Diversity of chalcidid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in natural and man-made agroecosystems of Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

The present study was aimed to document and compare the diversity of chalcidid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in the natural ecosystems ms and man-made agroecosystems of Chhattisgarh, India. Sweep net and yellow pan traps were used for sampling and a total of 354 individuals belonging to 70 species, 11 genera and four subfamilies of Chalcididae were collected in the last five years i.e. between 2019-2023 and studied. About 156 individuals were reported from the collections of 2019-2020 that belonged to 42 species of 10 genera under four subfamilies from the two different ecosystems whereas 198 specimens belonging to 56 species, nine genera and 4 subfamilies were recorded from Chhattisgarh's two different ecosystems in 2021-2023. The natural ecosystems of Chhattisgarh stood out as the rich Chalcididae diverse areas throughout the study periods. KEYWORDS: Agroecosystems, natural ecosystems, Chalcididae, diversity