Volume : 7, Issue : 4, April - 2018

Study on Insect Diversity in and around Maharani‘s Science College Campus, Mysuru, Karnataka

Priyadarshini, Raghunandan, K. S, Suchitha, C. K, Sachidanandamurthy, K. L

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:&#10;justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:.5in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:&#10;&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The study was conducted on the diversity of insect species at Maharani&rsquo;s Science College Campus, Mysuru, Karnataka during Feuary to April, 2017. A </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;&#10;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">total of 41 different species belonging to 22 families and 9 orders were recorded. This study shows that highest number of insect species belongs to order Hymenoptera (24.3%), followed by Coleoptera (21.9%), Orthoptera (9.8%), Lepidoptera (14.6%), Hemiptera (9.8%), Blattodea (7.3%), Mantodea (7.3%), Isoptera (2.5%) and Odonata (2.5%). The insect diversity was quite good (Shannon&rsquo;s Weaver index = 2.97). Although, study of this kind is a pioneer attempt, season wise study in future would throw more light on insect biodiversity greater in detail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>