SHORT COMMUNICATIONS 202 colonies were selected on the basis of their morphological characteristics and again cultured. Isolated bacteria were identified by gram-staining and biochemical tests. Results and discussion The data on prevalence of bacteria viz; Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp. in fecal matter, urine and blood of bandicoot rat residing at poultry farms is given in Table 1. The fecal matter of bandicoot rat was found to be contaminated with Escherichia coli (7%), Klebsiella pp. (27%), Proteus spp. (15%) and Salmonella spp. (20%). The Proteus spp. (20%) and Salmonella spp. (7%) were also isolated from urine of bandicoot rat. However, no bacteria were isolated from blood samples of the rats. To best of our knowledge, this is the first report of bandicoot rat presence at poultry farms as a reservoir of pathogenic bacteria. It is well documented that rats may become source of pathogenic bacteria at poultry farms (Meerburg et al., 2006) and can contaminate poultry products (Arsenault et al., 2007; Humphrey, 2003). Presence of pathogenic bacteria in fecal matter and urine of bandicoot rat (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Proteus spp. and Salmonella spp.) can be dangerous as horizontal transmission of pathogenic bacteria in rats populations are common and fast (Welch et al., 1941). This suggested that higher population of bandicoot rat at poultry farms may increase the risk of the bacterial infection in poultry birds and products. Therefore, suitable management strategies are required to eliminate the bandicoot rat at poultry farms. References Arsenault, J., Letellier, A., Quessy, S., Morin, J.P. and Boulianne, M., 2007. Canada. J. Food Protect. 70: 1350-1359. Hanzler, D.J. and Opitz, H.M.. 1992. Avian Dis., 36: 625-631. Humphrey, T.J., 1989. J. appl. Bact., 66: 112–126. Meerburg, B.G., Jacobs-reitsma, W.F., Wagenaar, J.A. and Kijlstra, A., 2006. Appl. environ. Microbiol., 72, 960– 962. Padula, P.J., Colavecchia, S.B., Martinz, V.P., Gonzalez Della Valle, M.O., Edelstein, A., Miguel, S.D., Russi, J., Riquelme, J.M., Colucci, N., Almiron, M. and Rabinovich, R.D., 2000. J. clin. Microbiol., 38: 3029- 3035. Pocock, M.J.O., Searle, J.B., Betts, W.B. and White, P.C.L., 2001. J. appl. Microbiol., 90: 755–760. Rose, N., Beaudeau, F., Drouin, P., Toux, J., Rose, V. and Colin, P., 2000. Prev. Vet. Med., 39: 9–20. Welch, H., Ostrolenk, M. and Bartram, M.T., 1941. Am. J. Publ. Hlth., 31: 332-340. (Received 23 June 2010, revised 12 August 2010, accepted 24 August 2010) Pakistan J. Zool., vol. 43(1), pp. 202-205, 2011. First Record of Binodoxys basicurvus Shujauddin, 1973 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) From the Punjab Province of Pakistan Imran Bodlah, 1 * Muhammad Naeem 1 and Ehsan Rakhshani 2 1 Department of Entomology, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Iran Abstract.- Aphid parasitoid, Binodoxys basicurvus Shujauddin, 1973, is recorded for the first time from the Punjab Province of Pakistan. Illustrated redescription of the species is provided with its host range and distribution in Pakistan. Key words: Binodoxys, hymenoptera, aphidiinae. Binodoxys is a genus of Aphidiinae parasitoids. It has two sets of tubercles of various sizes and shapes, on the basis of which it can be separated from the Trioxys genus (Kavallieratos et al., 2001).Various species of this genus have been recorded from different parts of the world like Israel (Mackauer, 1959; 1960; Mecheloff and Rosen, 1993), Southeastern Europe (Kavallieratos et al., 2001), Japan (Takada, 1968) and Czechoslovakia (Kavallieratos and Lykouressis, 1999; Kavallieratos ____________________________ * Corresponding author: imranbodlah@gmail.com