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Notes: Fourteen species of parasitoids under 13 genera representing ten families were found associated with lac insect. Of these, Aprostocetus (Tetrastichus) purpureus and Tachardiaephagus tachardiae constituting 55.82 and 28.37%, respectively, of the total population of parasitoids, were the most abundant. Among the beneficial fauna, only Bracon greeni was of some significance, accounting for 5.37% of the total population.