Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

A study from July 2016 to June 2017 was carried out to assess the species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric characteristics of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) at Rajshahi city of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. A total number of 286 individuals of grasshopper were examined during the...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain, Ahmed, Mursalin, Ahsan, MD. Kamrul
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/1/23769-78500-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-134132019-09-22T02:18:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/ Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain Ahmed, Mursalin Ahsan, MD. Kamrul A study from July 2016 to June 2017 was carried out to assess the species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric characteristics of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) at Rajshahi city of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. A total number of 286 individuals of grasshopper were examined during the study. Eight species of grasshopper were identified under seven genera of 2 families. The numbers of identified species were seven and one, and their percentages were calculated as 90.9% and 9.1% in families Acrididae and Tetrigidae respectively. Based on monthly occurrence, four species of grasshopper were found throughout 12 months, three were 9-11 months and one was 6-8 months. The highest species abundance of grasshoppers was recorded in the month of July to August and lowest in November to January. Among the collected species the status of Camnula pellucida was very common (VC) and rest seven species were considered as not rare (NR). The Simpson’s diversity index (1-D) for grasshopper species was 0.80. For the study of inter-specific variations, morphometric analysis of nine parameters viz. length of body, antenna, foreleg, midleg, hindleg, forewing and hindwing; width of forewing and hindwing was evaluated. The lengths or widths of these parameters were measured by ImageJ software (1.48v) and data were analyzed by GraphPad InStat 3 and MS Excel 2007. Relationship among parameters and different species were determined using repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey post-test. The variation between these species and parameters was considered highly significant (p< 0.001) and showed the dynamic speciation. Morphometric analysis of these eight species was done for the first time from this region. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/1/23769-78500-1-PB.pdf Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain and Ahmed, Mursalin and Ahsan, MD. Kamrul (2018) Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh. Serangga, 23 (1). pp. 24-34. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1099/showToc
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description	A study from July 2016 to June 2017 was carried out to assess the species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric characteristics of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) at Rajshahi city of Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. A total number of 286 individuals of grasshopper were examined during the study. Eight species of grasshopper were identified under seven genera of 2 families. The numbers of identified species were seven and one, and their percentages were calculated as 90.9% and 9.1% in families Acrididae and Tetrigidae respectively. Based on monthly occurrence, four species of grasshopper were found throughout 12 months, three were 9-11 months and one was 6-8 months. The highest species abundance of grasshoppers was recorded in the month of July to August and lowest in November to January. Among the collected species the status of Camnula pellucida was very common (VC) and rest seven species were considered as not rare (NR). The Simpson’s diversity index (1-D) for grasshopper species was 0.80. For the study of inter-specific variations, morphometric analysis of nine parameters viz. length of body, antenna, foreleg, midleg, hindleg, forewing and hindwing; width of forewing and hindwing was evaluated. The lengths or widths of these parameters were measured by ImageJ software (1.48v) and data were analyzed by GraphPad InStat 3 and MS Excel 2007. Relationship among parameters and different species were determined using repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey post-test. The variation between these species and parameters was considered highly significant (p< 0.001) and showed the dynamic speciation. Morphometric analysis of these eight species was done for the first time from this region.
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author	Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain Ahmed, Mursalin Ahsan, MD. Kamrul
spellingShingle	Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain Ahmed, Mursalin Ahsan, MD. Kamrul Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
author_facet	Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain Ahmed, Mursalin Ahsan, MD. Kamrul
author_sort	Ahmad Mahdi, Shah Hussain
title	Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
title_short	Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
title_full	Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh
title_sort	species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (orthoptera: caelifera) in rajshahi city, bangladesh
publisher	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13413/1/23769-78500-1-PB.pdf
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Species diversity, seasonal abundance and morphometric analysis of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Caelifera) in Rajshahi City, Bangladesh

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