during the period of april to november 1994, an investigation was carried out on fauna of phlebotominac in ilam province, west of iran. about 12000 sandflies were caught by sticky trap, light trap and aspirator from different ecological regions and were identified. these sandflies consist of 22 species (11 species from the genus phlebotomus: ph. paptasi, ph.sergenti, ph.alexandri, ph.rnajor, ph...

the coniferae which are propolis sources in iran i- pinaceae   hassan nazarian* *imam khomeini higher education center, agricultural research, education and extension organization e.mail: [email protected]   abstract the coniferae are from important propolis sources of iran. pinaceae have a particular importance in this taxon. all species of this family do not have any natural distribution ...

torymidae is one of the largest families of parasitoid waps. during this study which is conducted during 2010-2012, 14 species of the family torymidae (hym.: chalcidoidea) were collected from kurdistan province, of which, one genus and six species were new records for iranian fauna. the genus torymoides walker is new record for iranian torymid fauna. new records were listed. microdontomerus alb...

conclusion based on the results, the vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis include of p. papatasi, p. salehi, p. sergenti and moreover the vectors of visceral leishmaniasis include of p. keshishiani and p. alexandri have been found. materials and methods sand flies were collected by using sticky traps from selected villages (outdoors as well as indoors). traps were fixed at sundown and sand flies ...

background: visceral leishmaniasis is caused by leishmania infantum , transmitted to humans by bites of phle­botomine sand flies and is one of the most important public health problems in iran. to identify the vector(s), an investiga­tion was carried out in bilesavar district, one of the important foci of the disease in ardebil province in northwest­ern iran, during july - september 2008 . meth...

b a ckground: pa sseromyia is a muscid genus previously known from the old world afrotropical and oriental re- gions and eastwards from australia and the west pacific. the genus is known from nest-dwelling larvae which may be parasites of the nestlings. this study was aimed to identify of the passeromyia species in the iranian persian gulf islands. m e t hods: the flies were collected during ap...

two snail species belonging to genus lymnaea, l.auricularia and l.gedrosiana, were collected from 6 different districts of shadegan area of khoozestan. eight percent of the total collections of the snails revealed the occurrence of larva in them. the prevalence of larva within the snails varied in different districts may be due to different geoclimatic conditions and availability of fresh water...

the genus phaneroserphus pschorn–walcher, 1958 is recorded for the first time from iran and its allied species, phaneroserphus punctibasis townes, 1981 is recorded from west palaearctic region for the first time. the specimens were collected from mazandaran province during 2011 using malaise traps. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded genus and species is br...