1Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur313001, Rajasthan, India
2Department of Entomology, Post Graduate Institute, Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri413722, Maharashtra, India
3Department of Agronomy, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phule University, Jaipur302019, Rajasthan, India
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Online published on 26 February, 2026.
Extensive surveys for diversity of sorghum shoot fly Atherigona soccata were carried out during June-July in 30 blocks of seven districts of Southern Rajasthan during kharif 2022. The surveys revealed that dead heart formation ranged from 5.50 to 17.65% in seven districts with a mean of 11.20 and the mean number of eggs/ five plants ranged from 0.25 to 1.34 with a mean of 0.71. The diversity and species richness of A. soccata and other dipteran flies in southern Rajasthan reveals three species of Atherigona spp. viz., A. soccata, A. oryzae and A.delia and three other dipteran flies viz., Chloropidae spp., Lonchaeidae spp. and Platystomatid spp. The value of both Shannon Weiner and Simpsons Index was highest for Pratapgarh district with value of 1.21 and 2.73, respectively.
Atherigona soccata, A. oryzae, A. delia, Chloropidae, Lonchaeidae, Platystomatidae, Shannon Weiner, Simpsons Index, Southern Rajasthan, Survey, Kharif, Eggs, Dead heart, Diversity
