3.3 - Annotated
checklist of the species collected in the current study
Order
Isoptera
At
least one unidentified termite species was collected beneath stones in many
locations in Wadi As Sebakh and other wadis. Individuals were in high numbers
and usually crowded. Termites usually eat wood and are potential pests on
plants and stored products made of wood or other materials.
Order
Dermaptera
**Family Forficulidae
One
unidentified species was collected.
Order
Hemiptera
**Family Lygaeidae
Spilostethus
longulus (Dallas,
1852)
Material
examined:
5 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
7/3/2000
|
Lawrence
falls
|
1
|
Preliminary survey
|
|
Record 2
|
15/4/2000
|
Wadi khashkhash
|
2
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 3
|
24/3/2000
|
Um Sabatah
|
1
|
Grid 135
|
Distribution:
Eremian
species with a saharo-sindian range. In Jordan, its host is Calotropis
procera Ait (Katbeh and Carapezza, in press). Reported from Jordan by
Pericart (1998)
Spilostethus
pandurus pandurus (Scopoli,
1703)
Material
examined:
20 specimens. See map (7B).
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
11/3/2000
|
Al
Sebakh
|
4
|
Preliminary survey
|
|
Record 2
|
25/3/2000
|
Lawrence
falls
|
2
|
Sweeping
|
|
Record 3
|
6/3/2000
|
Rum
Village
|
1
|
Researcher’s house
|
|
Record 4
|
25/3/2000
|
Lawrence
falls
|
1
|
Sweeping
|
|
Record 5
|
10/3/2000
|
Um
Mugur
|
6
|
Preliminary survey
|
|
Record 6
|
12/3/2000
|
Ramman
– Marsad
|
1
|
Grid 18
|
|
Record 7
|
24/3/2000
|
Um
Sabatah
|
2
|
Grid 135
|
|
Record 8
|
26/3/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 9
|
17/5/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 10
|
1/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
Distribution:
Paleotropical
element extending to the ponto-mediterranean region (Katbeh and Carapezza, in
press).
Remarks:
The most common bug in Jordan known almost everywhere anytime of the year.
Reported from Jordan by Pericart (1998)
**Family Pentatomidae
Phyllocephala
negus Distant
1900.
Material
examined:
1 specimen
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
13/5/2000
|
Rum - Near 7 Pillars
|
1
|
Grid 46
|
Distribution:
Eremian species with a reduced saharo-sindian distribution, extending from
Egypt, Palestine to Pakistan (Katbeh and Carapezza, in press).
Order
Homoptera
**Family
Psyllidae
One
species of this family was seen infesting False-Fig trees in high numbers.
Order
Neuroptera
**Family
Nemopteridae
One
species was collected from the reserve.
Order Coleoptera
(Beetles and Weevils)
**Family
Dermestidae
Dermestes
lardarius Linnaeus (Larder
Beetle)
Distribution:
Worldwide.
Remarks:
Feeds
on dead animals in nature. Therefore, these beetles play an important role in
decomposing dead animals and facilitating the recycling process of animal
material. However, this is a known stored product insect pest. It attacks fur,
leather, dried yolk, smoked meat and sausage and chocolate.
Necrobia
rufipes
de Geer (Copra beetle)
Distribution:
Worldwide.
Remarks:
Feeds
on dead animals in nature. Therefore, these beetles play an important role in
decomposing dead animals and facilitating the recycling process of animal
material. However, this species is a known stored product insect pest. It
attacks oilseed cake and dried coconut meat.
**Family
Scarabaeidae
*Subfamily Scarabaeinae
Scarabaeus sacer
Linneaus
Material
examined:
6 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
15/4/2000
|
Rum
Village
|
1
|
Researcher’s house
|
|
Record 2
|
8/5/2000
|
Rum
Village
|
1
|
Researcher’s house
|
|
Record 3
|
24/4/2000
|
Seq. Al Barrah
|
1
|
Grid 102
|
|
Record 4
|
16/4/2000
|
Wadi Al Khashkhash
|
2
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 5
|
12/5/2000
|
Wadi Al Sebakh
|
1
|
While doing light
trap
|
Distribution:
South Palaearctic species.
Remarks:
Adults bury animal dung in the sand as food stores. Attracted to light.
Scarabaeus
puncticollis
Latreille
Material
examined:
7 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
1/4/2000
|
Khor
el. Ajram
|
1
|
PT. Anabasis station
|
|
Record 2
|
23/4/2000
|
Khor
el. Ajram
|
2
|
PT. Anabasis station
|
|
Record 3
|
10/3/2000
|
Um Mugur
|
2
|
Preliminary survey
|
|
Record 4
|
26/3/2000
|
Wadi al Khashkhash
|
2
|
PT. Urginea station
|
Distribution:
A Mediterranean species. recorded from Wadi Rum (Katbeh-Bader and Barbero,
1999). Also Scarabaeus typhoon was recorded from Wadi Rum (Katbeh-Bader
and Barbero, 1999).
