VARUN SAINI

About

Currently I am working as Assistant Professor in Department of Entomology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar.
Research Area: Insect Taxonomy (Predatory Hymenoptera namely Crabronidae and Sphecidae)

Employment

• Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Assistant Professor
  2022 - Present

Education

• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University M.Sc.
  2013 - 2015

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (14)

• First Record of the Subgenus Ortocrabro Tsuneki, 1990 (Genus Crossocerus Lepeletier and Brullé; Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini) from the Indian Subcontinent: New Species and Key to the World Species of the Subgenus
  Annales Zoologici 2025 DOI: 10.3161/00034541anz2025.75.4.006
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• Discovery of the digger wasp genus Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, 1876 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae: Pseudoscoliini) in Indian Sub-continent, with description of a new species
  Zootaxa 2024 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.4.10
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• First record of subgenus Corynopus Lepeletier and Brullé, 1835 (Genus Rhopalum Stephens, Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini) from India: a new species and a key to Asian species of the subgenus
  Zootaxa 2024 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5507.3.5
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• Dasyproctus helenae, a new species of solitary hunting wasp from India and a checklist of Dasyproctus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Brullé, 1835 from the Indian subcontinent (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini)
  Zootaxa 2022 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.2.4
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• The solitary wasp genus Piyuma Pate, 1944 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabroninae) in India, with description of a new species
  Oriental Insects 2022 DOI: 10.1080/00305316.2021.1997831
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• First record of subgenus Thao Tsuneki, 1982 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini) from India: a new subspecies and a key to all subspecies of Crossocerus (Thao) nitidicorpus Tsuneki
  Zootaxa 2022 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5159.1.5
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• Panjal, a new subgenus of the genus Crossocerus (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with description of a new species from Pakistan
  Zoosystematica Rossica 2022 DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.87
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• Description of Rhopalum (s. str.) gulmargense n. sp. with a key to the Indian species of the subgenus Rhopalum Stephens, 1829 s. str. (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Crabronini)
  Zootaxa 2022 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.1.6
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• Advances in Molecular Breeding for Bruchid (Callosobruchus spp.) Resistance in Mungbean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek]: A Review
  Legume Research 2022 DOI: 10.18805/LR-4695
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• Insight into aphid mediated Potato Virus Y transmission: A molecular to bioinformatics prospective
  Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1001454
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