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History of entomology in India​

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the history entomology in India CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

History of Entomology in India

Insects are known from the Vedic times as early as 1200-1000 B.C. as

recorded in the treatises of Charaka and Sushruta. Classification of ants, flies

and mosquitoes are to be found in Sushruta’s treatise ‘Sushruta samhita’, while

in ‘Charaka Samhita’ we find classification of bees. The term ‘Shatpada’ (six

legged insects) was coined by Amara Simha, some one thousand years before

the European naturalist Latrielle coined the term Hexapoda.

It was not until the early 17th century that major advances were made in

Entomology.

The first entomologist to make extensive collection of Indian insects was

J.C Fabricius. Beginning of Indian Entomology can be traced in 1758 when

Systems Naturae was published. Its tenth edition by Carl Linnaeus contained

the earliest record of Indian insects, mentioning 28 species. Fabricius, Edward

Donovan, Gerard Koenig, Westwood and Hope are some notable

entomologists during the period 1745-1922.

19th Century Entomologists were Annandale, Ernest Green, Maxwell

Lefroy and T.B Fletcher. The major volumes 'Indian Insect Life’ by Lefroy and

‘Some south Indian insects’ by Fletcher are even today works of references.

Many manuals on the fauna of British India appeared from 1864 and it was

Hampson who contributed first to that series by publishing four volumes on

moths of India.

Entomologists like T.V.Ramakrishna Ayyar, Y.Ramachandra Rao,

Richard Coleman., S.Pradhan, and M.S.Mani raised the status of Entomology

by considering Entomology as a special subject in the traditional and

agricultural universities. The Bombay Natural History Society and the Forest

Answer 2

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beginning of Indian Entomology can be traced in 1758 when System Naturae was published.Its tenth edition by Carl Linnaeus contained the earliest record of indian insects,mentaining 28 species.Fabricius ,Edward Donovan,Gerard Koenig,Westwood and hope are some notable entomologists during the period 1745-1922

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