On Acrididae (Orthoptera: acridoidea) from Kerala Kumar Hirdesh, Usmani Mohd. Kamil1, Mobin Sahar* Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, Block M, New Alipore, Kolkata 1Section of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh *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. Top Keywords Kerala, Acrididae, diversity, new records, abundance, subfamilies, Oedipodinae, Catantopinae, Oxyinae, keys to species. Top |