Biodiversity of grasshoppers at amirdhi forest and adjoining areas of vellore, Tamil Nadu Job Gopinath M.*, Vidhya K.1 PG & Research Department of Zoology, Voorhees College, Vellore-632001 1PG & Research Department of Zoology, Auxilium College, Vellore-632006 *Email: job.gopinath@gmail.com
Online published on 27 July, 2018. Abstract As there is no systematic survey of grasshoppers and their fannistics are available, present study was conducted in Vellore. The grasshopper fauna and identification of grasshopper species found in the Amirdhi forest and the adjoining places was undertaken. The results revealed >15 species identified based on their external morphology. Top Keywords Biodiversity, grasshoppers, Amirdhi forest, Vellore, agricultural lands, Cyrtacanthris, Atractomorpha, Acrida, Heteracris, Trilophidia, Gastrimargus, Diabolo, Morphacris, Orthacris, Phlaeoba, Oedaleus, Spathosternum, Truxalis. Top |