© 2014 |IJLSCI www.ijlsci.in 235 215 Appraisal of Biodiversity of insect fauna of Dumna Nature Reserve, Jabalpur (MP) using Association Index Mukherjee Parnashree*, Khandelwal Rupali, Tekam Krishna Kumar and Pendro Jagmohan Department of Zoology, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Jabalpur, MP, India *Corresponding author email id : parnashree_muk@yahoo.com Manuscript details: ABSTRACT Received: 21 May, 2014 Revised : 27 August, 2014 Revised received: 12 September, 2014 Accepted: 13 September, 2014 Published: 30 September, 2014. Editor: Dr. Arvind Chavhan Citation this article as: Mukherjee Parnashree, Khandelwal Rupali, Tekam Krishna Kumar and Pendro Jagmohan (2014) Appraisal of Biodiversity of insect fauna of Dumna Nature Reserve, Jabalpur (MP) using Association Index., Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2(3): 235-238. Copyright: © 2014 | Author(s), This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- Non-Commercial-No Derivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non- commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. The present article summarizes an assessment of the biodiversity of different groups of insect population of Dumna Nature Reserve, Jabalpur in correlation with the evaluation of Association index to find out the distribution pattern of the insects in the reserve. Keywords- Biodiversity, Dumna nature reserve, Insect population , Association index. INTRODUCTION The current need of the era is to reduce the biodiversity loss and to keep a check on thealteration in the composition of insect species on earth with local regional climatic changes. For this more vigorous and substantial research has to be undertaken at grass root level. Similar effort was carried out in the Dumna Nature Reserve which is an important ecotourism spot of Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. It includes several attractions in it and at nearby Khandari Dam. Visitors can spot varieties of insects and wild animals like snakes, monkeys, Spotted Deer, Chitals, wild boar, porcupine, jackals, and many species of indigenous as well as migratory birds in the reserve. The current survey was undertaken to upgrade the basic acquaintance of the insect faunal composition of this protected area. MATERIAL AND METHOD : Study area : The GPS reading shows that the Dumna Nature Reserve is situated on the way to Jabalpur Dumna Airport, some 10km from the center of the main city of Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated at a latitude of 23°10ƍ01Ǝ N and at a longitude of 79°57ƍ00Ǝ E and its elevation above sea level is 403 m = 1322 ft . Dumna Nature Reserve includes mountains of Vindhya Range, dam, forests with sal, mahua, mango and other trees and wildlife spread in an area of 1058- hectare. Collection and identification of insects: During the present survey benzene killing bottles were used to collect the insects and followed by their preservation by adequate method. Killing bottles were RESEARCH ARTICLE Int. J. of Life Sciences, 2014, Vol. 2(3): 235-238 ISSN: 2320-7817| eISSN: 2320-964X