Taxonomic Studies of Leaf and Plant Hoppers Associated with Paddy in Kerala (Record no. 26014)

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Personal name Abdulla K
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Title Taxonomic Studies of Leaf and Plant Hoppers Associated with Paddy in Kerala
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. Vellanikkara
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Department of Entomology, College of Horticulture
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1984
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Summary, etc. Taxonomic study on the leaf and plant hoppers of paddy was conducted to find out the various specious of leaf and plant hoppers associated with paddy in Kerala.
Paddy fields from two important paddy growing tracts of Kerala viz., Trichur and Palghat were selected and weekly collections of hoppers were made. Collections were made with a fine mesh hand net for the entire cropping season from transplanting upto harvest. Fixed numbers of sweeps were taken from the same field in order to get an idea about the population fluctuations. Collections from each field for each week were separately preserved in homeopathic vials with collection data. Later insects in all vials were sorted out, number of specimens collected in each week were noted, sexes separated, and each species were preserved in separate vials. Vials were serially numbered and collection data were noted under each serially numbered species. Genitalia of males as well as general form and colouration of all species were stidied. However genitalic studies of Exitianus indicus (Dist.) and Nisia nervosa (Motsch.) could not be conducted for want of male specimens.
Altogether nine species were collected viz., Nephotettix Virescens (Dist.), N. nigropictus (Stal), Recilia dorsalis (Motsch.) and Exitianus indicus (Dist.) coming under Cicadellidae, Nilaparvata lugens (Stal), Sogatella furcifera (Horv.),Matutinus pusanus (Dist.) belonging to Delphacidas and Nisia nervosa (Leth) under Meenoplidas. Among these species all but M. pusanus were reported to be occurring on paddy in India and other East Asian countries, while E. indicus and N. nervosa were not observed by earlier workers from Kerala.
Apart from these, two male and two female specimens of Nephotettix showing variations in characters from N. nigropictus and N. virescens were also obtained. These may be natural hybrids between N. virescens and N. nigropictus.
Certain morphometric studies were conducted using head measurements viz., eye diameter to interocular distance and /or vertical distance next to eye to median length of Vertex. It was found that there is difference between male specimens of N. virescens and N. nigropictus with regards to the ratio of vertical distance next to eye to median length of vertex; and in females of these species there is difference between the ratios of eye diameter to interocular distance. Similarly there is difference between male specimens of N. lugens and S. furcifera with regards to the ratio of eye diametor to interocular distance.
Studies on the seasonal abundance of leaf and plant hoppers revealed that there is variation in the predominant species present in each area.
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