Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control, Volume (26), No (2), Year (2016-9) , Pages (419-421)

Title : ( Coccinellid Biodiversity on the Coniferous trees Thuja orientalis and Pinus mugo in Urban Landscape of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran )

Authors: Minoo Heidari , Gholamhossein Moravvej , Hussein Sadeghi Namaghi , M. Z. Khormizi ,

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Abstract

The present study deals with coccinellid biodiversity on coniferous trees Pinus mugo and Thuja orientalis trees during 2014 and 2015 in urban landscape of Mashhad district, Iran. A total of nine species belong to six genera were identified. Coccinella septempunctata L. showed the highest population density on both tree species with relative frequencies of 43.2 and 41.7%, respectively. , It was also regarded as the dominant species according to Simpson Index showing indices of 0.69 and 0.75 on both trees, respectively. This study demonstrated that ladybirds are one of the most important biological control agents in urban habitat of Mashhad, Iran.

Keywords

, Coccinellidae, Coniferous trees, Diversity, Urban landscape, Iran
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@article{paperid:1057305,
author = {Heidari, Minoo and Moravvej, Gholamhossein and Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein and M. Z. Khormizi},
title = {Coccinellid Biodiversity on the Coniferous trees Thuja orientalis and Pinus mugo in Urban Landscape of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran},
journal = {Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control},
year = {2016},
volume = {26},
number = {2},
month = {September},
issn = {1110-1768},
pages = {419--421},
numpages = {2},
keywords = {Coccinellidae; Coniferous trees; Diversity; Urban landscape; Iran},
}

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%0 Journal Article
%T Coccinellid Biodiversity on the Coniferous trees Thuja orientalis and Pinus mugo in Urban Landscape of Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
%A Heidari, Minoo
%A Moravvej, Gholamhossein
%A Sadeghi Namaghi, Hussein
%A M. Z. Khormizi
%J Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control
%@ 1110-1768
%D 2016

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