TAXONOMIC REVESION OF PLANBHOPPER Ommatissus lybicus (BER.) (HEMIPTERA: FULGOROMORPHA: TROPIDUCHIDAE) IN IRAQ
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The present taxonomic of Dubas bug pest Ommatissus lybicus (Ber.) was undertaken the distinguished characters of this species, which belongs to family Tropiduchidae and its ability to the ecological adaption, geographical distribution and its hosts plants as well as genera and species which has economic importance a serious pest causing big damage to the date palms trees in nymphal and adult stages by its behavior in laying eggs in plant tissue and the secretion of the honey dew. The taxonomic position has been given for the genus Ommatissus which is including twelve species different in a shape and position of dark spots on face and male genitalia, the important taxonomic characters was under taken of the genus, and description all of the morphological structures of the species like head, pronotum, mesonotum, wings and legs with its differences spines, the morphological differences for the male and female abdomen, genitalia, and the individual variation for the albino shape in both Nymphal, and Adult stages.
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