In this study, the results of a faunistic and taxonomic survey on Ennominae species Dağlıca (Hakkari, Yüksekova) are discussed. Faunistically, Charissa onustaria, subtaurica Crocallis tusciaria were added to Hakkari province. The Neognopharmia cataleucaria, loebeli Ramitia kufrana identified from area also important endemic taxa for fauna Turkey. Rhoptria mardinata Eumera hoeferi, which only kn...

A survey on mite fauna of bird nests was carried out in Tehran, Golestan and Sistan & Baluchestan provinces in 2008. A total of 18 nests belonging to six bird species, namely Rock Dove Columba livia, House Sparrow Passer domesticus, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais (Iduna) pallida, White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis, Common Magpie Pica pica and Crested Lark Galerida cristata were collec...

Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) are the biological vectors of leishmaniasis all around the world. In 1997, sand flies were collected in 14 cities and villages of Khash County in southeastern Iran, using 848 sticky traps (castor oil-coated white papers 20 × 30 cm). In this study, a total of 4673 sand flies, with 25.23% females and 74.77% males, were collected and identified to s...

*Corresponding author: Dr. Javad Rafinejad, Ph.D, Professor of Medical Entomology, Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +982142933186 E-mail: [email protected] Foundation Project: Supported by the Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Science Tehran, Iran (Project No. BMSU/HRC-8...

Parasitic diseases are harmful and limiting factors in breeding and rearing ornamental fish industry. In this study, 400 apparently healthy ornamental fishes from five species (each species 80 specimens) including: Goldfish (Carassius auratus), guppy (Poecilia reticulate), angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare), discus (Symphsodon discus) and sailfin mollies (Poecilia latipinna) was obtained from a l...

Earthworms were collected in forests, damp habitats, springs, orchards and agricultural fields of the Kohgiluyeh & Boyer Ahmad Province, Iran, from April 2009 to April 2010. Specimens were collected at 20 established stations by digging and by diluted formalin methods. Ten species belonging to family Lumbricidae were identified based on morphology: Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny, 1826), Ap. r...

BACKGROUND Ecological data are important in the vector control management of mosquitoes. There is scattered published information about the larval habitat characteristics and ecology of the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) in Iran and most of available data is in relation to malaria vectors in southern Iran. METHODS This cross sectional investigation was carried out to study the mosquito ...

in the present study, we reported the results of the monitoring and investigations of the ichthyofauna of the beshar river, one of the tributaries of the tigris−euphrates basin in kohkiluyeh and boyer-ahmad province, southwest of iran. the results showed that during a period from 2010 to 2011, a total of 13 fish species belonging to 4 families and 3 orders were recorded in the beshar river. the...

mites of the family ascidae constitute an important group of predator arthropods that live in soil make a living, on plants and an stored products, and some species of which are in close association with humans and animals. a faunestic survey was carried out to identify the mites of the family ascidae in guilan province, northern iran, during 2007-2009. samples were taken from such different ha...