| Present study was aimed to explore the Aphid’s fauna of Gujranwala and carried out during January to March (2016). For this purpose aphids were collected from twenty two host plants at six different localities of Gujranwala area of Punjab province, Pakistan. Total 12 species namely; Aphis craccivora, Aphis fabae, Aphis gossypii, Aphis nerii, Rhopalosiphum padi, Lipaphis erysimi, Macrosiphum euphorbiae , Myzus persicae , Pentalonia nigronervosa, Sitobion avenae , Greenidea ( Trichosiphum ) psidii and Cinara ( Cupressobium ) tujafilina have been recorded for the first time from this area. General characters, measurements, distribution and host plants have been given for all recorded species. The present study can be helpful for aphid management of different plants/crops in Gujranwala District.
Six genera and nine species of Eumeninae(Eumenes punctatus de Saussure, E. papillarius (Christ), Delta dimidiatipenne (de Saussure),D. p. pyriforme (Fabricius),D. esuriens (Fabricius),Rhynchium brunneum (Fabricius), Anterhynchium abdominale (Illiger), Antepipona sibilans (Cameron), Allorhynchium argentatum (Fabricius)), two genera and six species of Polistinae (Polistes wattii (Cameron), P. olivaceus (De Geer), P. rothneyicarletoni van der Vecht, P. indicus Stolfa), Ropalidia brevita Das & Gupta, R. cyathiformis (Fabricius), and one genus and four species of Vespinae (Vespa basalis Smith, V, orientalis Linnaeus, V, tropica (Linnaeus), V. velutina Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau)are recorded from Pothwar region. Eumenes punctatus andE. papillarius are newly recorded from Pakistan. An illustrated keys to subfamilies, genera and species are given.
4 December 2019 in Punjab University Journal of Zoology
| The hoverfly genus Baccha Fabricius, 1805 is a rarely collected aphidophagous hoverfly from Pakistan is newly recorded for the Pothwar region of Punjab. In this paper the detailed taxonomic note on Baccha maculata Walker, 1852, supplementary photographs, habitat information, previous distribution and remarks are provided.