Table 1 Taxonomical composition of insects from herbaceous layer of amaranth
Order, Family
Number of
species
Relative
density
Order, Family
Number of
species
Relative
density
Orthoptera
Hymenoptera
Acrididae
2
+
Tenthredinidae
2
+
Gryllidae
1
+
Cephidae
1
+
Oecanthidae
1
+
Proctotrupoidea
2
+
Tettigoniidae
1
+
Chalcidoidea
3
++
Psocoptera
Braconidae
2
+
Psyllipsocidae
1
+
Ichneumonidae
3
+
Thysanoptera
Bethylidae
2
+
Aeolothripidae
2
++
Scoliidae
1
+
Heteroptera
Sphecidae
2
++
Anthocoridae
2
+
Andrenidae
5
++
Nabidae
1
+
Apidae
5
+
Miridae
7
+++
Halictidae
8
+++
Pentatomidae
2
+
Melitidae
1
+
Scutelleridae
1
+
Vespidae
4
++
Lygaeidae
2
+
Formicidae
1
+++
Homoptera
Diptera
Psyllidae
1
+
Tipulidae
2
+
Aphididae
4
+++
Sciaridae
1
+
Cicadellidae
9
+++
Stratiomyidae
3
+
Neuroptera
Asilidae
2
+
Chrysopidae
1
+
Therevidae
1
+
Coleoptera
Empididae
1
+
Carabidae
2
+
Dolichopodidae
5
+
Staphylinidae
2
+
Lonchopteridae
1
+
Scarabaeidae
1
+
Phoridae
5
+
Lampyridae
1
+
Syrphidae
12
++
Cantharidae
2
+
Pipunculidae
2
+++
Melyridae
2
+
Tephritidae
1
+
Coccinellidae
6
++
Lauxaniidae
2
+
Chrysomelidae
6
+++
Agromyzidae
6
+
Bruchidae
1
+
Opomyzidae
1
+
Cerambycidae
1
+
Drosophilidae
2
+
Curculionidae
3
+
Chloropidae
5
+++
Lepidoptera
Anthomyiidae
4
+++
Lycaenidae
2
+
Muscidae
2
++
Pyralididae
1
+
Sarcophagidae
3
++
Noctuidae
2
+
Calliphoridae
3
+
Tachinidae
11
++
Notes. + –– solitary species; ++ –– common species; +++ –– mass species.
Leafhoppers (Cicadellidae), particularly Chlorita sp., Neoaliturus fenestratus
Herrich-Schaeffer 1834, Agallia venosa (Fourcroy, 1785) and others, and plant bugs
(
Miridae)
– Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758), L. rugulipennis Poppius, 1911,
Polymerus cognatus (Fieber, 1858) were also numerous and harmful [9]. In some years
these insects significantly damaged the plants in the phase of budding – flowering.
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