Sunil M. Gaikwad and Yogesh J. Koli and Gopal A. Raut and Ganesh P. Bhawane
Diversity of ShortHorned Grasshoppers (Orthoptera Caelifera) from Forested Region of Kolhapur District, Maharashtra, India of Northern Western Ghats
358 - 367
2018
12
10
International Journal of Bioengineering and Life Sciences
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10009655
https://publications.waset.org/vol/142
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
The present investigation was directed to study the diversity of shorthorned grasshoppers from a forested area of Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, India, which is spread along the hilly terrain of the Northern Western Ghats. The collection was made during 2013 to 2015, and identified with the help of a reference collection of ZSI, Kolkata, and recent literature and dry preserved. The study resulted in the enumeration of 40 species of shorthorned grasshoppers belonging to four families of suborder Caelifera. The family Acrididae was dominant (27 species) followed by Tetrigidae (eight species), Pyrgomorphidae (four species) and Chorotypidae (one species). The report of 40 species from the forest habitat of the study region highlights the significance of the Western Ghats. Ecologically, shorthorned grasshoppers are integral to food chains, being consumed by a wide variety of animals. The observations of the present investigation may prove useful for conservation of the Diversity in Northern Western Ghats.
Open Science Index 142, 2018