the spatangoid genus schizaster agassiz is recorded, for the first time, from the lutetian (middle eocene) deposits of sargaz area, south of kerman, iran. the lutetian sediments of sargaz region contain a rich and divers echinoid fauna represented by cidaridae, conoclypeidae, echinolampadidae, toxopneustidae, phymosomatidae and schizasteridae. schizasteroid echinoids are an important component ...

a survey on the megachilid bees (hymenoptera: megachilidae) fauna of northern iran, between 2010 and 2011, led to the identification of eleven species of the genus coelioxys latreille belonging to subgenera allocoelioxys (6 species), boreocoelioxys (2 species), coelioxys (2 species) and liothyrapis (1 species). of these, six species and one subgenus (liothyrapis) are new to the fauna of iran. d...

In this study, there is a description of a new species, Protzia longiacetabulata n.sp., and P. squamosa Walter, 1908 representing a new Protzia record for the fauna of Turkey. Protzia longiacetabulata n.sp. is closest to the P. halberti from the P. rotunda species group and identified from these species by the number of the leg claws and acetabuli. Furthermore, there is the first description of...