Diversity of Aquatic Insects in Lake Pichhola of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Authors

  • Farha Naz Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India
  • Sweety Nalwaya Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India
  • Rahul Yadav Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India
  • Kanan Saxena Department of Zoology, Government Meera Girls College, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Aquatic insects, Diversity, Lake, Pichhola, Water Quality

Abstract

The present study conducted on Lake Pichhola with regard to its insect diversity revealed a total  of 24 species during the period from October  2019 to March 2020 and these 24 species of  insects belonged to 6 orders and 12 families.  Maximum insect species were recorded from the  littoral zone (vegetation rich site) and minimum  insect species from limnetic zone and disturbed  sites of the lake. A number of insect species and  their immature stages from orders Odonata,  Ephemeroptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Coleoptera  and Trichoptera were observed. The insect fauna  from the order Odonata dominated over  Ephemeroptera and the second most dominant  order was Hemiptera. Aquatic insects are best  known for their ability to indicate the water  quality and monitoring of aquatic insect diversity  and abundance can expedite the conservation of  these lake ecosystems.  

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Published

2021-06-15

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Vol. 40 No. 1 (2021): Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences Zoology( Jan-Jun) 2021

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Diversity of Aquatic Insects in Lake Pichhola of Udaipur, Rajasthan, India . (2021). Bulletin of Pure & Applied Sciences- Zoology , 40(1), 63–70. https://doi.org/10.48165/