Keywords
orthopteroid insects
Insecta
Orthopteroidea
family
genera
species
Tasotkel water reservoir
Zhambyl region
Kazakhstan
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Abstract
The article gives a full annotated list of orthopteroid insects of the neighborhood of the Tasotkel water reservoir in the Zhambyl region in the south of Kazakhstan. A total of 85 species of orthopteryoid insects were identified, belonging to 69 genera from 15 families and 5 orders. Praying mantises (Mantodea) are represented by 3 families, 7 genera and 7 species; Cockroaches (Blattodea) - 2 families, 2 genera, 2 species; Earwigs (Dermaptera) - 3 families, 3 genera and 3 species; Stick insects (Phasmoptera) - 1 family, 1 genera, 1 species; Orthopterans (Orthoptera) - 7 families, 55 genera and 72 species.
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