Research Article
Insect Diversity of the Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site: An Important Site for Biodiversity Conservation in Ghana
Table 4
Insects families recorded over the entire survey period.
| ā | Yenku Block A | Yenku Block B | Family | July | January | June | July | January | June |
| Gryllidae | 8 | 7 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 11 | Acrididae | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 | Tettigonidae | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 3 | Tridactylidae | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Tetrigidae | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | Formicidae | 81 | 96 | 31 | 75 | 39 | 29 | Apidae | 6 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | Evaniidae | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Sphecidae | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Vespidae | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 6 | Braconidae | 3 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 15 | Ichneumonidae | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Scelionidae | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Halictidae | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Pompylidae | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Chalcididae | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | Eulophidae | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Tiphiidae | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Blattidae | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | Mantidae | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Noctuidae | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Arctidae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Satyridae | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Pieridae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Acraeidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Nymphalidae | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Termitidae | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | Rhinotermitidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Kalotermitidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Cercopidae | 5 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 8 | Aleyrodidae | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aphididae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fulgoridae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cicadellidae | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 13 | Delphacidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Membracidae | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pseudococcidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dictyopharidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Psyllidae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Acanalonidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Flatidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Isotomidae | 3 | 33 | 22 | 1 | 32 | 27 | Calliphoridae | 2 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 2 | 3 | Sepsidae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Tachinidae | 4 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 19 | Sarcophagidae | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Culicidae | 1 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 6 | 17 | Muscidae | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Tephritidae | 69 | 24 | 29 | 4 | 5 | 22 | Drossophilidae | 1 | 53 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 993 | Phoridae | 11 | 14 | 24 | 7 | 15 | 28 | Tipulidae | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Asilidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | Diopsidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Dolichopodidae | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 4 | Syrrphidae | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | Rhagionidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Stratiomyiidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Bombylidae | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Tabanidae | 19 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Glossinidae | 1 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Simulidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Mycetophilidae | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Sciaridae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Chironomidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Ceratopogonidae | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Conopidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Lauxanidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Psychodidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cecidomyiidae | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Platypezidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Trichoceridae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Acroceridae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Empididae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 18 | Therevidae | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | Otitidae | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Anthomyiidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 11 | Bibionidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Chrysomelidae | 11 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 2 | 8 | Carabidae | 23 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | Tenebrionidae | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Scarabaeidae | 167 | 0 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Mordellidae | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Phalacridae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Coccinellidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Dermestidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Meloidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Curcujidae | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | Scolytidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Lampyridae | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2 | Staphylinidae | 5 | 0 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 51 | Ptinidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Lucanidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Hesteridae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthicidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Cleridae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Scaphididae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Curculionidae | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | Cerambycidae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Hydropsychidae | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | Polycentropodidae | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Philopotamidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Leptoceridae | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | Psychomyiidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Thripidae | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 13 | Forfinculidae | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Labiidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Carcinophoridae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Libellulidae | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Coenagrionidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Pyrrhocoridae | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Coreidae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Pentatomidae | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Reduvidae | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Lygaeidae | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Berytidae | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Largidae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Nepidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Alydidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Cydnidae | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Thyreocoridae | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Ascalaphidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sialidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Phasmatidae | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Oligotomidae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Machilidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Panorpidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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