Inventory of the Pamphagidae family in four regions of eastern Algeria

Abstract

Within the Insecta, the most diversified class of the animal kingdom and which is made up of several orders, the order of the Orthoptera appears as one of the most important, particularly on economical level. Although the Pamphagidae family has been known for a long time (Brisout Debarneville, 1850; Lucas, 1851 and Vosseler, 1902), the synthesis of the fauna of the Pamphagidae species from North Africa in general and from Algeria in particular, has been the subject of very little work (Descamps and Mounassif 1972, Massa, 1993 and Benkenana, 2013). The taxonomic inventory of Pamphagidae in four regions: Constantine Skikda, Mila and Batna made it possible to identify seven (7) species belonging to four (4) genera (Pamphagus, Ocneridia, Thmetis and Paracenipe) and two subfamilies. The species Ocneridia volximii is the most abundant in our inventory. Little is known about the Pamphagidae family in eastern Algeria; there may be other species to be discovered