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Soil Sampling and Isolation of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Steinernematidae, Heterorhabditidae
Published on: July 11, 2014
Entomofauna of Ziban oasis, Biskra, Algeria
Nassima Deghiche-Diab1, Francisco Porcelli2, Mohamed Belhamra3
1Technical Institute of Saharan Agronomic Development, ITDAS, Biskra, Algeria diab_nassima@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
An inventory was carried out at five stations in the oasis of Ziban, an oasis that is characterized by its high-quality dates, in order to study the relationships between the oasis ecosystem and its insect fauna. Specimens were sampled using pitfall traps containing ethylene glycol as a preservative. In total, 115 arthropod species were collected during 5 months of survey. These species belonged to 61 families, 17 orders, and 4 classes (12 orders from Insecta, 3 from Arachnida, 1 from Chilopoda, and 1 from Malocostraca). The most represented insect orders were Coleoptera (44.42%), Hymenoptera (20.86%), and Lepidoptera (7.87%). Represented in the collections were phytophagous, omnivorous, and predator/parasite species. Given the large number of species collected, and the largely unknown relationships existing between the various ecological groups, this study is a first step in the description of the oasis entomofauna.
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