Illustrated keys for the identification of fourth-instar larvae and adult females of seven genera of mosquitoes are presented, along with the geographic distribution of each species and the known immature habitats. Sixty-seven mosquito species belonging to genera Aedeomyia, Ficalbia, Mimomyia, Hodgesia, Coquillettidia, Mansonia, and Uranotaenia are recognized in Thailand. Hodgesia bailyi and Ur...

the larvae of the tephritidae, known as fruit flies, feed on the fruits and cause decaying and reducing their market-friendliness. in this study, the adults were collected once a week using common entomological net as well as malaise traps during 2009-2010 in horand region, east azerbaijan. thirteen species belonging to seven genera of subfamily tephritinae were identified. all these species ar...

an updated checklist of the scorpion fauna of iran, as well as a brief history of taxonomic research on scorpions of iran is presented. the checklist is based on records of scorpion species whose presence has been confirmed in iran through field expeditions, examination of scorpion collections, literature review, and personal communications from researchers. the scorpion fauna consists of 51 sp...

This paper reports the mosses from Crocker Range Park (CRP) in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. In total, 293 species, three subspecies and eight varieties belonging to 118 genera and 36 families are reported. This represents about 40% and 47% of the species and infra-specific taxa reported from Borneo and Sabah, respectively. Out of these, six species are new records for Borneo, namely Barbella horrid...

Ata-Kuh forest, a preserved area within Hyrcanian relict forests, with an area of 700 ha is located in north of Iran. Based on floristic studies from 2011 through 2012, 194 vascular plant species were identified belonging to 143 genera and 66 families. Among our samples, 24 taxa were endemic to Hyrcanian area. The largest families in the area were Rosaceae (10.3 %), Poaceae (9.7 %), Asteraceae ...

euphorbia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family euphorbiaceae. consisting of 2008 species. the genus euphorbia produces an irritant, which constitute a health hazard to humans and livestock. the genus euphorbia is one of the largest and most complex genera of flowering plants, however, several botanists have made unsuccessful attempts to subdivide it to smaller genera.  many eu...

The region as treated here includes all countries in the bulge of West Africa (on the southern coast from Nigeria westward) and to the east Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and countries north. Insects of at least 25 species are eaten, belonging to at least 21 genera, 13 families and 7 orders (see the Regional Taxonomic Inventory below). Of this group, the specific identity is known for only 21 s...

Fleas were collected from 61 wild carnivores belonging to 13 species in various nature reserves and on farms, two feral domestic cats in a nature reserve and a domestic dog in the city of Johannesburg. Eleven flea species, including two subspecies of one of these, belonging to six genera were recovered. Amongst these only Ctenocephalides felis felis and Ctenocephalides felis strongylus are cons...

Spatial distribution pattern of biological related species present unique opportunities and challenges to explain species coexistence. In this study, we explored the spatial distributions and associations among congeneric species at both the species and genus levels to explain their coexistence through examining the similarities and differences at these two levels. We first used DNA and cluster...

The present study mainly focused on the diversity of spider fauna in agro-ecosystem Mahabubnagar district during Kharif and Rabi seasons 2020-21. sampling was collected at monthly intervals by different methods (in situ counts, net sweeping, pitfall traps litter sampling). A total 30 species were identified which, Araneidae family is represented 8 belonging to four genera followed Salticidae (5...