Insects of India

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Understanding the marvels of nature can be both thrilling and challenging. But understanding the world of insects can prove exasperating and endless. The one simple reason is that insects alone represent almost 80% of all the animal species put together. The book, â€œInsects of Indiaâ€ aims at providing a simple and concise account of this extremely diverse and complex insect fauna. It has a refreshingly new approach to bring together information as diverse as: how, where and when to collect insects, their habits and habitats planning the surveys with the help of route maps, and diverse physio-graphic information of the country. Valuable information is provided about the difficult but gorgeous physiography of India with its large mountain systems, diverse forest types and vegetation and four distinctly different seasons. Well over 30 route maps of India along with specific areas for insect collection are introduced for first time. Information about accommodation facilities, transportation and climate, especially in the hilly regions are included. Useful information regarding location of state-wise wild life sanctuaries, national parks, reserve forests and tiger reserves are given in a map of India. Hundreds of Indian insects are described with beautifully illustrated habitat figures. Several coloured illustrations and photographs will be of added interest to the reader. Other interesting features for amateur entomologists include, thought-provoking questionnaire on insect life, a concise write-up on the beautiful insects of India and a glossary of entomological terms. The book is meant for both professional and amateur entomologists, museum experts, agriculturists, tea garden specialists, teachers and students, forest officials, naturalists and environmentalists.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Tapan Sengupta

Tapan Sengupta hails from Chaibasa, a small hilly town in Chhotanagpur plateau. A graduate from Calcutta University, he did his master from Patna University and Ph.D. from Glasgow University, UK. He worked with the late Dr. R.A. Crowson for four years, 1964-1968 and continued his postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta, Canada. During 1964-1977, he visited and worked in several museums and universities in the UK, Europe, USA, Canada & Japan. In 1983 he was one of 10 invitee speakers from 6 nations for the "LeConte Symposium" on the 'Classification and phylogeny of Coleoptera' at Detroit and Columbus, USA. Sengupta worked at the Zoological Survey of India for 21 years as In-Charge, Coleoptera Section, Insect Division and retired as Deputy Director. A widely traveled person, he carried out extensive surveys across India. He met, discussed and exchanged views with many established biologists and naturalists of the time, and with whom he corresponded for several years. This helped him in completing this book. Sengupta has to his credit over 100 scientific papers, including several world review of higher taxa, handbooks, monographs and one volume of fauna in the insect series. He also guided researches on wetland fauna, sotred-grain pests and ecological studies on soil fauna of the tea gardens, agriculture fields and forest floor.