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 |