (Subba Rao and Hayat, Anagrus. 1983), Kerala (Rameshkumar et al., 2011a), Tamil Nadu Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha (Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar 2011), Pudhucherry (Subba Rao and Hayat, 1983), Kerala (Rameshkumar et al., (Rameshkumar et al., 2011b), Meghalaya (new record). 2011a), Tamil Nadu (Manickavasagam and Rameshkumar, 6. Camptoptera matcheta Subba Rao 2011), Pudhucherry (Rameshkumar et al., 2011b), Karna- taka (Manickavasagam et al., 2011), Meghalaya (new re- Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, cord). Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, chilli field, 10.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 5 females (ICAR-NBAIR); 4. Anaphes Haliday Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, groundnut field, 13.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, weedy field, (ICAR-NBAIR). 50 RAMESHKUMAR et al. Host: Unknown. Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh (Zeya and Hay- Distribution: India: Karnataka (Subba Rao 1989), at,1995). Meghalaya (new record). 11. Gonatocerus ater Foerster 7. Cleruchus Enock Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, East Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, groundnut field, Khasi hills, Cherrapunji, net sweep, forest land, 09.vi.2014, 13.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female (ICAR-NBAIR); A. Rameshkumar, 2 females (ICAR-NBAIR). Ri-Bhoi, Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, weedy Hosts: Curculionidae and Tettigoniidae (Lin et al., field, 08.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female (ICAR- 2007). NBAIR). Distribution: India: Manipur (Manickavasgam and Host: Empoasca devastans (Zeya and Hayat 1995). Palanivel, 2013), Meghalaya (new record). Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Kerala, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (Zeya and Hayat 8. Dicopomorpha Ogloblin 1995), Odisha, Sikkim, West Bengal, Karnataka (Zeya et Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, al, 2014), Meghalaya (new record). Umiam, ICAR complex, Malaise trap, peach cum weedy field, 14.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 1 female, 1 male 12. Gonatocerus aureus Girault (ICAR-NBAIR). Specimens examined: INDIA, Meghalaya, Ri-Bhoi, Host: Eggs of Psocoptera (Lin et al., 2007). Umiam, ICAR complex, yellow pan traps, groundnut field, Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu, Kerala (Manick- 13.vi.2013, A. Rameshkumar, 4 females (ICAR-NBAIR). avasagam and Rameshkumar, 2011), Karnataka (Subba Host: Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Zeya and Hayat, Rao, 1989), Meghalaya (new record). 1995). Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh, Assam,
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