{"title":"New Distributional Record of Idricerus decreptius (Myrmeleontidae, Neuroptera) from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan","authors":"Waqas Ahmad","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1488","url":null,"abstract":"Idricerus is a genus in the family Myrmeleontidae of Neuroptera. It includes two species in Pakistan: Idricerus decrepitus (Walker) and Idricerus sogdianus (McLachlan). The present study in the Shangla Valley was conducted to assess the distribution of owlfly fauna, and it revealed a new distribution record for I. decrepitus.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anusree Asokan, B. Ramesha, Seena S. M., A. S. S., Sreekumar K. M.
{"title":"Corpse Management Strategies in Social Insects","authors":"Anusree Asokan, B. Ramesha, Seena S. M., A. S. S., Sreekumar K. M.","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1237","url":null,"abstract":"Social insects are arthropods that lives in a community with other members of the same species. Eusocial insects frequently lose colony members as a result of living in big groupings. They perform cooperative corpse management to maintain the hygiene of the nest, exhibiting behavioural and physiological responses that promote disease resistance, nutrient reallocating and colony protection. Undertaking behaviour is most common in social insects belonging to Hymenoptera and Isoptera which adopts various mechanisms of death recognition, convergent and divergent behavioural responses towards dead items. Corpse removal, burial, cannibalism and avoidance are different solutions evolved by social insects, independently towards the problem of corpse management. Genetic studies and gene expression analysis related to social immune systems gives a better knowledge on behavioural and physiological disease defense in insects which could be considered a novel access to biological pest control. This article provides a comprehensive understanding of corpse management in social insects.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Striped Flea Beetle Phyllotreta striolata (Illiger) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Invades South India","authors":"N. V. Raghunandan, S. S. Anooj, K. D. Prathapan","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1584","url":null,"abstract":"The striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata (Illiger) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) has been reported for the first time from south India. Heavy incidence of P. striolata on Raphanus sativus, causing 84.6 – 92.6% and 74 – 96.6% root damage in Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu) and Kolar (Karnataka) respectively, was observed. Information on the distribution of the pest in India is provided. New state records in India include Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139303829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Hemaladkshmi, K. Aneha, Bhagyashree Bora, V. Abhisubesh, Kakhuangailiu Gangmei, Sahadiya Mandodan, S. Manikandan, Jibi Lukose, A. Mathivanan, K. Vijayalakshmi, S. Poopathi
{"title":"A Novel Mosquiocidal Bacterium from Soils of Vellore, Tamil nadu, India","authors":"P. Hemaladkshmi, K. Aneha, Bhagyashree Bora, V. Abhisubesh, Kakhuangailiu Gangmei, Sahadiya Mandodan, S. Manikandan, Jibi Lukose, A. Mathivanan, K. Vijayalakshmi, S. Poopathi","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1350","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1350","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, intensive screening for mosquitocidal bacteria from different agricultural soils of Vellore district of Tamil Nadu was carried out to isolate potential mosquitocidal bacteria. From a total of 315 soil samples, 945 bacterial isolates were cultured, out of which three isolates showed mosquitocidal activity. One most potential mosquitocidal isolate was selected out of these and studied further. The isolate was identified by ilvD primer and phylogenetic tree as Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. This new isolate exhibited effective toxicity against Aed. aegypti, An. stephensi, and Cx. quinquefasciatus. The LC50 values were 0.757, 0.52 and 0.165 mg/ l respectively. Similarly, the LC90 values were 0.963, 0.794 and 0.355 mg/l, respectively. These results depict that the new isolate (Bti) VEVP-60 is a good candidate for mosquito control.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Randive, Pravin Khambalkar, K. Khandagale, Indira Bhangare, K. Chandrashekhar, Major Singh, Suresh Gawande
{"title":"Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Wolbachia in Onion Thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)","authors":"P. Randive, Pravin Khambalkar, K. Khandagale, Indira Bhangare, K. Chandrashekhar, Major Singh, Suresh Gawande","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.963","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.963","url":null,"abstract":"Wolbachia is a group of bacteria that is known to infect many arthropods and nematodes. It is one of the most common parasitic microbes and is possibly the most common reproductive parasite in the biosphere. The bacterium is best known for its ability to manipulate host reproductive biology where it can induce cytoplasmic incompatibility, parthenogenesis, feminization and male-killing. In the present study, onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman) were collected from 9 locations in India along with melon thrips (Thrips palmi Karny) and chilli thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis). From the molecular level detection by using 16s rDNA, the Wolbachia infection has been detected in the onion thrips collected from 6 locations out of 9. Melon thrips and chilli thrips samples were also found to be infected by Wolbachia. The phylogenetic analysis revealed that all detected Wolbachia samples showed that all were distantly related to the previously known Wolbachia samples.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"17 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protocol for Temperature Toxicity Investigation on Whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)","authors":"Nikhil R M, Anil Kumar S T, Subramanian S, M. G K","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1355","url":null,"abstract":"A cost-effective laboratory protocol was perfected for investigating temperature toxicity against whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) on tomato. Understanding temperature toxicity relationship will aid in strategization of pest management. The experiments conducted to develop the current protocol used B. tabaci Asia II-1 as test insect. Essentially this protocol consist of three steps which are: (1) Temperature incubation of test insects: includes three hour starvation period and temperature treatment of B. tabaci; (2) Preparatory steps of leaf-dip bioassay: suggests use of agar cube method (reduces agar usage by 70%) to maintain green and turgid test leaves during post-exposure period of bioassay; (3) Release of temperature treated insects and mortality counting: test insect release, securing petri plates, recording observations, etc. all are deliberated in detail. This protocol facilitates economical, convenient and easy-to-handle experimentation to study temperature toxicity relationship in B. tabaci.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ramalakshmi V, C. R. Satapathy, S. Borkataki, Soumik Ray
