Review of the Taxonomic Status of the Most Frequent Orthoptera Species (Caelifera: Acrididae) in the Middle Atlas of Morocco

Authors

  • Zahri Aziz Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • Radouane Nabil Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • Ezrari Said Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • Errabhi Nabil Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • Nekhla Houria Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • Lazraq Abderrahim Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez
  • El Ghadraoui Lahsen Department of Biology, Laboratory of Functional Ecology and Environmental Engineering, FST-Fez, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, 2202, Route d’Imouzzer, Fez

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.1133

Keywords:

Middle Atlas, Acrodoîdea, Acrididae, Morocco, mountains, taxonomy, faunistics, morphology, review, checklist, speices diversity

Abstract

Located between the coast and the desert, the Moroccan Middle Atlas Mountains are strongly affected by these two climatic averages, resulting in very complex and diverse biodiversity patterns in Orthoptera fauna. This instability in locusts (Orthoptera, Acrididae), is mainly due to the ambiguity of definitions for each level of classification above the species level. These changes necessitate a review of the literature on the Moroccan Middle Atlas locust orthopterans. This review focuses on the suborder Caelifera, encountered at five stations in the Middle Atlas, and includes the three families of Acridoîdea, of which the Acrididae is the most diversified. A comparative reading of the various taxa frequently met with and their recent systematic controversies are reviewed herein.

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2023-05-18

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Aziz, Z., Nabil, R., Said, E., Nabil, E., Houria, N., Abderrahim, L., & Lahsen, E. G. (2023). Review of the Taxonomic Status of the Most Frequent Orthoptera Species (Caelifera: Acrididae) in the Middle Atlas of Morocco. Indian Journal of Entomology, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2023.1133

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