Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Jodhpur Agriculture University, Jodhpur - 342 304, Rajasthan, India
1Department of Entomology, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur - 313 001, Rajasthan, India
In this study, 32 species were recorded under 29 genera in 8 families: Pentatomidae, Coreidae, Alydidae, Dinidoridae, Lygaeidae, Miridae, Pyrrhocoridae, and Reduviidae of Heteroptera. Family Pentatomidae was the most dominant and had 15 species, 5 species were identified for family Coreidae, 4 each for the families Lygaeidae and Reduviidae, whereas the remaining families had 1 species each. The relative abundance of Pentatomidae (29.48%) was found to be the maximum followed by Coreidae (28.66%), Lygaeidae (18.90%), Pyrrhocoridae (13.52%), Alydidae (3.26%), Reduviidae (2.44%) and Miridae (2.18%). The minimum relative abundance was observed for Dinidoridae (1.63%). The diversity of Heteropteran bugs observed in pearl millet and mungbean agroecosystem. The Heteropteran bugs had maximum diversity in pearl millet cultivated at ARS, Mandor (H’ = 1.53) (D = 3.53). The diversity of bugs has found be more in mungbean cultivated at ARS, Mandor (H’ = 1.50) compared to mungbean cultivated at College of Agriculture, Jodhpur (H’ = 1.46). Similarly the maximum Simpson index (D) was observed for mungbean cultivated at ARS, Mandor, Jodhpur (D = 4.21) compared to mungbean cultivated at College of Agriculture, Jodhpur (D = 3.54).
Alydidae, Coreidae, Lygaeidae, Pentatomidae, Pyrrhocorida
