Kacha, D., Guezoul, O., Marniche, F., Viñolas, A., 2021. Diversity of beetles associated with watermelon crops Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura and Nakai in the region of Ouargla (southern Algeria). Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, 19: 73–82, Doi: https://doi.org/10.32800/amz.2021.19.0073

Table 1. Centesimal frequencies of beetle species collected over the three years (2016, 2017 and 2018) in watermelon fields in the region of Ouargla: Ni, abundance; Fc(%), frequency.

Tabla 1. Frecuencias centesimales de les especies de coleópteros recolectadas en los tres años de estudio (2016, 2017 y 2018) en los campos de cultivo de sandía de la región de Ouargla: Ni, abundancia; Fc(%), frecuencia. 

         

 

 

2016 2017 2018
Families Species Ni Fc (%) Ni Fc (%) Ni Fc (%)
Tenebrionidae

Mesostena longicollis (Lucas, 1858)

13

17.80

12

18.75

16

16.16

 

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1796)

0

0

0

0

1

1.01

 

Pimelia angulata ssp.

8

10.95

5

7.81

3

3.03

 

Pimelia angulata expiata (Peyerimhoff, 1923)

7

9.58

9

14.06

11

11.01

 

Pimelia sp.

0

0

0

0

1

1.01

 

Pimelia (Chaetotoma) cephalotes (Pallas, 1781)

5

6.84

2

3.12

1

1.01

 

Trachyderma (Atrachyderma) hispda (Forskl, 1775)

8

10.95

5

7.81

9

9.09

 

Cheirodes sardous (Gené, 1839)

0

0

0

0

8

8.08

 

Gonocephalum rusticum (Olivier, 1811)

6

8.21

3

4.68

1

1.01

 

Gonocephalum sp.

5

6.84

2

3.12

9

9.09

 

Blaps sp. 1

3

4.10

2

3.12

5

5.05

 

Blaps sp. 2

1

1.36

5

7.81

3

3.03

 

Imatismus villosus (Haag-Rutenberg, 1870)

1

1.36

2

3.12

4

4.04

 

Lagria villosa (DeGeer, 1775)

3

4.10

2

3.12

5

5.05

 

Tribolum confusum (Hertst, 1797)

4

5.47

2

3.12

3

3.03

 

Zophosis letheirryi (Deyrolle, 1867)

1

1.36

2

23.12

5

5.05

 

Heliotaurus sp.

7

9.58

11

17.18

9

9.09

 

Corticeus unicolor (Piller and Millerpacher, 1783)

1

1.36

0

0

5

5.05

Carabidae

Pheropsophus (Pheropsophus) africanus (Dejean, 1825)

14

58.3

11

64.6

7

33.33

 

Carabus (Macrothorax) morbillosus spp.

4

16.6

2

11.77

3

14.28

 

Calisoma (Campalita) algiricum (Géhin, 1885)

2

8.8

2

11.77

5

23.80

 

Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) nigrita (Paykull, 1790)

4

16.6

2

11.77

6

28.57

Scarabaeidae

Hybosorus illigeri (Reiche, 1853)

0

0

1

5.00

3

10.34

Phyllognathus exavatus (Forester, 1771)

11

26.19

8

40

6

20.68

 

Scarabaeidae indeterminé

0

0

0

0

2

6.89

 

Oxythyrea feunesta ( Poda, 1761)

17

40.47

5

25.00

7

24.13

 

Tropinota squalida (Scopoli, 1763)

14

33.34

6

30

11

37.93

Curculionidae

Lixus sp. 1

1

10

1

10

1

8.33

 

Lixus sp. 2

1

10

3

30

5

41.67

 

Bradybatus sp.

1

10

3

30

4

33.34

 

Lixus algirus (Fabricius,1801)

7

70

3

30

1

8.33

 

Curculionidae indeterminé

0

0

0

0

1

8.33

Dermestidae

Attagenus heydeni (Reitter, 1881)

1

50

1

100

3

60

 

Attagenus eremivagus (Peyerimhoff, 1943)

1

50

0

0

2

40

Coccinelidae

Scymnus sp. 1

9

9.27

11

14.10

8

7.84

 

Coccinella septempuctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

3

3.09

7

8.97

5

4.9

 

Coccinella quinquepunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

1

1.03

1

1.28

3

2.94

 

Hippodamia variegata (Goeze, 1777)

78

80.41

51

65.38

83

81.37

 

Coccinella algerica (Kovar, 1977)

6

6.18

8

10.25

3

2.94

Chrysomelidae

Altica sp.

4

40

5

71.42

3

30

 

Podagrica fuscicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)

6

60

2

28.58

7

70

Cryptophagidae

Cryptophagus sp.

1

100

0

0

2

100

Staphylinidae

Aleochara sp.

1

16.66

6

85.71

2

100

 

Eusphalerum signatum (Märkel, 1857)

3

50

1

14.29

0

0

 

Lathrobium fulvipenne (Gravenhorrst, 1806)

2

33.34

0

0

0

0

Anticidae

Anticidae indeterminé sp. 1

1

11.11

1

14.28

3

30

 

Anticidae indeterminé sp. 2

1

11.11

2

28.57

4

40

 

Anthicus floralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

7

77.78

4

57.15

3

30

Elateridae

Agriotes sp.

2

66.66

1

50

2

50

Aeoloderma crucifer (P. Rossi, 1790)

1

33.34

1

50

2

50

Nitidulidae Omosita depressa (Linnaeus, 1758)

0

0 0 0 1 100

 

   

 

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