J. Plant Prot. and Path., Mansoura Univ., Vol.7 (10), 671– 673, 2016 Study the Collection of Omar El – Mukhtar University Insects Museum and Comparing with Literatures in Libya. Zaied, Y. M. Plant Protection Department-Faculty Agriculture, Omar El-Mukhtar University, El-Bieda, Libya Pox-919. Email:[email protected].: [email protected] ABSTRACT This study was carried out in the insects museum of plant protection department of agriculture college of Omar Al-Mukhtar University – Albieda, Libya during 2013-2014, which highlighted on Orders of the insects species that were identified to genera or species level, which represented the most common insects at Al-Jabal Al-Akhder area. Observations that 249 species and 251 genus belong to 97 families and 9 orders were established. Keywords: Order, Family, Genera, Classification. INTRODUCTION number of species that had been recorded in Libya. The study of Libyan fauna has great scientific From the oldest researchers, Zavattari (1934) who important to know the insect species that distributed in listed the orders, families and genera of 4846 insect the geographical area and their economic importance. species. These species followed 1503 genus, 212 Hussein (1981) surveyed the seasonal abundance of families and 18 orders that distributed in three provinces insects using Rothamsted light trap in Tripoli, Libya. (Tripoli, Fezzan and Cyrenca). Damiano (1961) He recorded 94 species ranged in 31 families and 6 recorded 515 species from different regions. Moreover, orders. El-Ghariani (1992) in his survey of insects in El- 169 insect species and their hosts were identified during Bieda region found many species belong to several the Kuf National Park Project of Libya ACSAD (1981). orders, and Bataw and Ben-Saad (1992) recorded 13 Finally, other studies that conducted in limited times and areas that mentioned in the introduction. species in some areas of Libya. Amin et al. (1998) listed 38 species of insects belonging to 7 orders collected RESULTS AND DISCUSSION from different parts of Al-Bieda and El-Marg areas in Table 1.The number of insects species that had been Al-Jabal Al-Akhder region. A total of 19 species were identified by Zavattari (1934) in Libya . collected by Al-Ali et al. (1999) from wheat and barley No. Order Family Genus Species ٩ ٨ ٤ Collembola ١ ,fields which were belonged to 6 Orders. Furthermore ٩ ٤ ١ Thysanur a ٢ ٣ ٢ ١ Anoplura ٣ species of insects were collected from different areas 78 ٧ ٥ ٢ Dermaptera ٤ ,.of Al-Jabal Al-Akhder region by El-Ghariani et al ٣٧ ٢١ ٢ Dictyoptera ٥ ١٠٢ ٥٦ ٣ Orthoptera ٦ Identification of Lepidopteran from species .(2000 ١٢٢ ٩١ ٢٦ Hemiptera ٧ Benghazi region, showed 26 species - 15 of them were ٣ ٣ ١ Thysanoptera ٨ ٢ ٢ ١ Iso ptera ٩ .