Diversity of Hymenoptera at Agri Biodiversity Park, Hyderabad

Abstract

The diversity and abundance of Hymenoptera at the Agri-biodiversity Park of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad was studied from September 2019 to January 2020. Five collection methods (pitfall trap, yellow pan trap, manual collection, light trap and yellow sticky trap) were used and 6,773 individuals under 26 families were collected. The most abundant family was Formicidae (29.29%) followed by Platygastridae (8.15%) and Braconidae (7.59%). Yellow pan trap recorded the maximum number of individuals (2,734) as well as the maximum number of families (25). The Shannon-Weiner diversity Index, Margalef’s species richness index and Pielou’s evenness index of the study area were 2.628, 2.834 and 0.807, respectively.