in the course of this study, the number of recorded chalcidids (hym.: chalcididae) from iranincreased to 42 species (including one unidentified species of the genus lasiochalcidia masi), of whichfifteen species and four genera are new to iranian chalcidid fauna. the family chalcididae is repredentedby three subfamilies in iran as follows: chalcidinae (16 species), dirhininae (two species), andh...

background rodents play a major role in economic losses and public health problems. these animals are considered as natural reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (zcl), one of the major health concerns in iran. conclusions the spatial and temporal monitoring of wild rodents will help to predict the potential zoonotic rodent-borne diseases. objectives this research was aimed to stu...

conclusion based on the results, the vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis include of p. papatasi, p. salehi, p. sergenti and moreover the vectors of visceral leishmaniasis include of p. keshishiani and p. alexandri have been found. materials and methods sand flies were collected by using sticky traps from selected villages (outdoors as well as indoors). traps were fixed at sundown and sand flies ...

abstract a faunistic survey on auchenorrhyncha associated with sugar beet was conducted during 2007- 2009 in mashhad and chenaran. specimens were collected with sweeping net and determined using available identification keys according to the external and internal morphological characteristics specially male genitalia. species were confirmed by national scientists. in this study seventeen specie...

A new species of Seticornuta from Brazil is described and illustrated, the first record of this genus for the Brazilian fauna. This new species was found in a study that aimed to enhance knowledge of the Brazilian fauna of Metopiinae, analysing samples from the hydrographic basin of Rio Mogi Guaçu. A diagnosis, along with distribution information for Seticornuta species are provided.

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...

purpose: scorpions in the middle eastern countries are known as the most widely spread poisonous creatures that cause casualties and death to human being and domestic animals. these creatures are distributed and well established in subtropical regions. among sixteen iranian islands in the persian gulf, kish island is the focus of important internal and foreign industrial and commercial activit...

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 ...