{"title":"Physical Attributes of Wheat Varities in Relation to Rhyzopertha dominica (F.)","authors":"Ramalakshmi V, C. R. Satapathy, S. Borkataki, Soumik Ray","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1652","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to explore the susceptibility of wheat varieties in storage against Rhyzopertha dominica (F.). Twenty promising wheat cultivars were tested for resistance in non-choice conditions at the Department of Entomology, MSSSoA, Odisha during 2021-22. The wheat varieties were premeditated for their physical components through correlation analysis and the level of influence on insect preference and development was determined. The variety DBW303 which had a high median development period, low adult emergence and susceptible index was found to be resistant. Similarly, the variety PBW373 which recorded a low median developmental period with higher adult emergence, and susceptible index, was found to be susceptible. Among the physical traits, varieties with grain hardness exhibited a negative relationship with progeny development and thus conferred resistance.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139324015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Thube, R. Pandian, C. T. Jose, Bhavishya A, Santhosh Kumar Paichal, O. Navik, Akash Nikoshe, G. Mahapatro
{"title":"A Novel Damage Intensity Index for Tea Mosquito Bug Helopeltis spp. Infestation in Cocoa","authors":"S. Thube, R. Pandian, C. T. Jose, Bhavishya A, Santhosh Kumar Paichal, O. Navik, Akash Nikoshe, G. Mahapatro","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1555","url":null,"abstract":"The present investigation focused on the development of a new damage intensity index (DII) for the tea mosquito bug Helopeltis spp. (TMB) infestation in cocoa. The new DII was developed based on observable symptoms and the intensity of damage, such as the number and diameter of feeding lesions, and TMB-infested areas on cocoa pods. Statistical techniques, including linear correlation and regression, have been employed to develop an appropriate DII. The study reveals a significant correlation between the mean of total feeding lesions (Xn) and feeding lesions present on the middle portion (Xm) of cocoa pods, surpassing other combinations and indicating a strong relationship between these variables. The damage intensity was estimated using a linear regression approach resulting equation, Xn = 1.79 + 0.25Mn (R2 = 0.989), offers a quantified means of estimating damage intensity on cocoa pods. Analysis of infestation and the regression equation establishes DII values between 1.79 to 76.79. This novel index suggests that the minimum sample size of 90 pods is required for estimating a population with a 95% confidence level to arrive at precision decision making of TMB damage on cocoa pods. The novel damage intensity index and the calculated sample size from this investigation could be useful in conducting various studies, such as germplasm screening, breeding for pest resistance, evaluating the effectiveness of new insecticides, and formulating an IPM package for managing Helopeltis spp. in cocoa.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sowmya M, B. O. S., K. Subaharan, Vinay Kumar T M, Soundarya Y M, V. R., Navik O, Amala U, Sushil S N
{"title":"Impact of Essential Oils on Biological Traits of Trichogramma chilonis Ishii","authors":"Sowmya M, B. O. S., K. Subaharan, Vinay Kumar T M, Soundarya Y M, V. R., Navik O, Amala U, Sushil S N","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1521","url":null,"abstract":"Trichogramma chilonis Ishii (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) reared on factious host rice moth Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an egg parasitoid on lepidopteran pests. The essential oils, viz., ajowan Trachyspermum ammi, betel Piper betle, and sweet basil Ocimum basilicum and neem oil were assessed for their toxicity and biological traits like parasitism and emergence on T. chilonis. Among the EOs tested, T. ammi caused highest toxicity to T. chilonis (LC50 0.316 ppm) followed by P. betle (LC50 0.567 ppm). At sublethal dose, they had an impact on parasitism and adult emergence of T. chilonis. Whilst O. basilicum and neem oil were relatively safe at sublethal doses to T. chilonis. This study highlights the need to maintain a waiting period before the release of T. chilonis in EOs treated substrates.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Balaji, J. Jayaraj, M. Shanthi, S. Vellaikumar, C. Rajamanickam, N. Chitra, K. Suresh
{"title":"Morphometrics of Intraspecific Populations of Stingless Bee Tetragonula iridipennis Smith from Southern Tamil Nadu","authors":"K. Balaji, J. Jayaraj, M. Shanthi, S. Vellaikumar, C. Rajamanickam, N. Chitra, K. Suresh","doi":"10.55446/ije.2023.1651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.55446/ije.2023.1651","url":null,"abstract":"Stingless bees also referred to as meliponine bees and morphological characteristics of these differ depending on are the species and environmental kinds. The current study explores morphology and morphometrics of Tetragonula iridipennis Smith in Tamil Nadu, India. The morphometrics of worker bees were compared over locations. The bees captured in the Kolli hills were significantly larger than those collected elsewhere. The mean value of head length (HL) (1.43 mm), head width (HW) (1.68 mm), antennal length (AL) (1.98 mm), hind leg length (HLL) (3.54 mm) and forewing length (FL) (3.84 mm) were recorded. The results revealed variance of four principal components (PC) reaching 82.4%, as (PC1) 38.58%, (PC2) 20.95%, (PC 3) 19.75% and (PC4) 8.10%. The characters of FL, HW, FW (forewing width), HLL, AL, OOD (ocello ocular distance), HTW (hind tibial width) and HL were the most discriminative in the principal component analysis.","PeriodicalId":13463,"journal":{"name":"Indian journal of entomology","volume":"125 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139323960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}