the genus phaneroserphus pschorn–walcher, 1958 is recorded for the first time from iran and its allied species, phaneroserphus punctibasis townes, 1981 is recorded from west palaearctic region for the first time. the specimens were collected from mazandaran province during 2011 using malaise traps. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded genus and species is br...

Among 7 traps tested, significantly higher (P < 0.01) mean numbers of Aedes albopictus (269) and Aedes aegypti (55) females were collected within the Mosquito Magnet Liberty trap compared with the remaining traps. The second highest mean captures for both species were obtained from omnidirectional Fay-Prince (77 Ae. albopictus) and Dragonfly (13 Ae. aegypti) traps, which were not significantly ...

Two new species of Myrmedonota are described from Mexico. Illustrations and a distribution map are provided, as are keys to identify Myrmedonota known from the Nearctic and Neotropics. Specimens were collected by means of mercury vapor light traps or flight interception traps.

The collection of the immature stages of Dermacentor rhinocerinus from host animals is described for the first time. These are the bushveld gerbil (Tatera leucogaster, from which larvae and nymphs were collected, the red veld rat (Aethomys crysophilus), from which a larva was collected, and the Natal multimammate rat (Mastomys natalensis), from which a nymph was collected. The rodents were exam...

the fauna of the braconid subfamilies euphorinae, homolobinae, macrocentrinae and rogadinae were studied in kerman province. specimens were collected using malaise traps and sweeping net during 2013–2014. a total of 14 species and eight genera were collected and identified. among the collected material, aleiodes (chelonorhogas) ruficornis (herrich-schaffer, 1838) is a new record for the fauna o...

background: zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl) due to leishmania major is increasing in many parts of iran. this disease originally is a disease found in gerbils. leishmania parasites are transmitted by sandflies that live and breed in gerbil burrows. nested pcr amplified leishmania its1-5.8s rrna gene in both main reservoir host “rhombomys opimus” and in the “phlebotomus papatasi” main vec...

ground beetles (carabidae) with more than 40,000 described species worldwide are one of the main generalist predator groups and have an important role in reducing pest population and enhancing biodiversity of agricultural and wild ecosystems. specimens from different agricultural and forest ecosystems in azadshahr region, golestan province, northern iran, using pitfall traps and light traps, be...

during our study (summer of 1994) twenty two tatera indica were collected and two out of them (9.09%) were naturally infected with amastigote. parasites were cultured in nnn+lit medium and isolated promastigotes were sent to the medical university of montpellier in france for identification. the result of isoenzyme showed, the parasite was leishmania major zymodem mon 26-(=lon 1), therefore tat...

sphecidae is a large and important family of hymenoptera. all members of this family are presocial predators of other arthropods and play a role in the control of pest complex. in this study, sphecids were collected from east azerbaijan province using sweep net, malaise traps and yellow pan traps. twenty species of the family sphecidae (hymenoptera), belonging to subfamilies pemphredoninae, ast...