First Record of Flat-Headed Borers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Al-Anbar Province-Iraq

Abstract

In this study, flat-head borrowers (Buprestidae) were targeted, which are important economic insects in order to stabilize the species and genera of this family. The study dealt with the distribution and spread of Buprestidae in Anbar Province. This study aims to identify the hosts that infected by them and their seasonal occurrence. The adults of these insects were searched in the orchards on both sides of the Euphrates River within the Province to investigate the presence of these beetles. Classification is based on the method used to classify the key to the order coleoptera to the species level. The results of the study showed that there are seven species belonging to this family, and they belong to three different genera distributed in the regions of the Province. This study is the first to establish flat-headed beetles in this region.