Revision of the heteropterous fauna of egypt ( Hemiptera : Heteroptera ) [electronic resource]

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The present review presents an emended list of the Heteroptera of Egypt. About 70 species were added to the previous lists of the Heteroptera of Egypt. Now, the order is represented in Egypt by about 530 species distributed in 277 genera, 77 subfamilies and 36 families. The following families were represented by one species i.e., Piesmidae, Plataspidae, Cimicidae, Mesovelliidae, Microphysidae, Joppeicidae, Pachynomidae, Hebridae, Ochteridae, Hydrometridae, and Dinidoridae. The most dominant families are Lygaeidae, Miridae, Pentatomidae and Reduviidae; these are represented in our fauna by 127, 87, 67 and 65 species, respectively. Data on the local. and world distribution are given for the majority of the species. The majority of the heteropterous species are plant feeders inhabiting desert valleys, sand dunes and borders of the deserts. Fewer species are restricted to agroecosystems. The main host plants was given for each species, these plants are mostly wild desert shrubs and grasses. Plant associations were also given for predatory Heteroptera, especially for the assassin bugs of the family Reduviidae. Hematophagous species are known to occure in Egypt through the human ectoparasite, Cimex leetularius (Cimicidae) and bat parasite, Hemischizus intermedius (Polyctenidae). In addition to plant association and habitats, this review includes information about the seasonality of many species.

Summary in Arabic.

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