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The book entitled 'Biodiversity of Orthoptera in Varanasi region' is very much beneficial for students of Undergraduate and Postgraduate classes, Researchers, Scientist and Naturalist of Entomology in easy language. It contains a lot of review of literatures along with their proper references for researcher and scientist related to Orthoptera; techniques of grasshoppers collection, preservation and their identification; several basic taxonomical morphometric characters, certain line drawings and photographs of grasshoppers are also provided to easy going of this book. A very good and sequential procedure for preparing entomological materials for taxonomical purposes are presented. Host-plant interaction and Plant-host interaction as well as checklist of collected grasshoppers are also nicely discussed in the book. Details of 14 species of order Orthoptera belonging to 8 different families of 4 superfamilies and 3 suborders are presented along with an easily understandable dichotomous key for grasshopper (Orthoptera) identification are presented first time for Varanasi and all around Varanasi region. I Hope, this will strengthen the orthopteran science globally.

Biodiversity of Orthoptera in Varanasi Region: An Exploration and Identification