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The Identification, Types, Taxonomic Orders, Biodiversity and Importance of Aquatic Insects
J.F.N. Abowei and B.R. Ukoroije
Corresponding Author: J.F.N. Abowei
Submitted: May 08, 2012
Accepted: June 08, 2012
Published: October 25, 2012 |
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The identification, types, taxonomic orders, biodiversity and importance of aquatic insects was reviewed
to facilitate sustainable culture fisheries management and practice. Aquatic insects contribute significantly to fresh
water ecosystems, one of many groups of organisms that, together, must be considered in the study of aquatic
ecology. As such their study may be a significant part of understanding the ecological state of a given ecosystem and
in gauging how that ecosystem will respond to stress. Aquatic insects and the larvae attack fish eggs and fry. They
also compete for food and space in the pond. However, mosquito larvae are a food for fish. So, some insect larvae
can serve to increase fish production. Insect bioagents can control the alligator weed, Alternanthera philloxeriodes.
The flea beetle Agasilles hydrophila; alligator, Amnothrips andersonu and the alligator stem borer, Vegtia mallio
can control the weed effectively. Other insects that can control water hyacinth are nevil (Nechetina circhbornae)
warmer (Atustache bruchi) and hycinthmite (Orthoguma terebranths). Paropoynk alliondis and Litodactylus
leucogaster can control the water milfoil, Myriophyllum spicatium. The article reviews and discusses the
identification, economic importance, life cycle, biodiversity, roles and taxonomic orders of aquatic insects to
facilitate sustainable culture fisheries management and practice.
Key words: Aquatic insects, biodiversity and importance, identification, taxonomic orders, types, ,
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J.F.N. Abowei and B.R. Ukoroije, . The Identification, Types, Taxonomic Orders, Biodiversity and Importance of Aquatic Insects. British Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, (5): 218-229.
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