Dahmani Lydia

• Biodiversity Journal, 13 (3): 0495-0514

  Mohammed Biche, Khaoula Aroua, Nesrine Medani, Rachida Belguendouz, Lalia Boukhobza, Insaf Zaabta, Kaci Zakia, Lydia Dahmani, Cansu Ercan, Denis Achiri Tange, Mehmet Bora Kaydan & Abderahmane Chebli
  The armored scales (Homoptera Diaspididae) of Algeria
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2022.13.3.495.514

  ABSTRACT
  Diaspididae (Hemiptera Coccomorpha) is one of the largest and most diverse family of scale insects and it contains many agricultural parasites worldwide. The study collected data from those previously reported in the literature over the period of 123 years. The inventory includes armored scales collected from field samples in several regions of Algeria as well as from a bibliographic survey. A critical review of the literature on armored scales in Algeria revealed the presence of 114 species, with mainly a palearctic distribution belonging to 48 genera distributed in four tribes. The Diaspidini tribe is the most abundant (50 species, 24 genera), followed by the Aspidiotini (47 species, 18 genera) and the Parlatorini (13 species, 4 genera) and finally the Odonaspidini (2 genera, 2 species). According to our survey, conducted between 1987 and 2020, 79 species were recorded, belonging to 37 genera distributed in four tribes. Compared to the Maghreb countries, Algeria has a significant coccidological richness in relation to the total number of species.

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• Biodiversity Journal, 12 (1): 0261-0264

  Kaddouri Mohamed Amine, Slimani Sabrina, Dahmani Lydia, Kaci Zakia, Aroua Khaoula, Chebli Abderahmane & Biche Mohamed
  Abundance fluctuation of Spirura rytipleurites seurati Chabaud, 1954 (Nematoda Spiruridae) parasite of Desert Hedgehog Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) (Insectivora Erinaceidae) in the Region of Merigha (Laghouat, Algeria)
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2021.12.1.261.264

  ABSTRACT
  The study has been undertaken for three consecutive years on the diet of the desert hedgehog Hemiechinus aethiopicus (Ehrenberg, 1833) (Insectivora Erinaceidae) in Merigha (Laghouat). It highlighted a great abundance of a parasitic nematode of the digestive tube: Spirura rytipleurites seurati Chabaud, 1954. The helminths are sparsely abundant in the droppings in April; while their numbers increase until June-July, then decrease drastically in August. They increase again and reach a second abundance peak in October. The droppings infestation rate varies in the same way, where these variations are interpreted in relation to the parasite cycle and to the variations of the hedgehog diet’s composition.

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