Bioecology of the Caelifera (Orthoptera) in the area of Maghnia (Tlemcen, Algeria)

F. Hassani¹, L. Mesli²* and T. Ferouani¹

¹Laboratory of Ecology and Management of the Natural Ecosystems, Tlemcen, Algeria. ²Laboratoiry of Valorisation of Human Actions for Environmental, Protection and Enforcement in Public Health, Tlemcen, Algeria.

ABSTRACT: The study of wildlife Orthopterological the area of Maghnia helped to better understand the species that exist in this area. Research on the bio-ecology of Caelifera in the three stations Maghnia (Tlemcen, Algeria) have identified 14 species arranged in three families: Acrididae, Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphid?es. We tried to treat our results by ecological indices and correspondence analysis which provides information on habitats frequented by Caelifera. The study morphological, ecological and biological Caelifera each species encountered, shows that most species of locust attending many sunny places and grassy recovery means.

KEYWORDS: Bio-ecology; Caelifera; Orthoptera; Maghnia; Tlemcen; Algeria

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