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Ethnoentomology (1952–2024): scientific production, emerging trends and research gaps [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Ethnoentomology, as an interdisciplinary field, explores the interactions between humans and insects from cultural, ecological, and social perspectives, fostering dialogue between traditional knowledge and modern science. Despite its relevance,
Paulo Silva, Roseli Barros
exaly   +6 more sources

Insects in Art during an Age of Environmental Turmoil [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Humans are reshaping the planet in impressive, and impressively self-destructive, ways. Evidence and awareness of our environmental impact has failed to elicit meaningful change in reversing our behavior.
Barrett Anthony Klein
exaly   +4 more sources

Beyond the pest: Life history, ecology and ethnoentomology of the giant wood moth (Endoxyla cinereus)

Austral Ecology, 2022
The giant wood moth (Endoxyla cinereus) is the heaviest known moth in the world, a traditional food resource to indigenous Australians and an ecosystem engineer, but it is primarily studied as a pest of Eucalyptus plantations. Here, I review the life history of this enigmatic insect and apply this perspective to the ecology, ethnoentomology and known ...
Jessa H Thurman
exaly   +5 more sources

Comparative ethnoentomology of edible stinkbugs in southern Africa and sustainable management considerations [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2013
AbstractInsects, such as stinkbugs, are able to produce noxious defence chemicals to ward off predators, nevertheless, some ethnic groups have recipes to render them delicious. We provide an example of edible stinkbugs (Encosternum delegorguei) used by two locally separate ethnic groups in South Africa, the Vhavenda and Mapulana, with a third group ...
Edward Witkowski, Cathy Dzerefos
exaly   +5 more sources

Caatinga revisited: ecology and conservation of an important seasonal dry forest. [PDF]

ScientificWorldJournal, 2012
Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest) hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies in the area. Here we aimed to present a review of these studies, focusing on four main fields: vertebrate ecology, plant ...
de Albuquerque UP, de Lima Araújo E, El-Deir AC, de Lima AL, Souto A, Bezerra BM, Ferraz EM, Maria Xavier Freire E, Sampaio EV, Las-Casas FM, de Moura GJ, Pereira GA, de Melo JG, Alves Ramos M, Rodal MJ, Schiel N, de Lyra-Neves RM, Alves RR, de Azevedo-Júnior SM, Telino Júnior WR, Severi W.   +20 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Beetles, ants, wasps, or flies? An ethnobiological study of edible insects among the Awajún Amerindians in Amazonas, Peru [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2018
Background Insects are known to be able to provide valuable nutrients to indigenous populations across the Amazon. However, studies on traditional insect use in the Peruvian Amazon are scarce.
Rubén Casas Reátegui, Lukas Pawera, Pablo Pedro Villegas Panduro, Zbynek Polesny   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Curious Connection Between Insects and Dreams [PDF]

Insects, 2011
A majority of humans spend their waking hours surrounded by insects, so it should be no surprise that insects also appear in humans’ dreams as we sleep. Dreaming about insects has a peculiar history, marked by our desire to explain a dream’s significance
Barrett A. Klein
doaj   +2 more sources

Ethnoentomological studies in the state of Bahia: an homanage to the 50 [PDF]

Biotemas, 2004
This paper discusses the importance of research in ethnoentomology by examining the works which have been carried out in different social and cultural contexts within Bahia State, northeastern Brazil. Such works range from studies in ethnotaxonomy to the
Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto
doaj   +1 more source

Nest Architecture, Immature Stages, and Ethnoentomology of a New Species of Trigonisca from Northern Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

American Museum Novitates, 2019
Stingless bees (Apinae: Corbiculata: Meliponini) are biologically and culturally important pollinators within the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. However, limited information is available for the majority of the species. Biological and systematic data are presented for a new species of Trigonisca Moure, from the arid region of La Guajira ...
Jennifer Christine Thomas, Rodulfo Ospina-Torres, VÍCTOR H Gonzalez   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Biodiversity across boundary: Ethnoentomology among the Jakun of Kampung Peta, Mersing and the Malay, Chinese and Indian of Kahang, Kluang, Johor

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2019
Abstract An ethnoentomological survey was carried out on the usage of insects in the culture of several ethnics: Orang Asli Jakun in Kampung. Peta, Mersing; the Malay, Chinese and Indian in Kahang, Kluang. Responses from these four communities were compared to understand the uses of insects in their life as well as gauged their views on ...
Jai Kemalok, Maryati Mohamed, Aqilah AA Rahman, Nurul Ashikin Ismail   +3 more
exaly   +2 more sources