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- Title
A STUDY OF THE DIVERSITY OF USEFUL AND HARMFUL EPIGEAN INSECTS IN AN HOUSEHOLD FROM CRISTIAN VILLAGE, SIBIU COUNTY (ROMANIA), IN 2021.
- Authors
STANCĂ-MOISE, Cristina; DIACONEASA, Ionuț-George
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify useful and harmful insect species collected using soil traps, during the year 2021 from a household in Cristian village, Sibiu County. The 11 traps were placed in different corp pannts and during a vegetation season 58 species of insects from 31 families and seven orders (Coleoptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Dermaptera and Hemiptera) were captured, conserved, and determined, totaling 634 specimens. The dominant species belong to the order Coleoptera, of which 34 species were inventoried, which represented 58.62% of the total species collected. The useful species within the analyzed ecosystems represented 73.4%, being the mots abundant ones and having the highest share, while the identified harmful species represented only 26.6%. The captured harmful insects are specific to agricultural crops and were represented by: Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say, 1824; Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Linnaeus 1758; Chrysochraon dispar Germar, 1834; Melolontha melolontha Fabricius, 1775; Gomphocerippus rufus Linnaeus, 1758; Hylobius abietis Linnaeus, 1758; Forficula auricularia Linnaeus, 1758; Cetonia aurata Linnaeus, 1758.
- Subjects
HYLOBIUS abietis; COLORADO potato beetle; INSECTS; EARWIGS; ORTHOPTERA
- Publication
Annals of Oradea University, Biology Fascicle / Analele Universităţii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie, 2022, Vol 29, Issue 2, p192
- ISSN
1224-5119
- Publication type
Article