Research on the coleopterans epigeus fauna from some wheat crops

Abstract

The study of beetles (Coleoptera) appears as a necessary scientific and practical taking into account, in particular its frequency on the meridian of the Earth, the number of species that they comprise (250,000), the largest of the class Insecta, which groups more than one million species and the many species that cause damage to global agriculture.The material was collected using Barber soil traps, from a wheat culture for consumption in the town of Delesti, Vaslui County.The observations were made in 2017, the material was collected from May to October. The material was harvested at intervals between 8 and 17 days, with a total of 5 harvests.The species most frequently collected were Opatrum sabulosum L., Otiorrhynchus raucus F., cupreus Carabus L., Pseudophonus rufipes, Harpalus aeneus Amara aenea F.şi Payk.