Occurrence of true spiders associated with some fruit trees at Sohag governorate, Egypt

Rashwan, A. M. A.; Ahmed, M. A.; Mohafez, M. A. M.; Ahmed, H. S. K.

doi:10.21608/aasj.2021.68079.1059

	Occurrence of true spiders associated with some fruit trees at Sohag governorate, Egypt
Archives of Agriculture Sciences Journal
Article 24, Volume 4, Issue 1, April 2021, Page 302-310 PDF (702.96 K)
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.21608/aasj.2021.68079.1059
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Authors
A. M. A. Rashwan ¹; M. A. Ahmed¹; M. A. M. Mohafez²; H. S. K. Ahmed¹
¹Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
²Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the frequency of occurrence and the presence of true spider associated with banana, citrus, grape and guava fruit trees. This study was conducted at El-Menshah and Tahta districts at sohag governorate, Egypt during two successive years 2018/2019 and 2019/2020. A total of specimens belonging to 75 species, 48 genera and 32 families were collected. The most dominant family with the largest number of species were Lycosidae, Philodromidae, Theridiidae, Cheiracanthiidae, Salticidae, Gnaphosidae and Thomisidae. While, the families Titanoecidae, Dictynidae, Scytodidae, Hersiliidae, Sparassidae, Corinnidae, Oonopidae,Eresidae, Liocranidae, Pisauridae, Agelenidae and Tetragnathidae including few species. As spiders are potential biological control agents of fruit orchard’s pests, so any practice that may disrupt this group should be avoided by the farmers.
Keywords
true spiders; fruit trees; Sohag; Egypt


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