Arthropods associated with Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill. 1768) in the Bouchaoui forest, Algeria

This study was carried out in an area of Aleppo pine reforestation located at La Croix Blanche, in the heart of the Bouchaoui-Algeria forest. The region has an annual rainfall of 752.61 mm and belongs to the subhumid to temperate winter bioclimatic zone. Two sampling methods were used between February and May 2022 : the Barber pot method and the yellow trap method. The two trapping techniques identified a total of 88 species, divided between 59 species for the yellow traps and 29 species for the Barber pots. These species belonged to 5 classes, 15 orders and 58 families, with a marked predominance of insects, which numbered 9 orders and 48 families. The most represented orders are Hymenoptera and Diptera, each with 11 and 17 families respectively, totalling 21 species each. Coleoptera follows with 8 families and 20 species, then Hemiptera with 5 families and 8 species. The average species richness in the Barber pots ranged from 0.87 to 3.75 species, while in the yellow traps it was 0.62 species in April and 0.44 species in February 2022.