Survey of insect and non-insect fauna associated with Acacia species in different localities in Egypt.
This study was conducted throughout the period from May, 1997 up to March 1999 to survey the associated insect and non-insect fauna with Acacia species at some localities in Alexandria and Matrouh Governorates, Egypt. The list of identified species associated with Acacia at different localities revealed that there were many species representing 34 families and relating to 11 insect orders. These collected insects could be grouped into five categories according to their feeding habits as destructive insects, true insect pollinators, saprophytic insects, parasitoids and predators and visitors. Regarding the non-insect fauna, three land snails, pseudoscorpion species and earthworms were recorded associated with Acacia trees and litters under the trees.
Moursi
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Agricultural Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt.
Mesbah
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Mourad
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el-Damanhouri
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D000045:Acacia / Q000469:parasitology*; D000818:Animals; D001097:Arachnida / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D004534:Egypt; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007313:Insecta / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology*; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D012621:Seasons; D012908:Snails / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology