First data of statistic and ecological behavior of orthoptera insects in arid region (Southern West of Algeria)

Abstract

The activity developed in vast areas of northwest africa causes serious invasions of different species of orthoptera insect which poses a great danger to agriculture and thus to nutrition of peoples and animals in general. In (Algeria), FAO considers the regions of naama, tindouf, adrar and bechar in Algeria as the theater of signaling of swarms and intervention. In this article, we want to shed light on the peculiarities of this insect (orthoptera), its statistics, its species and the families it belongs to in the arid region called naama (southwestern Algeria). The study of orthoptera in the arid region of naama (southern west of Algeria) conducted at three stations (Mecheria, Ben ammar) and the wetland of (Ain ben khelil) during the period from august 2015 until august 2017 allowed to identify nineteen (19) species divided into two sub-orders ensifera and caelifera. They are divided into five families (Tettigonidae, Gryllidae Pamphagidae, Acrididae, and Pyrgomorphidae). Acrididae family is the largest with five species. Oedipodinae subfamily is the most numerous genera and species it includes four (4) different types genders and seven species (7). The highest diversity index of the shannon-weaver is obtained at the wetland ain ben khelil is 2.12 bits, followed by the station of ben ammar with 2.06 bits and station of mecheria remains in third with 1.89 bit values of fairness are close to one corresponding to populations in balance entered them. The determination of species, genders and families of this population is based on several morphological criteria such as the shape of the pronotum, and the color of membranous wings and the shape of the hind legs.

Keywords

• Locust
• Naama
• Insect
• Swarms
• Arid
• Wetland