DESCRIPTION OF THE PREDATOR BUSH CRICKET, SAGA EPHIPPIGERA FISCHER VON WALDHEIM, 1846 (ORTHOPTERA, TETTIGONIIDAE) FROM ERBIL PROVINCE,KURDISTAN REGION-IRAQ
The predatory bush crickets Saga ephippigeraFischer Von Waldheim, 1846 is the largest Iraqi orthopterans and one of the most active and successful predators in the Kurdistan region. The nymphs and adults prey on all the stages of various species of insects. Twelv...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Baghdad
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum |
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| Online Access: | https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/686/344 |
| Summary: | The predatory bush crickets Saga ephippigeraFischer Von Waldheim, 1846 is the largest Iraqi orthopterans and one of the most active and successful predators in the Kurdistan region. The nymphs and adults prey on all the stages of various species of insects. Twelve adult specimens were collected from Erbil Province during May 2018 and June 2021. Morphological structures of the adult insects were described and illustrated in details; important taxonomic characteristics of body regions with their appendages were chosen; and the results indicated the importance of morphological characteristics which confirmed the identification of this species correctly. |
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| ISSN: | 1017-8678 2311-9799 |