EDIBLE INVERTEBRATES AMONG AMAZONIAN INDIANS: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF DISAPPEARING KNOWLEDGE

摘要

For the indigenous populations of Amazonia, invertebrates constitute an important component of the diet. We have information on entomophagy for 39 ethnic groups, about 21,4 per cent of the 182 groups known in the Amazon Basin, but the use of this non conventional food resource is probably much more widespread. We present here a data-base of all the information available for each ethnic group regarding the species included in the diet, the scientific and the ethnic name if known, the stage of life-cycle consumed, the manner of preparation and, when known, the host plant.