The Iranian checklist of the tribe Chilocorini Mulsant, 1846 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is updated. In total, 13 species belonging to four genera (Brumoides Chapin, 1965, Chilocorus Leach, 1815, Exochomus Redtenbacher, 1843, and Parexochomus Barovsky, 1922) are listed from Iran. An identification key to all genera and species currently known from Iran is presented along with illustrations of a...

A total of 34 species belonging to 21 genera of fungi were recorded on passion fruits of both pure and hybrid origin in Uganda, however, the pure type exhibited wider spectrum (28 species and 16 genera) than the hybrid type (21 & 15). Also, yeasts (unidentified and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa) were also encountered in high numbers. Moreover, the mean count of all mycobiota obtained from the pure t...

The steppe parts of Lissar protected area is located in the North Western part of Talesh mountain range, with an area around 13,500 hectares. The area is influenced by a humidCaspian climate at the Eastern slope and a cold mountain Irano-Turanian-like climate at the Western slope causing the formation of diverse vegetation types. Based on a collection of about 1,250 specimens during 2007–08, a ...

the list of ichneumonidae (hymenoptera: ichneumonoidea) of iran is updated. until now, 502 species belonging to 189 genera and 24 subfamilies are recorded. two subfamilies, cryptinae and ichneumoninae, are the most species-rich groups, while the subfamilies brachycyrtinae, collyriinae, cylloceriinae, hybrizontinae, mesochorinae, orthocentrinae and orthopelmatinae represented by only one species...

An updated catalog of the Pipunculidae from Chile is provided. We present all valid names and synonyms for 21 species belonging to six genera three subfamilies distributed in country. Information given on name, author, year publication, page number, type species, depository, locality, Chilean localities, references. Tomosvaryella Aczél Eudorylas are richest Chile, with eight each, followed by P...

This research was conducted in 2019-2020 the northern and southern administrative districts of Kashkadarya province Uzbekistan. study on distribution coccinellides agrobiocenoses has been at different experimental periods. In province, 5 subspecies ( Scymninae , Chilocorinae Coccidulinae Epilachninae Coccinellinae ), 8 tribes, 31 species belonging to 22 genera were found. Experiments have shown...

a total of 162 species (s) of rotifera belonging to 40 genera and 20 families examined from loktak lake, an important floodplain lake of northeast india (nei), is one of the richest assemblages of the taxon known from the indian sub-region. it merits biodiversity value as ~40.0% and ~62.0% of species recorded from india and nei, respectively. one species is new to india, 23 species are new to m...

mutualistic interaction between aphids and ants is one of the classical examples of mutualism. the current study was carried out during 2013-2014 in golestan province, north-eastern iran, to investigate the myrmecophilous aphids and their relationships with ants. in this study, 11 ant species representing seven genera and two subfamilies associated with 12 aphid species belonging to two subfami...

Background: The use of knowledge of indigenous people in the use of plants can provide valuable information in the field of nutrition, treatment, and provide the basis for the production of drugs used in modern medicine. Objectives: The present study aimed to evaluate the level of recognition of the Ardestanian people to the medicinal plants of the region and introduction to some poisonous pla...

Borneo is considered a centre for biodiversity in both the terrestrial and aquatic environments. However, information on the diversity of parasites and trypanorhynch cestodes infecting sharks and rays in particular is rather limited at present. During a large-scale study focusing on the parasite diversity of elasmobranchs from Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo a total of 520 spiral intestines of ...