the “kuh-e-gorm” non-hunting area is located in the northwest of jahrom city, fars province, iran. since there is no adequate knowledge on fauna of this region, a survey was conducted on the vertebrate fauna of the region from april 2007 to april 2008. in total, 124 vertebrate species were identified including: 11 fishes (belong to 10 genera, four families and three orders), four amphibians (be...

in the present study, fungal contaminations of trout feed were examined with special attention of potentially mycotoxigenic fungi. the feed samples were obtained from a factory and 6 farms. sampling was done on final pellets and their ingredients including wheat, wheat flour, soya, fish powder, gluten and starch in the factory and in the farm according to the instruction of institute of standar...

despite to its importance for retaining biodiversity and human health, urban wetlands have received much less attention than other wetland types in northern iran. this study deals with the floristic characteristics of one of the largest urban wetlands in central mazandaran, roshanabad wetland in babol.  all vascular plants were collected during two growing seasons of 2014 and 2015 and water sam...

This study reports the results of a re-analysis of the number of lateral eyes in extant buthids. Specimens studied were confined mostly to those from China and the adjacent areas. 353 specimens belonging to 20 species (subspecies) and 8 genera were rechecked and found to have 5 pairs of lateral eyes contrary to earlier published works which reported the presence of 3 pairs of lateral eyes only....

two different microhabitats (cropped fields versus established date-palm farms) in two different cities in khuzestan province, southwestern iran, were sampled monthly during 2011-2012 in order to assess the role of anthropic uses of soil on the biodiversity of oribatid mites. a total of 17 species of oribatid mites belonging to 10 families and 15 genera were identified (nine species were collec...

although the southern caspian sea basin (scsb) fish fauna has been studied for more than 200 years, new species continue to be discovered, reported and renamed. here we take the opportunity to provide a new and updated checklist of the fishes of the southern caspian sea basin. the list is based on historical literature records and taxon occurrence data obtained from natural history collections ...

This study was carried out to determine species composition of sooty mold fungi on Citrus species in Gilan Province, which is located in the North of Iran. This region isolated by Alborz mountain range from other parts of the country with maximum rainfall about 2000 mm/year. A total of seven species belonging to various genera of mitosporic fungi viz., Conidiocarpous penzigii, C. cf. caucasicus...

Background & Aim: Bushehrwith an area of about 177.1km² is situated in center of Bushehr province, southern Iran. Existence beach line with Persian gulf and Helle river cause of settlement diversity in this zone. With attention in this settlement diversity in this zone transaction of this work is necessary. Experimental: Many specimens were collected during the vegetative seasons in 2011to 201...

the plankton and semi-plankton samples examined from mizoram state of northeast india (nei) revealed speciose and diverse rotifera assemblage including a total richness (s) of 162 species belonging to 19 families and 35 genera. the reports of six species new to india, four species new to nei and 76 new records to mizoram merit biodiversity interest. the occurrence of one australasian, one orien...

Four new genera belonging to the tribe Dasineurini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae: Lasiopteridi) are described for previously incorrectly placed species. The new genera are: Cembrotia Gagné, type species Janetiella coloradensis Felt; Cupressatia Gagné, type-species Janetiella siskiyou Felt; Strobilotia Gagné, type species Phytophaga carpophaga Tripp; and Rhizocecis Gagné, type species Cecidomyia rhois...