(recorded for the first time in Libya (El- Meghrabi 2001 ٢ ٢ ٢ Embioptera ١٠ ٢٠ ١٢ ٣ Paraneuroptera ١١ In another study, El-Ghariani et al. (2000) recorded 91 ١ ١ ١ Ephemeroptera ١٢ species of the hemipterous species from different plant ٢ ٢ ٢ Trichoptera ١٣ ٦ ٥ ١ Siphonaptera ١٤ (hosts. In addition, El-Meghrabi and Amin (2007 ١١٨٧ ٤٦٧ ٥٠ Coleoptera ١٥ recorded 66 species belonging to 36 subfamily, 20 ٥٤١ ٢٥٣ ٤٨ Diptera ١٦ ٧١٩ ١٨٢ ١٨ Hymenoptera ١٧ -families of Lepidoptera order in Albieda area of Al ٩٩٧ ٣٥٢ ٤١ Lepidoptera ١٨ Jabal Al-Akhder region. Kemal and Kocak (2007) gave ٧٥ ٣٣ ٤ Neuroptera ١٩ notes on the distribution of Lepidoptera and recorded a total of 180000 species widespread in the world, Table 2.The number of insects species that had been identified by Damiano (1961) in Libya. including 22904 species from Africa and 473 in Libya. No. Order Family Genus Species ١ ١ ١ Collembola ١ Mohamed and Shaurub (2010) identified some insect ١ ١ ١ Dermaptera ٢ ٣ ٣ ١ Dictyopter a ٣ species from northern east of Misurata region, of them ٣٤ ٢٧ ٤ Orthopter a ٤ species were belonged to 77 genus, 59 families and 81 ١٣٤ ٩٦ ١٥ Hemiptera ٥ ١٢ ٩ ٤ Thysanoptera ٦ orders. The aim of this study is to know the different 16 ٤ ٤ ٤ Isoptera ٧ species of insects that identified inside the museum ١٣٢ ٨٧ ٢٠ Coleoptera ٨ ٢٦ ١٧ ١٣ Diptera ٩ comparing to those reported in previous studies in the ١٤ ١٣ ٦ Hymenoptera ١٠ .area ١٥٥ ١٠٥ ٢٤ Lepidoptera ١١ MATERIALS AND METHODS Table 3.The number of insects species that had been identified by ACSAD (1981). No. Order Family Genus Species ١ ١ ١ Collembola ١ The Omar Almukhtar University museum was ١ ١ ١ Thysanur a ٢ established in plant protection department of ٣ ٣ ٣ Odonata ٣ ٢ ٢ ٢ Dermaptera ٤ Agriculture Faculty in 1980. The insects at this museum ٦ ٦ ٢ Dictyoptera ٥ ١٢ ١٢ ٥ Orthopter a ٦ were collected by several entomologists, since 1980 ٢١ ١٩ ١٢ Hemiptera ٧ until now. These insect species were identified to ٢ ٢ ١ Thysanoptera ٨ ٢ ٢ ٢ Isoptera ٩ several genera and orders. The identification was ٢ ٢ ٢ Mallophaga ١٠ ٢٩ ٢٦ ١٦ Coleoptera ١١ conducted by the department teaching members and the ٢٥ ٢٤ ١٩ Diptera ١٢ visitors. The goal of this study is to compare the Zaied, Y. M. Table 4. Number of insects species identified at the the collection was from limited area of Libyan country insects museum of plant protection department Al-Jabal Al-Akhder area, the scientific trips were not Omar Al-mukhtar University. organized, the area faced some agricultural operational No. Order Famil y Genus Species Collembola - - - amendments in the previous years (plant hosts ١ Thysanur a - - - eliminated as forest trees, shrubs and grasses) and the ٢ - - - Anoplura ٣ Odonata - - - identification depend on some specialized visitors and ٤ ٣ ٣ ٣ Dermaptera ٥ less scientific sources although 91 species including 8 ١٦ ١٥ ٢ Dictyoptera ٦ ٨ ٧ ٣ Orthaoptera ٧ orders were recorded because vegetable crop, fruit and ٤٦ ٤٢ ١٨ Hemiptera ٨ Thysanoptera - - - forest trees were cultivated in this area in the recent ٩ - - - Isoptera ١٠ .Mallophaga - - - period ١١ - - - Embioptera ١٢ - - - Paraneuroptera ١٣ - - - Ephemeroptera ١٤ .Trichoptera - - - Table 5. The orders previously recorded in Libya ١٥ ,Siphonaptera - - - ,1934) Damiano, ACSAD ١٦ No Order Museum Zavattari 1961 1981 ٩٠ ١٠٢ ٣١ Coleoptera ١٧ + + + - Collembola ١ ١٧ ١٧ ١٢ Diptera ١٨ + - + - Thysanur a ٢ ١٠ ٩ ٦ Hymeno ptera ١٩ - - + - Anoplura ٣ ٥٣ ٥٠ ١٩ Lepidoptera ٢٠ + - - - Odonata ٤ ٦ ٦ ٣ Neuroptera ٢١ + + + + Dermaptera ٥ + + - + Dictyoptera ٦ ,The comparison