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Comparision of Eurytomidae and Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) diversity from three rice growing zones of Tamil Nadu

Volume : 106
Issue: Special-special
Pages: 242 - 248
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Abstract


Rice inhabiting Eurytomidae and Eupelmidae (Hymenoptera; Chalcidoidea) were collected from the western zone, Cauvery delta zone and high rainfall zone of Tamil Nadu during 2015-16. Collected Eurytomidae (105 individuals) and Eupelmidae (81 individuals) comprised 8 genera and 12 species. Neobepharata sp. (Eurytomidae) and Mesocomys sp. (Eupelmidae) were the most abundant fauna among all the species observed with the relative abundance of 24.0 and 50.6 per cent respectively.

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242 - 248
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© The Author(s), 2026. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Diversity Hymenopterans Parasitoids Eurytomidae Eupelmidae Rice Ecosystem.
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