**Subfamily
Aphodiinae
Aphodius
walalstoni Harold (Pale Dung
beetle)
Material
examined:
3 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
15/4/2000
|
Rum village
|
3
|
Researcher’s house
|
Remarks:
The beetle does not move the droppings of animals but usually excavates a hole
beneath them, which is then used as a brood chamber (Walker and Pittaway,
1987)
**Family Melolonthidae
Species
1.
Material
examined:
1 specimen
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
30/3/2000
|
Khor Rum
|
1
|
Grid 14
|
Species
2.
Material
examined: 4 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
1/4/2000
|
El
Judaiyida
|
3
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
|
Record 2
|
29/4/2000
|
Wadi Um Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
**Family
Cetoniidae
Netocia
Sp.
Material
examined:
2 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
17/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 2
|
11/4/2000
|
Rum village
|
1
|
Researcher’s house
|
Oxytherea
noemi
Reiche and Saulcy
Material
examined:
3 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
24/4/2000
|
west
of seq. Al Barrah
|
2
|
Grid 75
|
|
Record 2
|
25/4/2000
|
Wadi Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
Grid 125
|
Distribution:
East Mediterranean species. Very common in Jordan, especially in the spring,
on many kinds of flowers (Bader and Barbero, 1999).
Tropinota
squalida pilosa
(Brulle)
This
species was observed flying in the hot part of the day in Rum village.
Distribution:
A Mediterranean and irano-Turanian species. Recorded from Jordan by Miksic
(1982).
Remarks:
It was collected from many kinds of flowers (Katbeh-Bader and Barbero 1999).
Usually large numbers of this species attack fruit trees in early spring.
**Family
Carabidae (Ground beetles)
Members
of this family are usually active at night and most of them are predators on
other arthropods. They have been used extensively in ecological studies (see
for example Spence and Niemela 1994).
*Subfamily
Anthiinae
Anthia
(Thermophilum) duodecimguttata
Bonelli.
Material
examined:
16 specimens, see map (7C)
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
25/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Qattar
|
2
|
Night walk
|
|
Record 2
|
312/3/2000
|
Um
Ishrin
|
1
|
Grid 48
|
|
Record 3
|
9/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
3
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 4
|
15/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
3
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 5
|
23/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
2
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 6
|
28/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 7
|
1/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
2
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 8
|
28/4/2000
|
Wadi
Um Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
|
Record 9
|
13/4/2000
|
Wadi Ramman
|
1
|
Grid 54
|
Distribution:
from Egypt to Iran.
**Subfamily
Glaphipterinae
Glaphipterus
serrator (Forskal)
Material
examined:
2 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
31/3/2000
|
Um Ishrin
|
2
|
Grid 87
|
Distrubution:
Kuwait, Palestine
Glaphipterus
minutus
Chaudoir
Material
examined: 9 specimens. Khor Rum (Grid 14) 30.III.2000 (2); Sa’eifan
14.IV.2000 (1); Wadi Marsad (Transect 1,2) 27.III.2000 (4); Wadi behind Police
Station (Grid 5) 30.III.2000 (1).
Distribution:
Kuwait.
**Subfamily
Scaratinae
Scarites
sp.
guineensis
Dejean. (Sabre
–toothed beetle)
Material
examined:
10 specimens
|
RECORDS
|
DATE
|
LOCATION
|
NO
OF SPEC
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
Record 1
|
17/4/2000
|
Wadi
Al Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 2
|
17/4/2000
|
Khor
el. Ajram
|
1
|
PT. Anabasis station
|
|
Record 3
|
1/4/2000
|
Wadi
Um Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
|
Record 4
|
6/3/2000
|
Wadi
khashkhash
|
1
|
Preliminary survey
|
|
Record 5
|
5/5/2000
|
Wadi
Um Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
|
Record 6
|
8/5/2000
|
Um
Mugur
|
1
|
Grid 148
|
|
Record 7
|
15/4/2000
|
Um
Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
|
Record 8
|
23/4/2000
|
Um
Ishrin
|
1
|
PT. Hammada station
|
|
Record 9
|
15/4/2000
|
Wadi
AL Khashkhash
|
1
|
PT. Urginea station
|
|
Record 10
|
23/4/2000
|
Wadi Um Harraq
|
1
|
PT. Haloxylon
station
|
Distribution:
Paleotropical, Palestines and
Saudi Arabia.