between the previous results + + + + Orthoptera ٧ + + + + Hemiptera ٨ difference in the number of insects collected was + + + - Thysanoptera ٩ observed, and also the identified insects in the previous + + + - Isoptera ١٠ + - - - Mallophaga ١١ (periods of studies and the study of (Zavattari,1934 - - + - Embioptera ١٢ - - + - Paraneuroptera ١٣ were the more collected and identified and this was - - + - Ephemeroptera ١٤ - - + - Trichoptera ١٥ related to the long period of collection, and covered - - + - Siphonaptera ١٦ + + + + Coleoptera ١٧ many sites of Libya, and the identification depend on + + + + Diptera ١٨ the specialists and different scientific resource, while + + + + Hymenoptera ١٩ + + + + Lepidoptera ٢٠ the specimens from the museum of plant protection + - + + Neuroptera ٢١ Department was less than the previous studies because Table 6.The number of insect species recorded for the first time by entomologists in Libya. Serial Number Species Fimaly Or der Collecting sites Refe rences (Cyllorhynchites sarahae Rhynchitidae Coleoptera Cyrenaica Biondi et.al (2013 ١ ١ (Agrilus grandiceps cyrenaicus Buprestidae Coleoptera Curletti (2005 1 ٢ (Omocestus font anai Acrididae Orthoptera Cyrenaica Massa (2005 1 ٣ (Rbacocleis lagrecai Tettigoniidae Orthoptera Fontana& Massa (2003 1 ٤ Pontia glauconome Gonepteryx cleopatra Pieridae Mesoacidalia aglaja Pyronia tithonus Nymphalidae Lasiommate megera Melanargia occitanica Satyridae Lycaena phlaeas Tomares ballus Polymmatus icarus Lycaenidae Noctua pronuba Phlogophora meticulosa Noctuidae Catocala nymphaea ( C.nupta Lepidoptera Albieda El-Meghrabi & Amin ( 2007 15 ٥ Utetheisa pulchella Arcttidae Malacosoma neustria Plutella xylostella Lasiocampidae Yponomeuta padellus Synanthedon myopaaeformis Geometra papilionaria Calathysanis amata Yponomeutidae Rhodometra sacraria Sesiidae Cydia pomonella Geometridae Thiodia citrana Torticidae Phyllocnistis citrella Gracillariidae Calsoma imbricatum Hemians ephippiger Carabidae Coleoptera (Ceroplastes ceriferus , Aeshnidae Odonata Jabel-Eluwinat El-Meghrabi ( 2007 5 ٦ C.cirripediformis , Coccidae Homoptera Neolecanium cornuparvum Mylarbris Cyrenaica, M. (poggii, Hycleus ringenb achi. Meloidae Coleoptera Bologna(2009 3 ٧ Anthrenus munroi A.biskrensis A.verbasci Attagenus bifasciatus A.civetta A.pellio (A.scalaris Dermestidae Coleoptera Hava (2003 ١٣ 8 A.similaris Dermestes ater D.frischii D.maculatus D.sardous D.undulatus Steropleurus innocenntii, 9 3 S.filenorum, S.ientilei Tettigoniidae Orthoptera Cyrenaica Fontana& Massa (2008 ) 10 Paratassa ringenbachi Buprestidae Coleoptera Fezzan Liberto&Gigli(2005) 11 1 Mayetiola hordei Cecidomyiidae Diptera El Bouhssini et.al(2003) Cydonia nilotica Coccinellidae Coleopte ra 12 2 Calidomantis savignyi Mantidae Dctyoptera Albieda Bataw et.al(2002) Rhyzotrogus punicus Oxythyrea noemi Aethiessa mesopotanica Phyllognathus excavatus Tropinota squalida squalida Cerambycidae 13 11 Tropinota squalida hirta Coleoptera Yahiya(2010) Potosia cuprea metallica Buprestidae Rhesus serrcollis Stromatium unicolor Anthaxia kneuckeri Capnodis exice ٦٧٢ J. 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