A new genus and a new species of scorpion (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from southeastern Mexico

A New Species of the Genus Thaicharmus Kovařík, 1995 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Northeast India

A new species of the genus Diplocentrus Peters, 1861 (Scorpiones, Diplocentridae) from Oaxaca, Mexico

A new species of the genus Diplocentrus Peters, 1861 is described, based on several specimens collected in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is characterized by a high telotarsal spiniform setae count (4-5/5:5/6:6/6:6/6-7), and the pectinal tooth counts of 12-15, mode = 13 (male) or 11-13, mode = 12 (female). With the description of this species, the diversity of the genus is increased to 51 spec...

Two new species and a new record of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) from NE Iran

During the study on the specimens of Astragalus sect. Ammodendron in the herbarium of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUMH), based on the last and most recent sources, two new species, i.e. A. microfoliolatus sp. nova and A. rashed-mohasseli sp. nova were found and described. Morphological evidence confirmed that the belonging of these taxa to Astragalus sect. Ammodendron. The most important di...

A new species of Buthus Leach, 1815 from Cyprus (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

During the last decade, several contributions to the genus Buthus Leach, 1815 (family Buthidae) and especially to the 'Buthus occitanus' species complex were proposed. These contributions led to the definition of several species, previously considered only as subspecies or varieties, and also to the description of new species. In the present study, the questionable presence of the genus Buthus ...

A new species, and a new record of a subspecies belonging to the genus Dysaphis (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Iran

افراد بی‌بال زنده‌زا‌ی شته‌ی Dysaphis inulae sp. n. جمع‌آوری شده از روی Inula britanica توصیف می‌شود و زیرگونه‌ی D. lappae cynarae (Theobald) جمع‌آوری شده از روی Silybum marianum مجدداً توصیف شده و به عنوان رکورد جدید از ایران گزارش می‌گردد. کلید شناسائی گونه‌های جنس Dysaphis Boerner که روی گیاهان خانواده‌ی Asteraceae زندگی می‌کنند نیز ارایه شده است.