Awbari Lakes

Fazzan: Awbari Lakes

The salt lakes north of Awbari, in the erg, are with the lake in the crater of the Waw an Namous the only permanent water points of Fazzan. This area was inhabited until the early 80s. The villagers of Gabrawn were living on some agriculture and fishing of Artemia salina shrimps, out which their name Dawadah (worm eaters) is derived.

Few collecting was done in the area, were the usual Tenebrionids have been seen: Prionotheca coronata, Pimelia canescens interstitialis, trachyderma hispida, Mesostena angusta... Psammophile beetles usually found in these environments and for some also collected in Awbari or Jarmah are expected: Brenskea varentzovi, Schizonychia layeti, Adoretus garamas, Pentodon variolopuctatum deserti, Podalgus cuniculus reichei for the Scarabaoidea; Anemia sp. and Erodius sp. for the Tenebrionidae. Polyathron pectinicornis (Cerambycidae), which lives on palm tree and is know from the main oases (Ghat, Al Awainat) could be present.

Main plants: Phoenix dactylifera, Tamarix sp, Calligonum comosum, reeds...

	*Fazzan: Awbari Lakes* The salt lakes north of Awbari, in the erg, are with the lake in the crater of the Waw an Namous the only permanent water points of Fazzan. This area was inhabited until the early 80s. The villagers of Gabrawn were living on some agriculture and fishing of Artemia salina shrimps, out which their name Dawadah (worm eaters) is derived. Few collecting was done in the area, were the usual Tenebrionids have been seen: Prionotheca coronata, Pimelia canescens interstitialis, trachyderma hispida, Mesostena angusta... Psammophile beetles usually found in these environments and for some also collected in Awbari or Jarmah are expected: Brenskea varentzovi, Schizonychia layeti, Adoretus garamas, Pentodon variolopuctatum deserti, Podalgus cuniculus reichei for the Scarabaoidea; Anemia sp. and Erodius sp. for the Tenebrionidae. Polyathron pectinicornis (Cerambycidae), which lives on palm tree and is know from the main oases (Ghat, Al Awainat) could be present. Main plants: Phoenix dactylifera, Tamarix sp, Calligonum comosum, reeds...



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