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VOL. 8, ISSUE 11 (2023)
Bombus tunicatus, Anthidium florentium, Polistes nimpha and Eristalis cerealis as Important pollinators among the diversity of insect visitors on buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) in Kargil, Ladakh
Authors
Ahsan Ali, Neelima R Kumar, Umesh Bharti
Abstract
Pollinator species are usually limited, although flowers of some
distylous plants are visited by diverse animals. During the present
investigations, the pollination biology of buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum),
a distylous crop mainly pollinated by honey bees in other countries like China,
Nepal, Canada, America and visited by many insect species was studied. However,
in this survey honey bees were not recorded and wild bees such as bumble bee
were pre dominantly visiting and foraging on this crop in high altitude region
of trans Himalaya. Other than bumble bees, Anthidium florentinum, Andrena sp.,
Halictus sp., Polistes nimpha, Formica fusca, hoverflies, some Lepidoptera
and Coleoptera were also recorded from the buckwheat flowers. This paper is the
first to show buckwheat pollinator diversity from Kargil region.
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Pages:6-11
How to cite this article:
Ahsan Ali, Neelima R Kumar, Umesh Bharti "<i>Bombus tunicatus</i>, <i>Anthidium florentium</i>, <i>Polistes nimpha</i> and <i>Eristalis cerealis</i> as Important pollinators among the diversity of insect visitors on buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i>) in Kargil, Ladakh". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 8, Issue 11, 2023, Pages 6-11
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