Some new records and full checklist of hemipteran insects on shisham (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) from Jharkhand, India

Abstract

Four hemipteran bug species viz. Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius), Halyomorpha picus (Fabricius), Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius), Chrysocoris stollii (Wolff) were observed to cause damage by sucking sap of tender shoots, pods and leaves of shisham (Dalbergia sissoo) in the nursery and plantation at Ranchi, Jharkhand. These insects were recorded for the first time associated with shisham. An updated checklist of eighteen bug species including these new records is documented.