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Table 1 Parasitoids and predators recorded in sole and diversified ecosystems at Kanakapura district in Karnataka, India, during 2016–2017

From: Effect of intercrops and border crops on the diversity of parasitoids and predators in agroecosystem

Crop

Family

Scientific name

Number of parasitoids/predators per plant/tree at bimonthly intervals (n = 6)

Guava (sole crop)

Chrysopidae

Chrysoperla zastrowi sillemi Esben-Petersen

0.81

Coccinellidae

Coccinella septempunctata Fab.

0.35

Guava + cowpea (intercrop)

Chrysopidae

C. z. sillemi

6.50

Mallada boniensis Okamoto

3.00

Coccinellidae

Brumus suturalis F.

0.95

Coccinella transversalis Fab.

2.10

Encyrtidae

Anagyrus dactylopii Howard

2.30

Coccidoxenoides sp.

1.20

Sapota (sole crop)

Chrysopidae

C. z. sillemi

2.13

Sapota + clusterbean (intercrop)

Anthocoridae

Cardiastethus sp.

0.76

Orius sp.

1.00

Coccinellidae

C. septempunctata Linn.

4.10

Pharascymnus horni Weise

1.20

Scymnus coccivora Aiyar

2.70

Chrysopidae

C. z. sillemi Esben-Petersen

1.31

Carabidae

Carabus sp.

1.02

Syrphidae

Ischiodon scutellaris Fab.

2.17

Mulberry (sole crop)

Ichneumonidae

Xanthopimpla sp.

1.23

Mulberry + castor (border crop)

Braconidae

Bracon sp.

3.12

Geocoridae

Eocanthecona furcellata Wolff

4.21

Hemerobidae

Geocoris sp.

1.62

Pentatomidae

Hemerobia sp.

0.31

Trichogrammatidae

Trichogramma japonicum Ashmead

1.75