Skip to content
Research Article Open access CC BY 4.0

Diversity and Abundance of Edible Orthopterans Insects and their Future Prospects for Food Security of the People in Baksa District, Assam, India

Jayanta Kr. Das

Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences · pp. 183–193 · Published 11 May 2023

10.9734/ajravs/2023/v6i2245

Abstract

Assam in North East India is very rich in diversity of edible insects. Most of the insects are eaten by tribal people as nutritious and tasty food. Orthopteran species such as grasshoppers (Acrididae and Tettigoniidae) and crickets (Mole cricket and House cricket) are major insects eaten by tribal people such as Bodo, Rabha, Sarania, Tea Tribes etc. in study area. Most of these species are pests of crops and vegetables which damage the crops and reduce their yield. These species are eaten as food by ethnic people of the study area and they have incredible prospects in food security. The diversity of orthopterans was calculated by using “Shannon Wiener Index. Species diversity was determined following Shannon Wiener’s Index (Shannon and Weaver, 1963, Ludwig and Reynolds, 1988). During this study period, a total of 10 species of Orthoptera belonging to 4 families of 10 genera were recorded. Family Acrididae was dominant with (5 species), followed by Tettigoniidae (2 species), Gryllidae (2 species) and then followed by Gryllotalpidae (1 species). Agricultural Field habitat such as Paddy fields and Open field habitat such as grassland areas contribute to richness in diversity of Orthopteran species. Shannon-Weiner diversity index (H’) was applied to find out whether any significant difference existed in the insect diversity between different habitats. Simpson’s diversity index was used to measure the diversity which allows the number of species present as well as the relative abundance of each species. The largest number of edible Orthopteran is available during June to September (pre monsoon and monsoon) and then gets gradually reduced from retreating monsoon to winter season.

Acrididae diversity grassland nutritious malnutrition significant tettigoniidae

References (16)

  1. 1 A Mathematical Theory of Communication [DOI]
  2. 2 Locusts and Grasshoppers: Behavior, Ecology, and Biogeography [DOI]
  3. 3 European Red List of Grasshoppers, Crickets and Bush-crickets [DOI]
  4. 4 Invertebrate biomass: Associations with lesser prairie-chicken habitat use and sand sagebrush density in southwestern Kansas
  5. 5 Acridid (Orthoptera: Acrididae) abundance in Western European Grasslands: sampling methodology and temporal fluctuations [DOI]
  6. 6 Evaluation of nutrient quality of a short horned grasshopper, Oxya hyla hyla Serville (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in search of new protein source
  7. 7 Diversity, distribution and seasonal variations of grasshopper populations in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan [DOI]
  8. 8 Taxonomic studies on Acrididae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from Rajasthan (India)
  9. 9 Review of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with one new species from India [DOI]
  10. 10 Diversity of Orthoptera (Insecta) fauna of Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India [DOI]
  11. 11 Study on Diversity of Orthoptera Fauna in South Gujarat, India
  12. 12 Grasshoppers and locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History [DOI]
  13. 13 Insectes Orthoptères Acridoidea : Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae
  14. 14 Studies on taxonomy, distribution, ecology and behaviour of grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera) in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, Western Himalayas, India.
  15. 15 Statistical ecology: a primer on methods and computing [DOI]
  16. 16 Orthoptera Species File [DOI]

Cited by 1

A Review on Diversity, Ecological Significance and Molecular Insights Of Family Gryllidae And Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera: Ensifera)

Neenu Daroch, Neha Choudhary, Neha Katnoria · International Journal of Drug Delivery Technology · 2026

Related research

Article metrics

Real usage data collected on this platform.

48

Page views

0

PDF downloads

15

Outbound clicks

1

Citations

Views over time

Views by country

Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".

Traffic sources

Referring site, by host.

Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.