Fig Insects of Kerala

Contents: Introduction. I. Area of the study: 1. The low lands. 2. The mid lands. 3. The upland or highland: A. Tropical evergreen forests and sholas. B. Tropical semi-evergreen forests. C. Tropical moist-deciduous forests. D. Grass lands. II. Riperian or riverine vegetation. III. Materials and methods: A. Collection. B. Storage and preservation. C. Description. D. Morphological terms used. E. Plan of presentation of taxonomic data. IV. A retrospect to the fig insect research: A. Natural history. B. Systematics of fig insects. V. Taxonomy of fig insects (family Agaonidae) of Kerala: 1. Subfamily Agaoninae. 2. Subfamily Epichrysomallinae. 3. Subfamily Otitesellinae. 4. Subfamily Sycoecinae. 5. Subfamily Sycophaginae. 6. Subfamily Sycoryctinae. VI. Host specificity of fig insects. References. Text figures. Annexure. Index.