%0 Journal Article %T Biological explorations of Sinai: flora and fauna of Wadi Isla and Hebran, St Katherine Protectorate, Egypt %A S Zalat %A F Gilbert %A H Fadel %A MS El-Hawagry %A M Saleh %A S Kamel %A J Gilbert %J Egyptian Journal of Natural History %D 2009 %I %X A comprehensive survey was accomplished for two of the most important and beautiful wadis in the Sinai, Wadi Isla & Hebran. The biodiversity of the two wadis are surveyed including plant species and their associated insects, spiders and scorpions. The list includes 20 plant families with 51 species, 8 insect orders with 54 families and 138 species, and 4 arachnid orders with 17 families and 23 species. The highest number of species recorded were Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. %U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejnh/article/view/70969