This
compendium of fact sheets on the aphid fauna of Karnataka covers 68 species at present. The fact sheets provide the details on the scientific name, common name(s)
if any, a brief diagnostic description, morphometric measurements, geographic
distribution, seasonal occurrence, and natural enemies along with colour
photographs and line drawings of taxonomic characters for these 67 species. The fact sheets were
generated using the software, Fact Sheet Fusion (Centre for Biological
Information Technology, University of Queensland, Australia).
Natural
enemy records from the literature and data labels of examined specimens are
given. The main sources of literature consulted are Review of Applied Entomology
(till 1972), CABPEST-CD abstracts (1973-till date), and Biocontrol News and
Information. Publications providing information on aphidophagous insects of this
region, mainly by Behura (1963), Ghorpade (1981), Agarwala & Ghosh (1988),
and Rao (1969) were also consulted. The list is not exhaustive, though
attempts have been made to list all the important hosts wherever possible.
All
the scientific names of natural enemies have been checked with the aid of
web-based taxonomic databases such as
Universal
Chalcidoidea Database (for some parasitoids) and
Index
to Organism Names, and Arthropod Name Index (ANI-CD) (general).
Click
below to access the fact sheets:
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Behura,
B.K. 1963. Aphids of India: A survey of published information. In:
Proceedings of the First Summer School of Zoology (Simla, 1961),
Government of India publications, pp. 25-78. |
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Blackman,
R.L. & Eastop, V.F. 2000. Aphids
on the World's Crops: An Identification and Information Guide. 2nd
edition. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 466 p. |
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Eastop, V.F. & Hille Ris
Lambers, D. (1976). Survey of the World's Aphids. The Hague: Junk,
573 p. |
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Martin,
J.H. 1983. The identification of common aphid pests of tropical
agriculture. Tropical Pest
Management, 29: 395-411. |
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Remaudière,
G. & Remaudière, M. (1997). Catalogue des Aphididae du monde.
Paris: INRA, 473 + [3] p.
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Agarwala,
B.K. & Ghosh, A.K. 1988. Prey records of aphidophagous Coccinellidae
in India: A review and bibliography. Tropical
Pest Management, 34, 1-14.
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Ghorpadé, K. D. 1981. Insect prey
of Syrphidae (Diptera) from India and neighbouring countries: a Review and
Bibliography. Tropical Pest
Management, 27: 62-82.
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Hayat,
M. 1998. Aphelinidae
of India (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a taxonomic revision. Memoirs on
Entomology International,13: viii+416 p.
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Omkar
& Pervez, A. 2004. Predaceous coccinellids in India: Predator-prey
catalogue. Oriental Insects,38:
27-61.
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Rao,
V.P. 1969. Survey for natural
enemies of aphids in India. CIBC-US PL-480 Project, Final Technical
Report, 93 p.
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Raychaudhuri, D. (Ed.), 1990. Aphidiids
(Hymenoptera) of Northeast India. Indira Publishing House, Michigan,
USA. 155 p. |