Research on the Fauna of the Order Orthoptera in Some Habitats of the Vlora Area, Albania

Orthoptera are medium-sized, large terrestrial insects, with long and short antennae. They are the most diverse order of insects within the Polyneoptera. They play an important role in food webs. This paper aims to study the taxonomy of the Order Orthoptera in several stations in the Vlora area (Albania). The collected material was collected during the period of July to August 2024. In this paper we refer to 3 families and 23 species. From systematic analysis it results that the most represented family is Acrididae with 14 species and with a frequency of 60.86%. The least represented families are Tettigoniidae with 8 species and with a species frequency of 34.78%, followed by the family Oecanthidae with 1 species and with a species frequency of 4.34%. This shows that the ecosystems of the stations where biological material was collected for the Acididae family offer suitable conditions. The habitats of the Qafa e Pishes station showed a greater diversity of species compared to the other stations, with 12 species and a species frequency of 52.17%, while the Maja e Qores station had fewer species, with 8 species and a species frequency of 34.78%. This indicates that the habitats at the Qafa e Pishes station offer favorable conditions for species of the Order Orthoptera.