| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Authors: | S. Das, Roy, S., Mukhopadhyay, A. |
| Journal: | Current Science (Bangalore) |
| Volume: | 99 |
| Date Published: | 25 Nov 2010 |
| Keywords: | Arachnid prey, Arthropoda, Aspidimerus, Aspidimerus circumflexa, Bengal, Coleoptera, community structure, cultivated land habitat, Darjeeling hill slope, Dooars & Terai regions, Empoasca, Empoasca flavescens, Hemiptera, host parasite list, insect predators, insect prey, Micraspis, Micraspis discolor, Mycterothrips setiventris, natural enemy, natural enemy survey, new record, new records, North Bengal, Oenopia, Oenopia sexareata, Oligonychus, Oligonychus coffeae, parasites, pest taxa, predator prey list, predators, survey, tea plantation, tea plantations, Thysanoptera, Toxoptera aurantii, West Bengal |
| Abstract: | A study was undertaken to explore the diversity of arthropod natural enemies in sub-Himalayan tea plantations of North Bengal, India. The study revealed the presence of 94 species of predators and 33 of parasitoids in the region. New records on tea pest natural enemy associations were made on the basis of field observations as well as laboratory rearing. Among the predators, spider and lady-bird fauna, and among the parasitoid groups, Braconidae and Ichneumonidae were dominant during the survey period. |