Taxonomy and Diversity of Acrididae of North Eastern States of India

The family Acrididae includes locusts and grasshoppers, which are major pests of agricultural and grazing lands throughout the world, and are well known for their destructiveness. Keeping in view the economic importance of these pests, it was decided to carry out a comprehensive plan of collecting and identifying the acrido-fauna of North-Eastern States of India. The study is mainly based on conventional morphological and genitalic structures.