Seventeen years after the publication of last checklist damselflies and dragonflies found in Italy, an updated list has been compiled. This reports 95 species belonging to 10 families 38 genera includes 2 national endemic 1 sub-endemic species. Compared previous checklist, three were removed, two subspecies granted status, added as new taxa for Italy. The summarizes current state knowledge on g...

Insect diversity is believed to be used as a bio-indicator of spring quality. This study aimed at determining the insect around Mutis Timau Nature Reserve. The was conducted from June August 2019. Insects were caught by using yellow pan trap and hand sorting. insects determined based on Shannon-Wienner index (H'), species richness (R1), dominance (D), evenness (E). results showed that 16 belong...

The present study was carried out to reveal the odonate diversity in Jabalpur city and its surrounding area Madhya Pradesh, central India. During period of 2008–2019 a total 75 species odonates belonging two suborders nine families were recorded. Twenty-one new recorded for district four Pradesh; 37% (28) abundant or very common, 19% (14) 16% (12) frequent, 24% (18) rare, 4% (3) rare. maximum n...

Dragonfly wings resist millions of cycles of dynamic loading in their lifespan. During their operation, the wings are subjected to relatively high mechanical stresses. They further experience accidental collisions which result from the insects’ daily activities, such as foraging, mating and fighting with other individuals. All these factors may lead to irreversible wing damage. Here, for the fi...

The people living in Manipur have a distinct identity, culture, and food habits. They have a prototype culture of eating insects. In our study, the nutritive contents of five potentially-edible aquatic insects, Lethocerus indicus (Lepeletier and Serville) (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae), Laccotrephes maculatus (F.) (Nepidae), Hydrophilus olivaceous (F.) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Cybister tripunctat...