A Survey of Insects Accompanying Animal Fecal from Different Regions of Iraq | ||||
| Journal of Bioscience and Applied Research | ||||
| Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2025, Page 142-167 PDF (1.68 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jbaar.2025.418543 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
Razzaq Shalan Augul  1; Hanaa H. Al-Saffar1; Haider Naeem Al-Ashbal2
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| 1Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq | ||||
| 2Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Kerbala, Kerbala, Iraq | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This paper has been carried out to collect and identify insect species associated with animal feces from different localities in Iraq using a direct method that forceps during different months in 2023 and 2024. In total, 31 species and 25 genera into 10 families within 3 orders are identified. Among them, 4 genera: Cilea Jacquelin du Val, 1856, Manda Blackwelder, 1952, Oxytelus Gravenhorst, 1802 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), and Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), as well; there were 4 species including Cilea silphoides (Linnaeus, 1767), Manda mandibularis (Gyllenhal, 1827), Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790), and Oxytelus piceus Iraq is where (Linnaeus, 1767) are initially documented. Information about synonyms and the geographical distribution of the species has been gathered. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Beetles; Coleoptera; Dung insects; Feces; New records | ||||
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