Dracocephalum ruyschiana (Lamiaceae): first record for Spain

Guepiniopsis alpina, first record of the genus Guepiniopsis for Iran

In the framework of collecting and identifying of wood fungi of Iran, specimen of cup fungus from wood and debris of conifers was collected. The characteristic features of specimen were as follows: Fruit body cup-shaped, gelatinous, up to 1 cm high and to 1.5 cm wide; bright orange. Fertile surface concave. Spores sausage-shaped, smooth, up to 4-5-celled, 15.5-18 × 4-6 µm. Basidia shaped like a...

First record of Tettigettalna mariae Quartau & Boulard, 1995 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadoidea) in Spain

Tettigettalnamariae Quartau & Boulard 1995 is recorded for the first time in Spain. Thought to be endemic to Portugal (occurring in the southern province of Algarve), the present paper adds its distribution to southern Spain, being an Iberian endemism. The acoustic signals of the new specimens collected were recorded in different localities of Huelva province, in Andalusia during August 2012. A...

First record of Colletogloeopsis

Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding the taxonomy of this asexual fungus, which was provided with a name based solely on morphological characteristics. In this study we consider the phylogenetic position of C. zuluense using DNA-based techniques. Distance analysis using 18S and ITS regions revealed exte...

First record of a Brambling for Nebraska

First record of Leucopis (Leucopis) spyrothecae (Dip.: Chamaemyiidae) from Iran

طی نمونه‌برداری‌های انجام‌شده از دشمنان طبیعی شته‌ها در اردبیل طی سال‌های 91-1390، لاروهای مگس شکارگر از خانواده Chamaemyiidae در حال تغذیه از شته Pemphigus spyrothecae Passerini روی درخت صنوبر، Populus nigra (L.)، جمع‌آوری و پس‌ از پرورش در شرایطی مشابه شرایط محل جمع‌آوری، حشرات کامل به نام Leucopis (Leucopis) spyrothecae Raspi, 2003 شناسایی شدند. این گونه برای اولین‌بار از ایران گزارش می‌شود.