Hemkant Chandravanshi*, Jayalaxmi Ganguli, Randeep Kumar Kushwaha and Payal Jaiswal
College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India- 492 012
Email: hkpihu05@gmail.com
Received-11.07.2017, Revised-23.07.2017
Abstract: The investigation was conducted during October 2015 to April 2016 under agroforestry ecosystem of Chhattisgarh plain. The overall collectingof variousinsect fauna by different methodclearly indicated that,the total number of insects was belonged to order Hymenoptera (639) followed by Diptera (420). Whereas, the crawling insects dominated the fauna of agro-forestry and order Diptera was significantly dominated towards on yellow pan among the various coloured pans/basins used in the pit fall trap.
Keywords: Agroforestry ecosystem, Insect collection, Insect ecosystem, Chhattisgarh plain
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