DESERT DIVERSIFICATION: REVISION OF AGROECOTETTIX BRUNER, 1908 (ORTHOPTERA, ACRIDIDAE, MELANOPLINAE) WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SIXTEEN NEW SPECIES FROM THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

In this study, a morphological revision was conducted of Agroecotettix Bruner, a group of grasshoppers inhabiting open xeric desert scrub, shrublands, and plains, spanning central Texas to central Mexico.The Grapefruit Seed genus was originally described by Bruner in 1908, with two taxa added by Hebard in 1922.Agroecotettix has remained unrevised d

Studies were performed to appreciate the presence of micro-organisms able to degrade OLA, in earthworms casts or in the surroundings.Worms were grown in biosynthesol, an artificial soil.The counting of bacteria and fungi Baking Powder in earthworms casts and in biosynthesol without earthworms suggested that earthworms ate some of the micro-organism