Survey of the insect fauna at Hada EI-Sham Area in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia

الملخص EN

-A survey for insects of agr icu lture imp or tance was ca rri ed o ut during IlJKH · llJl)() a t Had a E l-Sha rn area .

T he in sect s we re trappe d by a rout inel y used light tr ap.

T he identi ficati on of insects re veal ed the pre va· lcnce of 102 spe cies belon ging to HI ge nera .

34 families a nd lJor de rs of class inse cta .

O f the se.

37 spc cies wer e repo rt ed for th e first t ime in Sa udi A ra bi a .

The highest number s o f species we re rel at ed to o rde rs Lepido pter a and Co leo pte ra .

whcr c u-," thL'!orders we re represen ted with few number s .

Th is sur ve y empha sized th e imp o rtance o f furt her sur veys to gai n mo re know ledg e " I' t hc insect faun a of Sau d i Arabi