Study of fauna ladybirds (Col., Coccinellidae) on pastures Astragalus adscendes (Fabaceae) in Lorestan province

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

M. Tavakoli ¹ , A. Ansari pour ² , A. Pirhadi ³ , F. Pirozi ⁴

1 - Lorestan agriculture and natural resources research center, Khorramabad Lorestan, Iran
2 - Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Khorramabad branch, Khorramabad, Iran
3 - Borujerd Agricultural Research Station, Borujerd, Iran
4 - Lorestan agriculture and natural resources research center, Khorramabad Lorestan, Iran

Received: 2012-03-08 Accepted : 2012-12-14 Published : 2014-11-22

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Abstract :

The were studied fauna of ladybirds (Col:Coccinellidae) on pastures Astragalus adscendes (Boiss. & Hausskn 1903), (Fabaceae)meantime with practical collection and releasing psyllid Gazangabin Cyamophila astragalicola (Gegechkori 1977), (Hom.: Psyllidae) insects on Astragalus adscendens during 2007 to 2010 inLorestan province. ladybirdscollected are as follows: Henosepilachna argus (Geoffroy, 1762)*, Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Exochomus flavipes (Thunberg, 1781), E. quadripustulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) , Scymnus apetzi (Mulsant, 1846), Hyperaspis reppensis (Herbst, 1783)**, Coccinnula sinuatomarginata (Faldermann, 1837)*, Coccinella septempunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777), Oenopia conglobata (Linnaeus, 1758), O. oncina (Olivier, 1808),  Species marked with symbol (*) are new for Lorestan province and specie that marked with (**) is new for Iranian fauna. In this survey from total of 11 species ladybird were collected, 9 genus directly were busy feeding from nymphs and adults  Cyamophila astragalicola and were collected 2 genus Scymnus and Henosepilachnas in  position hibernation on shrubs Astragalus adscendens. Only one species Henosepilachna  argus was phytophagous. Species that is new for the fauna of Iran and Lorestan province have been confirmed by Dr. Fursch from Germany.