NEWLY RECORDED SPECIES AND SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF RARELYCOLLECTED TRIBE ADESHINI (BRACONIDAE: BRACONINAE) FROM PAKISTAN - N. Nargis1; M. Naeem; L. Vilhelmsen; I. Bodlah; M.S. Nadeem (Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences, 2020)
Adesha Cameron 1912, Indadesha Quicke 1986 and Aneuradesha Quicke 1986 are rarely found genera previously recorded only from India and Malaysia. In the present study these genera are reported for the first time from Pakistan, represented by four species: Indadesha achterbergi Quicke, Aneuradesha harleyi Quicke, Adesha albolineata Cameron and Adesha acuta Quicke collected from four host plants viz., guava (Psidium guajava), citrus (Citrus reticulata), sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum) and maize (Zea mays). Effects of ecological factors and weather conditions on the distribution of recorded taxa were also studied from Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Chakwal. The study reveals that members of the tribe Adeshini are more likely to be found from April to August and with low rainfall. An illustrated key to genera and species from Pakistan, host plants, abundance, distribution and spatio-temporal graphical representation of Adeshini related to weather parameters are also provided.
Keywords: journal article; Taxonomy; Hymenoptera; Braconinae; new records; distribution; Pakistan