background: scorpions are known as the most widespread poisonous creatures that cause casualties and death to human. they are distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. among the sixteen iranian island in the persian gulf, qeshm island is the biggest and is located in the focus of the important internal and international commercial marinelines. furthermore, thousands of tourists also visit ...

Echinoids fauna are common and distributed in the Lower Miocene deposits of the Bagher Abad area, northeast Isfahan, Central Iran.There are six Echinoid taxa belonging to the Echinoidea Class that can be described as: Clypeaster intermedius, Prinocidaris sp. andspines related to: Eucidaris zaemays, Stylocidaris Polyacantha, Spatangoid sp. and Prinocidaris sp. Bivalves, Foraminifers,Bryozoans, B...

The echinoid fauna of Basab area (Aptian), northwest of Kerman, is fairly rich and diverse, represented by Pygaulidae, Acropeltidae, Emiratiidae, Toxasteridae, Holectypidae, Stomechinidae and Saleniidae. Four regular echinoid species, among which three are new, assigned to genus Tetragramma Agassiz, are described and illustrated in the present paper. The new species are Tetragramma basabensis, ...

Combining strontium and oxygen isotope analyses has proved useful in determining animal procurement sources archaeological case studies. In this paper, we analysed 87Sr/86Sr δ18O of 55 rodents from contexts 94 plants the Mesa Verde McElmo Dome regions (US Southwest) to estimate their regional isotopic signatures. We asked what extent new data would allow us isolate one region another, thus prov...

There are 25 specially protected natural areas of various status have been organized on the territory Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug Ugra. Despite their great nature conservation value, degree study flora and fauna, as well ecology plants animals in most them, remains relatively low. Until now, special studies small terrestrial vertebrates inhabiting Cheuskinsky Bor carried out. In 2020, our ...

parasitic infections of rodents can compromise scientific research as well as the health of the animals and humans. based on previous studies, infection rate of parasitic helminths is different in various regions of iran. the current survey was aimed to determine endoparasitic helminths infection in 138 trapped rodents of kermanshah county, iran. mice and rats were trapped using metal snares fr...

This publication provides the first comprehensive DNA barcode data set for the Neuropterida of Central Europe, including 80 of the 102 species (78%) recorded from Bavaria (Germany) and three other species from nearby regions (Austria, France and the UK). Although the 286 specimens analyzed had a heterogeneous conservation history (60% dried; 30% in 80% EtOH; 10% fresh specimens in 95% EtOH), 23...

rodents are well established at port areas and their ectoparasite can be vectors of many diseases. ships at seaport play an important role in spreading disease by transporting infected vectors. plague, murine typhus, salmonellosis, trichinosis, leptospirosis and rat bite fever are known to be spread by rats. in view of the seriousness of the problem present study was undertaken to assess the pr...

This report concerns a study which was conducted for SKB. The conclusions and viewpoints presented in the report are those of the authors and do not necessarily coincide with those of the client. Abstract This report presents the current state of ecological knowledge and applied research relating to groundwater. A conceptual picture is given of groundwater fauna occurrence in regard to Swedish ...

Rodents threaten agricultural industries and food security on a global scale. Rodent management practices routinely involve the use of chemical products, mainly anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs). An understanding farmer rodent control behaviors is crucial in order to implement changes more environmentally friendly practices. In this study, we surveyed farmers an area northwestern Taiwan their kn...