A survey of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district

The current survey was conducted to find out ladybird beetle fauna from various sampling sites of 12 villages in Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district. The present investigations entitled “Survey, disribution and diversity of ladybird beetles in Kolhapur district” were carried out during january 2019 to june 2019 at 12 villages in Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district. An extensive survey of predatory ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) was conducted in the 12 villages in Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district, in eight different crops which were widely grown in this area, over a period of 6 months (January 2019 to June 2019). A total of 685 specimens of coccinellids were collected from 12 villages and localities having different climatic and cropping patterns. The present study was carried out to describe the coccinellid fauna from the Hatkanangale tehsil of Kolhapur district region. The aim of this study was to explore, identify and prepare inventory of predatory coccinellid species in the Kolhapur district region, which will be helpful for the future researchers working on predatory coccinellid species of this region. According to the results, 5 species belonging to Coccinellinae tribes and Coccinellini subfamily were recorded as Cheilomenes sexmaculata (F.), Coelophora bissellata (M.), Coccinella transversalis (F.), Illeis cincta (F.), Harmonia octomaculata (F.) which were all belonging to family coccinellidae and all are predominantly aphidophagous species.