Galling insects associated with Haloxylon spp. (Bunge) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Galling insects associated with Haloxylon spp. (Bunge) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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10.5897/ijbc12.119
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2013-05
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A. Saji;Sabitha Sakkir;S. A. Dhaheri
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A. Saji;Sabitha Sakkir;S. A. Dhaheri
本文介绍了阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比酋长国两种植物（白梭梭和盐角梭梭）中引起虫瘿或与虫瘿共生的节肢动物。为建立物种知识，评估酋长国阿布扎比西部地区拟议的波斑鸨（Chlamydotis（undulata）macqueeni）释放地点的植物群和动物群的生境和多样性，开展了一项基线调查。收集并研究了虫瘿，以了解与虫瘿相关的节肢动物。在本次观察中，从两种植物的茎和叶部分观察到四种不同类型的虫瘿：来自H. persicum的叶和茎上有花状和穗状的虫瘿;柳角草在本研究中，我们还观察了与植物虫瘿相关的节肢动物，这两种梭梭（虫瘿相关种）。没有人试图将它们进一步分类，如虫瘿诱导剂或寄生于虫瘿的昆虫。在本研究中观察到的分类单元属于不同的节肢动物类群：1）蛛形纲：阿卡里和蜘蛛目; 2）昆虫目：如Hytera：Pteromalidae，Thysanoptera：Thripidae，半翅目：Psyllidae，Pseudocococcalae，双翅目和鳞翅目：Pyralidae。关键词：生物多样性，白梭梭，盐角梭梭，虫瘿诱导物，茎突，虫瘿伴生物，西部地区。
This article introduces the arthropods that induce galls or are associated with galls in two plant species (Haloxylon persicum and Haloxylon salicornicum) in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In connection with a baseline survey conducted to establish species knowledge to assess the habitat and diversity of the flora and fauna in proposed Houbara bustard (Chlamydotis (undulata) macqueeni) release sites of the Western Region of Abu Dhabi, Emirate. The galls were collected and studied to understand the gall-associated arthropods. In the current observation, four different types of galls were observed from stem and leaf portion of the two plant species: Swollen galls and flower-like galls from H. persicum; flower-like galls and spike-like galls from leaves and stem of H. salicornicum. In the present study, we have additionally observed arthropods associated with plant galls from both species ofHaloxylon (gall-associated species). No attempts were made to classify them into further categories like gall inducers or parasitoids of gall-inhabiting insects. The taxon observed in the current study belong to different arthropod groups: 1) Arachnids: Acari and Araneae; 2) insect orders like Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae, Thysanoptera: Thripidae, Hemiptera: Psyllidae, Pseudococcidae, Diptera and Lepidoptera: Pyralidae. Key words: Biodiversity, Haloxylon persicum, Haloxylon salicornicum, gall inducers, inquilines, gall associates, Western Region.