Predator Diversity of Mayflies from Kolhapur District, India

ABSTRACT

Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) are the most primitive and ancient insect group globally; there are about 3000 species of mayflies belonging to 400 genera and 42 families. Out of which 390 species belonging to 84 genera and 20 families occur in the oriental region. From India, 124 species of mayflies have been recorded under 46 genera and 12 families. Adult mayflies are terrestrial and immature forms are aquatic and called naids (nymphs). Mayflies are good source for food for various animal groups such as Insects, Platyhelminthes, Spiders, Pisces, Amphibians and Aves. Therefore, biodiversity of predatory species of mayflies have been studied as nutrition affect the life cycle, survival, fecundity, sex ratio, etc. A list of 40 predatory species of above said groups has been reported from rivers Panchganga, Krishna, Warna, Bhogavati, Kumbhi, Kasari, and Saraswati of Kolhapur district.

Key words – Predator diversity, Mayflies, Rivers, Kolhapur district

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