TAXONOMIC STUDY OF SOME ISOPODA IN NAJAF, IRAQAliaa H. MizhirAbstract 304 individual of isopods were collected for the period from June 2019 to September 2019 from different areas of Najaf Governorate. The results showed recording of three species of Isopoda: Porcellio Leavis, Porcellio scaber and Porcellio spinicornis for the first time in Najaf. The highest percentage of appearance of Porcellio Leavis was (40.8%), while the lowest percentage of P. spinicornis was (22.7%), due to the high temperature in the summer in which the samples were collected, as well as the different environments for collecting samples in terms of organic matter available in the soil. |