Indian Journal of Entomology

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The diversity and abundance of Diptera at the Agri-biodiversity Park, 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 6739 individuals under 27 families were collected. The results revealed that the most abundant family was Dolichopodidae (10.76%) followed by Sarcophagidae (10.19%) and Ceratopogonidae (8.92%). Yellow pan trap collected maximum number of individuals (2789), and revealed occurrence of maximum number of families (18). Shannon-Weiner diversity Index, Margalef’s species richness index and Pielou’s evenness index of the study area were 2.953, 2.949 and 0.896, respectively, indicating rich diversity of Diptera.

Keywords

Diptera, Shannon-Weiner diversity, Margalef’s species richness, Pielou’s evenness, abundance, insect collection methods, Dolichopodidae, Sarcophagidae, Ceratopogonidae, yellow pan trap.
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