the rodents’ fauna of boundary zones of iran are still poorly known. in this research rodents fauna of khaf township in northeast of iran have been reported mainly based on pellets of birds of prey. alive samples and also rodent’s remains from pellet materials of birds of prey in the present study was collected from 46 localities in khaf, northeast of khorasanrazavi province and different speci...

study of phytoseiid mites in some regions of western and north–westerniranwere carried out during 2008–2011. in this study, 21 species belonging to the six genera were collected and identified. they were associated with aerial parts, soil and litter under cultivated, uncultivated plants and some phytophagous mites and insects.

the fauna of the braconid subfamilies euphorinae, homolobinae, macrocentrinae and rogadinae were studied in kerman province. specimens were collected using malaise traps and sweeping net during 2013–2014. a total of 14 species and eight genera were collected and identified. among the collected material, aleiodes (chelonorhogas) ruficornis (herrich-schaffer, 1838) is a new record for the fauna o...

abstract in 2008, in a field survey on mites associated with poplar trees in razavi khorasan province (ne.iran), specimens of an eriophyid were collected. the specimens were sent to dr xia-yue hong for identification. as result, the eriophyid aculus dimidiatus (hall) is recorded from iran for the first time. the eriophyid reported here was found vagrant on under surface of leaves of eastern cot...

background : the aim of this study was to obtain new data which would be valuable to develop programs for future planning of mosquito controls in in western iran. methods : larvae and adult collections were carried out from different habitats using standard dipping and animal baited trap methods during may, june and july 2012 in two provinces (kurdistan and kermanshah) in the west of iran. char...

Two adult Texel sheep fitted with permanent rumen fistulae were defaunated for 12 weeks in a preliminary experiment. They were then reinoculated with Isotricha sp for 11 weeks, and finally with a mixed fauna (Entodinium, Epidinium, Eudiplodinium and Isotricha) for 10 weeks. They were fed a diet composed of dehydrated lucerne (700 g/d), pelleted barley grain (300 g/d), grass hay (100 g/d) and wh...

during a study on fauna of the frit flies (diptera: chloropidae) in khorasan razavi province (iran) in 2014 and 2015, nine species of six genera were collected and identified. platycephala rugosa (nartshuk, 1964) is recorded for the first time for iranian fauna. geographical distribution and biological notes are provided.