Journal of Entomological Research
SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue: 4

On a collection of Acrididae (Orthoptera: acridoidea) from Rohilkhand region, Uttar Pradesh, India with three new records from the state

Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh-202 002, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding author's E-mail: sahar.mobin05@gmail.com

Online published on 23 January, 2020.

Abstract

Thirty-one species of family Acrididae have been reported from Rohilkhand Region of Uttar Pradesh, India. Out of which three are new records from Uttar Pradesh state. A total of 677 specimens were studied and identified. Maximum number of species were recorded from the genus Oxya of subfamily Oxyinae (i.e., eight different species from a single genus). Maximum diversity was shown by subfamily Oedipodinae.

Keywords

Acridid, pest, Rohilkhand, Uttar Pradesh