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Table 2 Cultural significance of insect taxa and developmental stages

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

Insect groups

No. of species

Mean S*

Total S

% of citations

% of respondents

Consumption stage

 Larva

5

0.36

1.78

48

100

 Adult

5

0.19

1.13

41

96

 Pupae

2

0.19

0.38

11

64

Order

 Coleoptera

6

0.28

1.95

56

100

 Hymenoptera

4

0.25

1.24

39

96

 Diptera

1

0.10

0.10

5

26

Family

 Curculionidae (beetles)

3

0.46

1.84

49

100

 Formicidae (ants)

2

0.29

0.86

28

94

 Vespidae (wasps)

2

0.19

0.38

11

63

 Stratiomyidae (flies)

1

0.10

0.10

5

26

 Scarabaeidae (beetles)

2

0.04

0.08

6

25

 Elateridae (beetles)

1

0.03

0.03

1

6

  1. *S Salience Index