Identification of locust species and determining dominancy in Khodaafarin region, northwest of Iran

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Mansoor Aalipour ¹ (Former M.Sc. student, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch, Tabriz, Iran)
Shahzad Iranipour ² (Associate professor, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran)
Mohammad Hossein Kazemi ³ (Associate professor, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz branch, Tabriz, Iran)
Ghadir Nouri Ganbalani ⁴ (Professor, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran)
Mohsen Mofidi-Neyestanak ⁵ (Research assistant professor, Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2013-12-11 Accepted : 2014-05-18 Published : 2014-09-23

Keywords: Pasture, fauna, Orthoptera, Calliptamus italicus,

Abstract :

During 2010 and 2011, an investigation launched to determine the species combination of locusts and grasshoppers (Insecta: Orthoptera) in one of the most infested area called Ayri-Boujagh within Khodaafarin region, northwest of Iran. To do this, regular insect sampling was carried out using a 2×2 m quadrate during spring and summer. Afterwards, the number of each species was counted and recorded separately. The specimens sorted were identified through morphological identification keys in Insect Taxonomy Research Department of Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (Tehran, Iran) by the fifth author. As a result, Calliptamus italicus (Linnaeus 1758) was determined as the dominant species. The yielded data can be entered in further IPM decision making for the pastures and adjacent agricultural fields in the region.

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