AXONOMIC STUDIES ON PREDATORY COCCINELLID BEETLES AND THEIR SPECIES COMPOSITION IN RICE ECOSYSTEM OF INDOBANGLADESH BORDER

SAMIK CHOWDHURY; PRITIN P. SONTAKKE; T. BOOPATHI; JAYASHREE BHATTACHARJEE; DEBASHRE BHATTACHARJEE; MALSAWMZUALI

AXONOMIC STUDIES ON PREDATORY COCCINELLID BEETLES AND THEIR SPECIES COMPOSITION IN RICE ECOSYSTEM OF INDOBANGLADESH BORDER

Authors

SAMIK CHOWDHURY
PRITIN P. SONTAKKE
T. BOOPATHI
JAYASHREE BHATTACHARJEE
DEBASHRE BHATTACHARJEE
MALSAWMZUALI

Keywords:

Coccinellid, Rice ecosystem, Indo-Bangladesh border

Abstract

Ten genera under four tribes of the family Coccinellidae were collected and identified from Indo Bangladesh
border in 2009-2010. They are Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius), Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius), Coccinella
septempunctata Linnaeus, Coccinella transversalis Fabricius, Harmonia octomaculata (Fabricius), Illeis cincta
(Fabricius), Micraspis crocea (Fabricius), Propylea sp. nr. japonica (Thunberg), Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant
and Scymnus (Scymnus) nubilus Mulsant. Result also revealed that out of ten coccinellid Harmonia octomaculata
(Fabricius) (22.9%), Micraspis crocea (Fabricius) (18.5%), Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) (12.36%) and Chilocorus
nigritus (Fabricius) (9.06%) were major predatory coccinellids beetles in rice ecosystems of Indo- Bangladesh
border.

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Published

2015-01-17

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SAMIK CHOWDHURY, PRITIN P. SONTAKKE, T. BOOPATHI, JAYASHREE BHATTACHARJEE, DEBASHRE BHATTACHARJEE, & MALSAWMZUALI. (2015). AXONOMIC STUDIES ON PREDATORY COCCINELLID BEETLES AND THEIR SPECIES COMPOSITION IN RICE ECOSYSTEM OF INDOBANGLADESH BORDER. The Bioscan, 10(1), 229–242. Retrieved from https://thebioscan.com/index.php/pub/article/view/1210