Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 80
  • Issue: 4

On Acrididae (Orthoptera: acridoidea) from Kerala

1Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata

*Corresponding author Email: sahar.mobin05@gmail.com

Online published on 5 February, 2019.

Abstract

A faunistic survey conducted on the acridid fauna of Kerala, India revealed 41 species belonging to 30 genera in 10 subfamilies of the family Acrididae. These led to five new records from Kerala. The subfamilies Oedipodinae and Catantopinae were observed to include maximum abundance.

Keywords

Kerala, Acrididae, diversity, new records, abundance, subfamilies, Oedipodinae, Catantopinae, Oxyinae, keys to species