Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue: 4

Diversity of Crabronid wasp fauna (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini) in the spice ecosystem

1National Pusa Collection, Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110012, Delhi, India

2ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Tabiji, Ajmer - 305 006, Rajasthan, India

Department of Entomology, CCS-Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125 004, Haryana, India

*Corresponding author email: varuninsectaxonomist@gmail.com

Online Published on 06 December, 2023.

Abstract

Three Crabronid wasp species viz., Dasyproctus agilis (F. Smith, 1858), D. buddha (Cameron, 1899) and Crossocerus pusanus Leclercq, 1956 were recorded for the first time from the spice ecosystem.

Keywords

Crabronidae, Hymenoptera, India, New record, Spice ecosystem