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Smail Chafaa

  • Biodiversity Journal, 10 (2): 095-100

    Smail Chafaa, Sabrina Belkhadria & Fateh Mimeche
    Entomofauna investigations in the apricot orchards, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosales Rosaceae), in Ouled Si Slimane, Batna, North East of Algeria
    https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2019.10.2.95.100

    ABSTRACT
    Researches carried out in the past years allowed to list an entomofauna that lives on the apricot orchards, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosales Rosaceae), in Ouled Si Slimane (Batna Department, Algeria). The investigated period was from October 2014 until May 2015. The sampling techniques used were: hunting in sight, barber pots, colorful traps, entomological umbrella and the filleting net. We have identified a total of 125 species divided into 9 orders and 54 families in which Coleoptera and Hymenoptera were quantitatively represented. The phytophagous were the most present. Its Shannon Value exceeds 4.5 Bits and indicates a Specific Richness of the insects and diversification of ecological niches in this kind of fauna.