the fauna of the superfamily bombylioidea was studied in alborz province, iran during 2012. two families (bombyliidae and mythicomyiidae), eight genera and ten species were identified, of which two species, exoprospora dispar loew, 1869; parageron lutescens (bezzi, 1925), are new records for the iranian fauna. an identification key for the species of the family mythicomyiidae known from iran is...

plants of hashilan, a 260 ha freshwater wetland, located at 35 km northwest of kermanshah, the provincial capital of kermanshah province, western iran, were studied. altogether, 116 species of plants (77 terrestrial and 39 aquatic) representing 96 genera and 42 families were identified. asteraceae with 11 genera and 13 species, poaceae 9 genera and 10 species, and cyperaceae with 6 genera and 9...

Munjughlu sanctuary zone with 5270 hectares in East Azarbaijan province is one of three sanctuary zones in the Marakan protected area.During 2008–2009, 236 taxa (23 subspecies, 22 varieties and one form) belonging to 166 genera and 38 families were collected and determined for this zone.Among them, 208 taxa are dicots and 28 are monocots. Family Compositae with 46 species and Cruciferae with 23...

a total of 90 species, belonging to 29 genera and 15 families, observed from an urban wetland of meghalaya is the species-rich rotifera assemblage known till date from any sub-tropical ecosystem of the indian sub-region. total richness (s) merits biodiversity value as ~56.0, ~ 38.0 and ~23.0 % of the species recorded from meghalaya, northeast india (nei) and india, respectively while several ro...

To be extended as 1648000 Km2, Iran has a widely varied climate; it is a habitat for very different plant species. Nearly 190 families of vascular plants are found in this country, totally containing 8500- 9500 species, the endemic plants being relatively numerous. Considering the inevitable importance of plants identification, a complete index of the endemic species of Phanerogams in Iran is l...

To be extended as 1648000 Km2, Iran has a widely varied climate; it is a habitat for very different plant species. Nearly 190 families of vascular plants are found in this country, totally containing 8500- 9500 species, the endemic plants being relatively numerous. Considering the inevitable importance of plants identification, a complete index of the endemic species of Phanerogams in Iran is l...

present survey synthesized information on fish biodiversity in the perennial freshwater body of ramnagar, east midnapore district of west bengal, india. we documented 45 fish species under 29 genera, 18 families and 8 orders during the periods from1990 to 1995, whereas, 34 species from 21 genera and 12 families under 7 orders were recorded presently from freshwater body of different perennial p...

faunistic study of cryptostigmatic mites (acari: oribatida) in rasht township was conducted during 2008-2009. mites were extracted using berlese funnel from soil samples and cleared in lactophenol. cleared mites were mounted (in hoyer’s medium) on microscopic slides. in total, 15 species, 15 genera and 13 families of oribatid mites (acari: oribatida) were collected and identified. among the ide...

Some bird families are more widespread than others both in geography and in habitat use (high-incidence families). The number of Mexican species in a bird family was found to be strongly correlated with the number of communities that possess representatives of that family. This effect did not result from a higher probability of larger families having more widespread species or having species wi...