Imran Bodlah¹*, Muhammad Adnan Bodlah², Muhammad Naeem¹,

Sobia Khaliq^1* and Ayesha Aihetasham³

¹Laboratory of Biosystematics, Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture

University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ²Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University,

Nanjing 210095, China, ³Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

 

 ABSTRACT

 

The parasitoid species, Anisopteromalus calandrae (Howard, 1881) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) is recorded for the first time from Rawalpindi and Islamabad Punjab (Pakistan). It was detected on mung bean (Vigna radiata) and kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); damaged by two species of Genus Callosobruchus: C. chinensis and C. maculatus. Main identification characters and measurements of taxonomically important parts supported with micrographs have been given for future identification and its possible utilization against C. chinensis and C. maculates on various stored products.

Keywords: Anisopteromalus calandrae, bio-control agent, stored grain beans

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