BEETLES IDENTIFIED IN THE SCORNICESTI ORCHARD ECOSYSTEM, OLT COUNTY

Abstract

The work is a general classification of insects, starting from the large systematic units, the orders and suborders, and further treating the main families and subfamilies. Following the experiments carried out in 2023, in the North-Eastern area of Olt County, Scornicești locality, the coleoptera species collected in the analyzed fruit-growing ecosystem were classified into 4 families: Scarabeidae, Carabidae, Staphilinidae, Coccinellidae.Thus, in 2023, out of a total of 1214 beetles, the Scarabidae family was present in a proportion of 21.17%, the Carabidae family represented 22.16%, the Staphilinidae family was 7.58%, and the Coccinelidae family represented 49, 09%.