Taxonomic inventory of the edible insects of India, a review of the current situation and future perspectives

IF 4.7 3区农林科学 Q1 ENTOMOLOGY

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed Pub Date : 2023-10-31 DOI:10.1163/23524588-20230115

A. Ganguly, J.M. Pino, K. Nonaka

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Abstract

In this article we present a taxonomic analysis of edible insects from India. Twelve orders of insects are reported with the follow number of families registered: Ephemeroptera (2), Odonata (6), Orthoptera (5), Mantodea (1), Blattodea (4), Isoptera (2), Hemiptera-Heteroptera (18), Coleoptera (14), Lepidoptera (11), Diptera (3), Hymenoptera (3) and Plecoptera (2), comprises a total of 277 genera and 473 species. In relation to the number of genera, the best represented orders are Coleoptera (82), Orthoptera (53) and Hemiptera-Heteroptera (52). The orders with the highest number of species are: Coleoptera (143), Orthoptera (89) Hemiptera-Heteroptera (79) and Hymenoptera (62). The current status also of this line of research is discussed, with special note on the importance of them as a renewable natural resource for the various Indian ethnic groups that consume these insects.

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印度食用昆虫分类目录，现状与未来展望综述

在这篇文章中，我们对印度的食用昆虫进行了分类分析。报告了 12 个昆虫目，登记的科数如下：蜉蝣目（2）、蜻蜓目（6）、直翅目（5）、螳螂目（1）、蜚蠊目（4）、等翅目（2）、半翅目-异翅目（18）、鞘翅目（14）、鳞翅目（11）、双翅目（3）、膜翅目（3）和褶翅目（2），共计 277 属 473 种。就属的数量而言，鞘翅目（82 属）、直翅目（53 属）和半翅目-异翅目（52 属）的数量最多。物种数量最多的目是：鞘翅目（143 种）、直翅目（53 种）和半翅目-异翅目（52 种）：鞘翅目（143 种）、直翅目（89 种）、半翅目-异翅目（79 种）和膜翅目（62 种）。本文还讨论了这一研究领域的现状，特别指出了这些昆虫作为可再生自然资源对食用这些昆虫的印度各民族的重要性。

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Journal of Insects as Food and Feed Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Insect Science

CiteScore

7.00

自引率

17.60%

发文量

133

期刊介绍： The Journal of Insects as Food and Feed covers edible insects from harvesting in the wild through to industrial scale production. It publishes contributions to understanding the ecology and biology of edible insects and the factors that determine their abundance, the importance of food insects in people’s livelihoods, the value of ethno-entomological knowledge, and the role of technology transfer to assist people to utilise traditional knowledge to improve the value of insect foods in their lives. The journal aims to cover the whole chain of insect collecting or rearing to marketing edible insect products, including the development of sustainable technology, such as automation processes at affordable costs, detection, identification and mitigating of microbial contaminants, development of protocols for quality control, processing methodologies and how they affect digestibility and nutritional composition of insects, and the potential of insects to transform low value organic wastes into high protein products. At the end of the edible insect food or feed chain, marketing issues, consumer acceptance, regulation and legislation pose new research challenges. Food safety and legislation are intimately related. Consumer attitude is strongly dependent on the perceived safety. Microbial safety, toxicity due to chemical contaminants, and allergies are important issues in safety of insects as food and feed. Innovative contributions that address the multitude of aspects relevant for the utilisation of insects in increasing food and feed quality, safety and security are welcomed.