the fauna of the subfamily diplazontinae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) in the north central parts of iran was studied during 2010-2011. a total of 933 specimens were collected in 30 localities at different altitudes using malaise traps. sixteen species belonging to 7 genera were identified of which twelve species indicated by asterisk, are new records for iran: diplazon annulatus (gravenhorst)*,...

fauna of ichneumonidae of isfahan province was studied in 2012. specimens were collected using sweep net and malaise trap on various plants from different places in isfahan. totally, 18 species belong to 16 genera and 7 subfamilies were collected and identified as: anomalon cruentatum (geoffroy, 1785) (anomaloninae); exetastes syriacus schmiedeknecht, 1910 (banchinae); diplazon laetatorius (fab...

the present paper deals with the fauna of the subfamily conopinae in northwestern iran. specimens were collected, using insect net, from arasbaran forest during 2010-2013. in total, six species belonging to two genera were identified, of which the two species, conops longiventris kröber, 1916 and physocephala laticincta (brulle, 1833), are new records from iran. the diagnostic characters and su...

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Members of the Old World hispine tribe, Coelaenomenoderini, are documented on host plants of Arecaceae, Cyperaceae, and Zingiberales. A few species are renowned pests of oil palm, especially in Africa. The host plants and natural history of Javeta pallida Baly, 1858, the only Indian species of the tribe, is reported for the first time. These beetles can densely infest indigenous wild date palms...

New records of water mites of the family Torrenticolidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from streams in two mountain ranges in northern Borneo are presented. Aims of this study were to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships of the newly collected torrenticolids using molecular methods, and describe all new species. A fragment of the mtCOI gene was successfully PCR-amplified from 18 torrenticolid specime...