List of edible insects of the world (April 1, 2017)
The list has been compiled by Mr. Yde Jongema, taxonomist at the Department of Entomology of Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands.
To suggest changes in the list or additions please contact Mr. Jongema.
E-mail: ijde@hotmail.com
Changes or additions will only be made when supported by (if possible refereed) publications.
The list is alphabetically ordered subsequently at the following levels:
- Bio Geographical Region
- Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
Comments on the list of edible insects of the world:
Biogeographical regions are adapted in general from M.D.F. Udvardy (1975), a classification of the bio geographical provinces of the world.
| Afr | Tropical Africa |
| AU | Australian |
| Neotrop | Neotropical |
| Or | Oriental |
| Nearctic | Nearctic |
| Pal | Palaearctic |
Mexico is added to the Neotropical region and China to the Palaearctic region, although the northern mountains of Mexico are Nearctic, and most of southern China is Oriental.
Other comments
- The names of species marked with “check” are mostly not valid, but this needs to be checked further.
- “M” is an insect eaten for medical purposes.
- Groups as termites and stingless bees are the most problematic in getting the right species names.
- Author name in brackets means that the original description of the species was published under a different genus name.
- Frequent used synonyms (syn) are mentioned in the first columns of the list.
- Hepialidae from China should be treated with care, because of recent changes.
