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

Document Type : Research article

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¹ Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt

² Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

10.21608/aasj.2021.68079.1059

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.

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