A total of 77 species of Arthropods were recorded in this study. Class Insecta
had the largest number of species recorded (68), followed by class Arachnida
(10 species). Species in class Insecta belong to 14 orders: Thysanura
(1 species in one family), Odonata (2 species in 1 family), Orthoptera (6
species in 3 families), Mantodea (1 species in 1 family), Blattaria (2 species
in 2 families), Isoptera (at least 1 species in 1 family), Dermaptera (1
species in 1 family), Hemiptera (3 species in 2 families), Homoptera (at least
1 species in 1 family), Neuroptera (1 species in 1 family), Coleoptera (39
species in 6 families), Diptera (6 species in 3 families), Lepidoptera (2
species in 2 families plus many unidentified micro-Lepidoptera), Hymenoptera
(at least 2 species in 2 families). Tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera)
were the species collected the most by pitfall traps and direct picking, while
Moths were the species collected the most by light traps.
Very
few published information about the study area and areas close to it
(Southwest Jordan) was collected and the following species were noted as being
previously recorded in the area.
3.1-Insects previously recorded
from the literature
Order
Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
**
Family Nymphalidae
Vanessa
cardui cardui Linnaeus
1758 (Larsen and Nakamura 1983 Filippo Fabiano 1998)
Melitaea
deserticola macromaculata Belter,
1934 Larsen
and
Nakamura 1983
**
Family Pieridae
Pontia
glauconome
Klug (Bozano 1990)
Zegris
eupheme larseni
Pittaway (Bozano 1990) one of the Paratypes is from Wadi Rum.
** Family Lycaenidae
Agrodiaetus
loewii uranicola
Walker
(Bozano 1990)
** Family Hesperiidae
Carcharodus
stauderi ambigua
Verity
(Bozano 1990)
Order
Coleoptera
**Crossotus
sp.
(Family Cerambycidae)
on Retama raetam (Sama,
Pers. Comm.) probably new species, endemic to Jordan and particularly found in
the area between Ma’an and Wadi Rum.
** Family
Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeus typhoon
was recorded from Wadi Rum (Katbeh-Bader and Barbero, 1999).
**
Family
Tenebrionidae
(Kaszab 1982) recorded many species from south west
Jordan.
| Apantanodes
arabicus edomitus C. Koch E
|
|
Erodius
(Dirosis) octocostatus octopcostatus
Peyerimhoff
|
|
Erodius
(Dirosis) rothi rothi
C. Koch 1940 E
|
|
Erodius
(Dirosis) rothi wohlberedti C.
Koch E
|
|
Erodius
(Dirosis) rothi edomitus C.
Koch E
|
|
Erodius
reichei reichei All.
|
|
Amnodeis
confluens Mill.
|
|
Mesostena
nabathea (Pey.)
|
|
Mesostena
longicornis rothi C.
Koch E
|
|
Mesostena
puncticollis Sol.
|
|
Tentyrina
sculptissima (C.
Koch) E
|
|
Tentyria
discicollis Rche
and Saulcy
|
|
Oxycara
lavigatum (Rche
and Saulcy)
|
|
Oxycara
ardoini Kasz
E
|
|
Heterocara
arabica Reitt.
|
|
Adesmia
montana montana (Klug)
|
|
Adesmia
stoeckleini stoeckleini C.
Kock
|
|
Adesmia
cancellata cancellata (Klug)
|
|
Adesmia
cancellata clathrata Sol.
|
|
Adelostoma
subtile subtile Reitt.
|
|
Dichillus
semipolitus Reitt E
|
|
Microtelus
interstitialis Rett.
E
|
|
Akis
elevata C. Koch
|
|
Trachyderma
philistina Rche and
Saulcy
|
|
Thriptera
crinita (Klug)
|
| Pimelia
laevidoris Reitt. E
|
|
Pimelia
orientalis Senac
|
|
Pimelia
edura Rett. E
|
|
Pimelia
jaussini Rett. E
|
|
Pimelia
roseni C. Kock E
|
|
Pimelia
adriani Reitt. E
|
|
Pimelia
schusteri Rett. E
|
|
Pimelia
arabica arabica Klug
|
|
Pimelia
arabica edomita C.
Koch
|
|
Gedeon
hierichonticus Rech.
Saulcy
|
|
Blaps
kollari kollari Seidl.
|
|
Anemia
asperula Rett.
|
|
Anemia
submetallica Raffr.
|
|
Gonocephalum
soricinum Rche and
Saulcy
|
|
Gonocephalum
controversum Grid.
|
|
Lobodera
oblongopunctata (Reitt.)
|
|
Proscheimus
arabicus Desbr.
|
|
Clitobius
oblongiusculus (Fairm.)
Muls. and Rey
|
|
Trachyscelis
tenuestriatus Fairm.
|
|
Drosocrus
costatus costatus (Sol.)
|
Order
Orthoptera
**Family
Acrididae
Eremotmethis
carinatus
(Fabricius, 1775)
recorded from Jabal Al Qattar 28.IV.94 (Massa and Fontana 1998) it occurs in
Egypt, Middle East Arabia Afghanistan.
Tmethis
pulchripennis asiaticus
Uvarov 1934. Recorded
from Wadi Rum IV.1975 nymph (Massa and Fontana 1998).
Pyrgomorpha
conica conica (Olivier,
1791) Recorded from
Wadi Rum (Qa Disi 10.IV -5.V.92)
