Abstract
Beetles belonging to family Coccinellidae are predators of various sucking insect pests,
some of them are phytophageous. A lot of work for the exploration of these beetles has
been done in Pakistan. Layyah being a multi crop area was selected as study area for
the exploration of Coccinellidae beetles. A survey was conducted for the collection of
Coccinellidae adult specimens from the territory of Layyah district of southern Punjab,
Pakistan, during 2018-19. A total 568 adult specimens were collected from seven
localities. Out of which, ladybird beetles belonging to seven genera, with ten species
namely; Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus, 1758, Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius,
1798), Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata (Fabricius, 1775, Henosepilachna elaterii
(Rossi, 1794), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Scymnus (Pullus) quadrillum
Motschulsky, 1858, Scymnus (Pullus) posticalis Sicard, 1913, Scymnus (Scymnus)
nubilus Mulsant, 1850, Micraspis allardi (Mulsant, 1866), Pharoscymnus flexibilis
(Mulsant, 1853), have been recorded with their prey and host plants for the first time
from the surveyed area. The coccinellids distribution is also given and map was
prepared by using ArcGIS map tool. Explored predatory beetles may be used as biocontrol agents in the region for the management of various sucking insect pests of
various crops, fruits vegetables etc.
Muhammad Adnan Bodlah, Imran Bodlah, Muhammad Tariq Rasheed, Ammara Gull e Fareen, Kamran Ikram, Zafar Iqbal, Roshan Zada. (2021) Coccinellidae beetles (Coleoptera) fauna of district Layyah (Punjab), Pakistan, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume-09, Issue-1.
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