PP-B20

Global Perspectives of Entomofauna in Northern Chhattisgarh, India

KV Achari and KR Sahu

Government College Sanawal, Balrampur - 497 220, India,

Govemement ERR PG College, Bilaspur -495 006, India

Corresponding author email: kvenu99@redimail.com

[Received 27 January 2016, accepted 5 February 2016]

Abstract: We studied distribution of entomofauna diversity in northem Chhattisgarh. This is the first widespread account on insect species diversity brought out by the authors in this area. Since, the complete list of insects as far as this known from northern Chhattisgarh have not yet given in the present publication, only the list of orders and their respective species were provided. Overall, 362 species of 19 orders of insect are reported from the study area. It is noteworthy that a widespread report of insect diversity of Surguja has been provided first time, which is mainly based on the collection and surveys. The insect diversity of the study area is estimated about 11% of all the known species from India. Governance of coleopteran and hemipteran insects suggested that northern Chhattisgarh is not yet polluted than that of their counterpart.

Keywords: Entomofauna, Insect species, Northern Chhattisgarh, Polluted