Original Research Article I Volume 4 I Issue 2 I 2016

Diversity of long horned grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Pargad fort, Chandgad, Kolhapur district of Maharashtra (India)

K. N. Nikam; S. V. More

Biolife; 2016, 4(2), pp 224-227.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7315248

Abstract:

For the first time survey and collection of long horned grasshoppers were studied in Pargad, Chandgad, Maharashtra, during year 2014 to 2015. There were 9 species of grasshoppers collected from study region belonging to 3 subfamilies i.e. Phaneropteriane, Pseudophyllinae, and Mecopodinae of 9 genera. The subfamily Phaneropteriane dominant which represented by 5 species followed by Pseudophyllinae with 3 species and Mecopodinae with 1 species

Keywords:

Grasshopper, Tettigoniidae, Mecopodinae.

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Article Dates:

Received: 3 April 2016; Accepted: 17 May 2016; Published: 2 June 2016

How To Cite:

K. N. Nikam, & S. V. More. (2022). Diversity of long horned grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Pargad fort, Chandgad, Kolhapur district of Maharashtra (India). Biolife, 4(2), 224–227. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7315248

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