DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC INSECTS IN POND ECOSYSTEM IN CHEYYAR, THIRUVANNAMALAI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA
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SUBBARAYALU ARUMUGAM
P. G. and Research Department of Zoology, Arignar Anna Govt. Arts College, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, India.
SUBRAMANIAN ATHIKESAVAN
P. G. and Research Department of Zoology, Arignar Anna Govt. Arts College, Cheyyar, Tamil Nadu, India.
Abstract
Aquatic insects are the most diverse group of organisms in freshwater bodies such as lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, reservoirs, etc. A pond ecosystem is a body of standing water and very important habitats for so many various types of animals such as fishes, crustaceans, insects and amphibians. Aquatic insects are good bioindicators of water quality for assessment of pollution in short and long-term pollution events. The less or more aquatic insects are providing data to estimate the degree of environmental impact and its potential effects on other living organisms. In this study reveals diversity and distribution of aquatic insects from the pond ecosystem in the Kilpudupakkam, Cheyyar, Thiruvannamalai District for a period from August 2017 to January 2018. The aquatic insects were collected with the help of scoop net and hand nets. Later they were identified using of original literature. The insects identified for following 7 orders viz., Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Odonata, Ephemeroptera, Trichoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera. Order Hemiptera (33.63%) is the largest population of pond ecosystem and compare with other orders and diversity indices were calculated. The order followed by Hemiptera were Coleoptera (27.21%), Odonata (14.98), Ephemeroptera (8.56%), Trichoptera (7.64%), Diptera (5.50%) and Lepidoptera (2.44%).
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Aquatic insects, diversity, distribution, bioindicators, pond ecosystem, order
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ARUMUGAM, S., & ATHIKESAVAN, S. (2021). DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC INSECTS IN POND ECOSYSTEM IN CHEYYAR, THIRUVANNAMALAI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU, INDIA. UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 42(9), 10-15. Retrieved from https://mbimph.com/index.php/UPJOZ/article/view/2100
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Scheffer M, Vangeest GJ, Zimmer K, Jeppsen E, Sondergaard M, Butler MG. Small habitat size and isolation can promote species richness second order effects on biodiversity in shallow lakes and ponds. Oikos. 2006;112: 227-231.
Vassou MC, Surya G, Nawas MA, Tennyson S, Raveen R, Arivoli S. Diversity of hemipterans in Sengunam Pond, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Int. J. Entomo. Res. 2017;2:83-89.
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Voshell JR. Aquatic insect Biodiversity and Conservation. Sustaining America’s Aquatic biodiversity, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia State University. 2009;8:420-531.
Arimora FO, Ikomi RB. Ecological integrity of upper Warri River, Niger delta using aquatic insects as bioindicators. Ecolo. Indica. 2008;395:1-7.
Balaram P. Insect of tropical streams. Curr Sci. 2005;89:914.
Susheela P, Radha R, Ezhili N. Diversity and distribution of aquatic insects population in Singanallur Lake, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. J. Int. Aca. Res. Multi. 2014;2:141-147.
Annandale N. The fauna of certain small streams in the Bombay Presidency. Rec. Ind. Mus. 1919;16:109-162.
Douwe KB, Dijikstra, Monashan MT, Pauls SU. Freshwater biodiversity and aquatic insect diversification. Ann. Rev. Entomol. 2014;59:143-163.
Balian EV, Leveque C, Segers H, Marterns K (Eds.). Freshwater animal diversity assessment. Developments in Hydrobiology 198, Dordrecht, Springer; 2008.
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Chauhan A, Verma SC. Distribution and diversity of aquatic insects in Himachal Pradesh, India: A review. Int. J. Curr. Microbio. App. Sci. 2016;5:273-281.
Barman A, Baruah BK. Macrophyte preference and aquatic entomofaunal diversity of Kapla Beel, A freshwater wetland of Barpeta district of Assam, India. Asi. J. Sci. Tech. 2015;6:1205-1210.
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Boruah GS, Gupta S. Assesment of ecosystem health of two ponds in district Cachar, Assam, India using aquatic insects. J. Entomol. Zoo. Stud. 2016;4:21-26.
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Thirumalai G. Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Hemiptera (Insecta) of Tamil Nadu – I, Dharmapuri and Pudukkottai districts. Rec. Zool. Surv. India. 1994;165:1-45.
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