Some edible insect species consumed by the people of Benue State, Nigeria

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 946-950

  Agbidye, F S ^a   Ofuya, T I ^b   Akindele, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Edible insects; Ethnic group; Macrotermes natalensis; People of Benue State

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BRACHYTRUPES MEMBRANACEUS; BUNAEA ALCINOE; CIRINA FORDA; EDIBLE INSECT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRYLLOTALPA AFRICANA; HETEROLIGUS MELES; HUMAN; INSECT; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; MALE; NEZARA VIRIDULA; NIGERIA; ORYCTES MONOCERUS; RHYNCHOPHORUS PHOENICIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS;

BRACHYTRUPES MEMBRANACEUS; CIRINA FORDA; GRYLLOTALPA AFRICANA; HEXAPODA; ISOPTERA; MACROTERMES NATALENSIS; MELES; NEZARA VIRIDULA; RHYNCHOPHORUS PHOENICIS; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 66749129048     PISSN: 16805194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjn.2009.946.950     Document Type: Article

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