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VOL. 9, ISSUE 6 (2024)
Community composition of aquatic insects in relation to water quality in a pond in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India
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Priti Ranjan Pahari, Tapan Kumar Pandit, Subhadeep Maiti, Tanmay Bhattacharya
Abstract
Twenty five species of aquatic insects have
been recorded from a small weed infested water body in Midnapore town, West
Bengal, India. Hemiptera was the most abundant order comprising 51.93% of total
entomofauna followed by Odonata (16.12%), Coleoptera (15.15%), Ephemeroptera
(13.68%) and Diptera (3.12%) in that order. Anisops breddini was the
only dominant species along with 11 subdominant, 12 recedent and one
sub-recedent species. Most of the species were found to be either positively or
negatively correlated with the physico-chemical properties of the water.
Existence of 13 species of macrophytes provided ample scope of niche
differentiation for the coexistence of the insect species.
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Pages:62-66
How to cite this article:
Priti Ranjan Pahari, Tapan Kumar Pandit, Subhadeep Maiti, Tanmay Bhattacharya "Community composition of aquatic insects in relation to water quality in a pond in Midnapore town, West Bengal, India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 9, Issue 6, 2024, Pages 62-66
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