Insect Biodiversity in Flowering Teak (Tectona Grandis L.F.),. and Insects
International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2017; 4(2): 50-54 ISSN 2347-2677 IJFBS 2017; 4(2): 50-54 Received: 10-01-2017 Insect biodiversity in flowering teak (Tectona grandis Accepted: 11-02-2017 L.f.),. and insects pollinating efficiency on Teak. Babu Saddam Comparison in disturb area and undisturbed area of Forest Protection Division, HFRI, Shimla, teak insect pollinators in Aligarh Muslim University Himachal Pradesh, India Campus (U.P.) India Dr. SI Ahmed Associate Professor Department of Zoology AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, Babu Saddam, Dr. SI Ahmed, Sita Ram, Mohammad Faisal and Shahnaz India Anjam Sita Ram Forest Protection Division, Abstract HFRI, Shimla, Himachal The present study is based on the insect pollinators of Teak (Tectona grandis L. f.) encountered in and Pradesh, India adjacent to the A.M.U Aligarh campus along with Aligarh fort. The study was carried out from year 2014-2015. The total number of insect collected from the teak flowers were 1382, belonging to Mohammad Faisal hymenoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera and others insect orders. Among 1382 insects, 447 individuals were Department of Zoology non-pollinators and 935 were pollinators. The active pollinators are recorded belongs to Hymenoptera AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, (family: Apidae, Vespidae), Lepidoptera (family: Pieridae, Papilionidae) and Diptera (Family: India Sarcophagidae, Calliphoridae,). This study provides the information related to insects site selection for foraging of bees, butterflies and Flies of Aligarh Muslim University disturb and undisturbed Area. Shahnaz Anjam Department of Zoology Keywords: Teak, hymenoptera, lepidoptera, diptera, Apidae, campus, fort. Aligarh AMU, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 1 Introduction Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is a public central university.
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