Observations on the epigenous fauna of wheat crop in the conditions of 2017

Abstract

The observations were made in 2017, in a wheat crop located in the eastern area of Romania, in the county of Vaslui. The material was harvested using the soil traps type Barberand entomological mesh, during which several harvests of the material were made at intervals of 8 to 15 days. From the collected biological material, were retained all the species belonging to the epigee fauna, which were then determined by means of the determiners (Reitter, Panin, etc.). Following the records was established the specific structure from wheat crop, their dynamics and their abundance.The most frequently collected species were: Heteroptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Aracnidae, Orthoptera, and of course those belonging to the order of Coleoptera (Pseudophonus rufipes Mull., Dermestes laniarius Illig., Harpalus aeneus F., Harpalus distinendus Duft., Ophonus azureus F., Opatrum sabulosum L., Otiorrhynchus raucus F., Carabus violaceus L., Pseudophonus rufipes, Harpalus aeneus F.şi Amara crenata Payk) etc.