A study on the distribution pattern of genus Elasmus westwood (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Chhattisgarh

Abstract

The genus Elasmus Westwood was studied in different natural and agricultural ecosystem of Chhattisgarh. At present 118 specimens are studied from Chhattisgarh. The distribution pattern of Elasmus Westwood was analyzed and digitized. It was distributed in four biogeographic realms, namely: Nearctic, Neotropical, Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australasia. In India it had been distributed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Karnataka. In present study, it had been reported from Jashpur Balrampur, Raigarh, Mungeli Mahasamund, Kawardha, Dhamtari, Gariyaband, Surguja, Rajanandgaon, Durg, Korba, Raipur and Jagdalpur districts of Chhattisgarh.