Mungbean is one of the most important grain legumes with high-quality dietary protein in India as well in many other Asian countries. But the crop is severely affected by bruchids (Callosobruchus spp.) from field to storage condition. These storage pests not only affect the yield but also reduce the market value and quality of the crops. The chemical method of bruchid management is not economical and environmentally unsafe. So, the host-plant resistance to bruchids would be the best alternative and most sustainable way to control the bruchid. A very limited number of wild accessions and cultivated genotypes are available for the transfer of bruchid resistance gene through conventional breeding. Thus, insights into the molecular mechanism of resistance will help to find out the resistance genes/QTLs easily with the support of available genome sequence and that can be introgressed to the cultivated varieties through marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB) approach. Therefore, in this review, we focused on QTL mapping, identification of novel QTLs, marker assisted-selection, genomics and transcriptomics study by using advanced molecular tools which will be very helpful for genomic-assisted breeding in mungbean for bruchid resistance.

The subgenus Thao Tsuneki, 1982 of the genus Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 is recorded for the first time from India. A new subspecies viz., Crossocerus (Thao) nitidicorpus indicus, (India: Uttarakhand) is described. A key to all subspecies in the subgenus Thao is provided.

A new subgenus Panjal subgen. nov. of the genus Crossocerus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau et Brullé, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae: Crabronini) is described from Pakistan, with C. dutti sp. nov. as a type species. The characters for distinguishing the new species from other species of Crossocerus known on the Indian Subcontinent are provided. An updated checklist of the genus Crossocerus of the Indian Subcontinent is given.

A new species of the genus Rhopalum is described from India: Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense Saini & Dey. A key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum s. str. and a checklist of all Indian Rhopalum are provided.

A new species of genus Dasyproctus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 is described from India: Dasyproctus helenae Saini and Dey n. sp. A checklist is provided for all Dasyproctus species reported from the Indian subcontinent.