an account of the iranian alticine fauna, comprising 59 species from 11 genera, is presented. phyllotreta muehlei sp. nov. is newly described and 13 species are recorded for the first time from iran.

background: knowledge about the amphistomid fauna in iranian domestic ruminants depends on the studies conducted almost 30 years ago. the last situation in cattle is introduced here in the provinces in south coast of caspian sea. methods: amphistomid species were collected from cattle at slaughter houses of the provinces gilan and mazanderan in 2010. median sagittal sections were prepared by th...

background: mosquito-borne diseases are a major public health threat in iran. the objective of this study was to de­ter­mine the fauna of culicinae mosquitoes for future mosquito control programs. methods: three genera and eleven species of the subfamily culicinae (diptera: culicidae) were collected by dipping tech­nique and identified in chabahar county, sistan and baluchistan province, southe...

this paper provides faunistic data for 27 species of cryptinae in iran, of which 12 species and three genera, buathra cameron, myrmeleonostenus uchida and glyphicnemis foerster, are newly recorded from iran. previously recorded species with related references are also included. distributional map is given for all species of cryptinae. this study increases the number of known species of iranian ...

background: regarding to the significant of the possibility of the malaria epidemic and nuisance of mosquitoes dur­ing the active season, the fauna and some ecological activities of mosquitoes in related to tree holes were investi­gated from april to december 2009 in neka county of mazandaran province, northern iran. methods: larval collection was carried out from natural, artificial breeding p...

this epidemiological review was carried out to display the magnitude and the geographic distribution of scorpion envenomation in iran with focus on the southwestern region of iran, particularly. the iranian recognized scorpions belonging to two families, including buthidae and scorpionidae. buthidae family consists of 14 genuses, 26 species, and 18 sub-species, while scorpionidae family has thr...

among the recently collected chalcidoid wasps in a rice field of eastern guilan province (coast of caspian sea), in july 2012, there was a specimen of pteromalidae belonging to the genus callitula. it was identified as callitula ferrierei (bouček, 1964). both genus and species are new record for iranian fauna. morphological characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species ...

specimens of the subfamily milesiinae (diptera: syrphidae) were collected using sweeping net from saqqez region, kordestan province located in the northwestern iran during 2012-2013. in total 25 species in 12 genera were identified. of which eumerus transcaspicus (stackelberg, 1952) is reported for first time from iran. diagnostic characters besides supplementary photos of the new record are pr...

the meloidae, known as blister beetles, a widespread family of tenebrionoidea that includes approximately 2500 species, is still scarcely known faunistically in several areas of the world. because of specific biogeographical feature, iran harbors a rich diversity of meloids and due to the lack of basic and integrated studies, particularly in eastern parts of iran, our current knowledge of irani...

background: cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) is endemic in many parts of iran. this study was conducted to investigate the fauna and some biologic factors of sand flies and detect cl vector(s) in kharameh district which is one of the most important foci of the disease in fars province, southern iran.   methods: to identify the fauna, a total of 1549 sand flies were collected from april 2014 to marc...