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. 2021 Dec 6;10(12):3033. doi: 10.3390/foods10123033

Table 1.

The species information of edible aquatic insects.

Order Number Feeding Habits Edible Stage Mainly Edible Family—Genus
(Edible Species Number)
Edible Country
(Edible Species Number)
Ephemeroptera 11 phytophagous naiad, adult Ephemeridae—Ephemera (3),
Baetidae—Cloeon (2)
India (3), Mexico (2), Malawi (2), Japan (2), China, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda
Odonata 72 predatism naiad, adult Libellulidae—Sympetrum (8),
Libellulidae—Orthetrum (7),
Aeschnidae—Rhionaeschna (4),
Libellulidae—Neurothemis (3),
Libellulidae—Trithemis (3),
Aeschnidae—Anax (3),
India (14), China (13), Thailand (13), Indonesia (12), Venezuela (10), Japan (10), Ecuador (4), Mexico (3), Laos (3), Madagascar (2), Myanmar (2), Vietnam (2), USA, Italy, South Korea, D.R.Congo
Plecoptera 11 omnivorous naiad Pteronarcyidae—Pteronarcys (4) Japan (6), USA (4), India (2)
Hemiptera 68 predatism egg, naiad, adult Nepidae—Laccotrephes (7),
Belostomatidae—Lethocerus (6),
Nepidae—Ranatra (5)
Belostomatidae—Abedus (3),
Belostomatidae—Diplonychus (3),
Belostomatidae—Sphaerodema (3),
Corixidae—Corisella (3),
Corixidae—Graptocorixa (3)
Mexico (17), Thailand (17), China (8), Japan (8), India (7), Venezuela (4), Madagascar (4), Laos (4), USA (3), Myanmar (3), Vietnam (2), D.R. Congo, Cameroon, Zambezian region, Malaysia, Mali, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Republic of Congo, Togo, Malawi, South Korea
Megaloptera 15 predatism larva Corydalidae—Acanthacorydalis (6),
Corydalidae—Corydalus (4)
China (9), Japan (2), Peru (2), Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela
Coleoptera 108 predatism larva, pupa, adult Dytiscidae—Cybister (32),
Hydrophilidae—Hydrophilus (14),
Dytiscidae—Dytiscus (6),
Dytiscidae—Rhantus (6),
Dytiscidae—Laccophilus (5),
Hydrophilidae—Tropisternus (5),
Gyrinidae—Gyrinus (4)
Mexico (35), China (26), Japan (22), Thailand (21), India (11), Madagascar (10), Laos (9), Vietnam (7), Myanmar (6), Senegal (4), North Korea (3), Sri Lanka(3), Benin (3), Malaysia (3), Togo (3), Chile (3), Sabah (2), Cambodia (2), South Korea (2), USA (2), Indonesia (2), Cameroon (2), Turkey (2), Peru (2), Australia (2), Sierra Leone, D.R.Congo, Gabon, Panama
Diptera 27 saprophagous larva, pupa Chaoboridae—Chaoborus (4),
Tipulidae—Tipula (4),
Ephydridae—Ephydra (3),
Simuliidae—Simulium (3)
USA (7), Uganda (6), Mexico (5), Venezuela (2), Japan (2), Kenya (2), Tanzania (2), Brazil, China, Colombia, Malawi, N. Am., Nearctic, Sri Lanka, Thailand
Trichoptera 17 phytophagous larva Stenopsychidae—Stenopsyche (3) Japan (12), Venezuela (4), Mexico (2), Colombia