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Table  2.  Trophic characterization of captured entomofauna in watermelon fields in the region of Ouargla: D, detrivores; PE, pests; PR, predators; H, hylophagus; C, corpophagus.

Tabla  2.  Caracterización trófica de la entomofauna capturada en los campos de cultivo de sandía de la región de Ouargla: D, detritívoros; PE, plagas; PR, predadores; H, hilófagos; C, coprófagos.

 

 Families

Species

Trophism

Tenebrionidae

Mesostena longicollis (Lucas, 1858)

D

Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer, 1796)

C

Pimelia angulata ssp.

D

Pimelia angulata expiata (Peyerimhoff, 1923)

D

Pimelia sp.

D

Pimelia (Chaetotoma) cephalotes (Pallas, 1781)

D

Trachyderma (Atrachyderma) hispda (Forskl, 1775)

D

Cheirodes sardous (Gené, 1839)

D

Gonocephalum rusticum (Olivier, 1811)

D

Gonocephalum sp.

D

Blaps sp. 1

D

Blaps sp. 2

D

Imatismus villosus (Haag-Rutenberg, 1870)

D

Lagria villosa (DeGeer, 1775)

R

Tribolum confusum (Hertst, 1797)

R

Zophosis letheirryi (Deyrolle, 1867)

D

Heliotaurus  sp.

PE

Corticeus unicolor (Piller and Millerpacher, 1783)

PE

Carabidae

 

Pheropsophus (Pheropsophus) africanus (Dejean, 1825)

PR

Carabus (Macrothorax) morbillosus spp.

PR

Calisoma (Campalita) algiricum (Géhin, 1885)

PR

Pterostichus (Pseudomaseus) nigrita (Paykull, 1790)

PR

Scarabaeidae

Hybosorus illigeri (Reiche, 1853)

PR

Phyllognathus exavatus (Forester, 1771)

PE

Scarabaeidae indeterminé

C

Oxythyrea feunesta (Poda, 1761)

PE

Curculionidae

Lixus sp. 1

PE

Lixus sp. 2

PE

Bradybatus sp.

PE

Lixus algirus (Fabricius, 1801)

PE

Curculionidae indeterminé

PE

Dermestidae

Attagenus heydeni (Reitter, 1881)

C

Attagenus eremivagus (Peyerimhoff, 1943)

C

Coccinelidae

Scymnus sp. 1

PR

Coccinella septempuctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

PR

Coccinella quinquepunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

PR

Hippodamia variegata (Goeze,1777)

PR

Coccinella algerica (Kovar, 1977)

PR

Chrysomelidae

Altica sp.

PE

Podagrica fuscicornis (Linnaeus, 1767)

PE

Cryptophagidae

Cryptophagus sp.

D

Staphylinidae

Aleochara sp.

C

Eusphalerum signatum (Märkel, 1857)

PR

Lathrobium fulvipenne (Gravenhorrst, 1806)

PR

Anticidae

Anticidae indeterminé sp. 1

PE

Anticidae indeterminé sp. 2

PE

Anthicus floralis (Linnaeus, 1758)

PE

Elateridae

Agriotes sp.

H

Aeoloderma crucifer (P. Rossi, 1790)

H

Nitidulidae

Omosita depressa (Linnaeus, 1758)

C