One new species of the genus Phradis, Phradis peruvianussp. n., from the mountainous part of Peruvian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from South America and the Neotropical region.

One new species of the genus Phradis, P. peruvianus sp. n., from the mountainous part of Peruvian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus from South America and the

apterous viviparous female of dysaphis inulae sp. n. living on inula britanica and d. lappae cynarae (theobald) living on silybum marianum is described and newly recorded from iran, respectively. the latter aphid species is redescribed and an identification key for the species of dysaphis boerner on asteraceae is also presented.

in the course of studies about fungi associated with pistachio (pistacia vera l.) die-back disease in the ghaen region of southern khorasan (iran), one species of geosmithia was found. the isolates were identified as geosmithia lavendula (raper & fennell) pitt based on its morphological and molecular properties. the genus geosmithia (ascomycota: hypocreales) is belonging to mitosporic filame...

The following four new species of leafhoppers are described and illustrated: Jikradia dentata n. sp. and J. trispinata n. sp. from Guatemala, J. variabilis n. sp. from Belize, and J. exilis n. sp. from Costa Rica. Jikradia basipendula Nielson and J. krameri Nielson are new records for Guatemala. Belize is a new record for the genus. A record of the first introduction of the genus in the Old Wor...

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a specimen of an ascomycetous fungus collected during a field trip was identified as gymnoascus baran. soil samples collected from 0-20 cm depth were studied for isolation of fungi using a soil dilution plate method. based on the morphological and molecular characters the specimens were identified as gymnoascus reesii. genomic dna was extracted and a nuclear rdna region, containing the internal...