author(s)
Surya Prakash Paikara and GP Painkra

abstract
Studies on the diversity of pollinators/visitors on coriander flowers was undertaken during the Rabi 2018-19 total 10 species of insects were observed visiting on coriander crop. The Apis cerana indica was found dominant bee species among other main pollinators like Apis dorsata, Apis mellifera and Apis florae. Some other pollinators/visitors were also recorded like Eristalis sp., Musca domestica, Danaus chrysippis, Dysdercus cingulatus, Coccinalla septumpuntata, and Chrysomya beziana visiting on coriander flowers. Coriander flowers were visited by ten species of insect pollinators, of which eight species of insect pollinators belong to order Hymenoptera, four species to Diptera, three species to Lepidoptera, Hemiptera and Coleoptera, one species and Hemiptera. Honeybee species viz., A. c. indica A. dorsata A. mellifera, and A. florea constituted about 88.17 percent of the total insect pollinators visiting coriander compared to 11.83 percent of other insect pollinators.