author(s)
HD Zinzuvadiya and LV Ghetiya

abstract
The experiment was carried out through survey of insect pollinators under agricultural landscape area in the different districts of South Gujarat i.e. Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Tapi, Navsari, The Dangs and Valsad during September 2017 to December 2019. The survey of insect pollinators of South Gujarat showed that 63 species of different insect pollinators were recorded which was belonging to three orders viz. hymenoptera, diptera and lepidoptera. The hymenoptera order found to be dominated with four families viz. halictidae (16 species), megachilidae (11 species), apidae (9 species) and xylocopidae (8 species) distributed into 20 genera and 44 species followed by diptera order with two families viz. syrphidae (9 species) and calliphoridae (1 species) distributed into eight genera and 10 species and lepidoptera order with six families viz. pieridae (3 species), nymphalidae (2 species), licaenidae (1 species), papilionidae (1 species), hesperiidae (1 species) and erebidae (1 species) distributed into nine genera and nine species. In the present study 20 species of hymenoptera, six species of diptera, and nine species of lepidoptera order were the most common as they were recorded in all districts of South Gujarat. Whereas, a species i.e. Tetragonula iridipennis reported from the Dangs district only. Fifty eight species of insect pollinators were reported for the first time from agricultural landscape area of South Gujarat.