RECOGNITION OF LADYBIRD FAUNA (COL.: COCCINELLIDAE) IN THE ALFALFA FIELDS OF KHORRAMABAD

A. Ansari Pour J. Shakarami RECOGNITION OF LADYBIRD FAUNA (COL.: COCCINELLIDAE) IN THE ALFALFA FIELDS OF KHORRAMABAD

Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences

JAPS

2012

2012/08/01

22 4 939-943 1018-7081

Ladybird fauna in alfalfa fields of the Khorramabad district were studied during 2009 – 2011. In this study, a total of 15 species were detected belonging to 8 genera of ladybird. Samples were collected then identified by characteristics of their appearance and genitalia using valid keys. The species identified were:  Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)<a id="OLE_LINK6" name="OLE_LINK6"></a><a id="OLE_LINK5" name="OLE_LINK5">,  Coccinella undecimpunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)</a>,  Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Hyperaspis quadrimaculata (Redtenbacher, 1843), Exochomus pubescens (Kuster, 1848)<a id="OLE_LINK71" name="OLE_LINK71"></a><a id="OLE_LINK70" name="OLE_LINK70">, </a>Exochomus flavipes (Goeze, 1777)<a id="OLE_LINK67" name="OLE_LINK67"></a><a id="OLE_LINK66" name="OLE_LINK66"></a>,  Exochomus melanocephalus (Zoubkoff, 1833),  Scymnus apetzi (Mulsant, 1846)<a id="OLE_LINK44" name="OLE_LINK44"></a><a id="OLE_LINK43" name="OLE_LINK43">, </a>Scymnus flavicollis <a id="OLE_LINK46" name="OLE_LINK46"></a><a id="OLE_LINK45" name="OLE_LINK45">(Redtenbacher, 1843)</a><a id="OLE_LINK57" name="OLE_LINK57"></a><a id="OLE_LINK56" name="OLE_LINK56">, Scymnus syriacus (Marseul, 1868)</a><a id="OLE_LINK50" name="OLE_LINK50"></a><a id="OLE_LINK49" name="OLE_LINK49">, </a>Scymnus pallipes (Mulsant, 1850), Propylea quatuordecimpuctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758)<a id="OLE_LINK28" name="OLE_LINK28"></a><a id="OLE_LINK27" name="OLE_LINK27">, Oenopia oncina (Olivier, 1808)</a> Ladybird, Fauna, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran. Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum

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