A new species of the genus Megalommum Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae), reared from the pistachio longhorn beetle (Calchaenesthes pistacivora Holzschuh; Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), is described and illustrated. The genera Curreia Ashmead, 1900 and Endovipio Turner, 1922 are new synonyms of Megalommum Szépligeti, 1900. Notes on the biology of Megalommum pistacivoraesp. n. and a ke...

futuwwa is an arabic word meaning ‘javanmard’ in persian and ‘fata’ is literally a young man. from its meaning we envisage him as a person who has reached to the apogee of him life or the perfection in his life. according to the available evidences and in comparison to mihr creed, it is considered that chivalry was prevalent in the pre- islamic iran. drinking a cup of saltwater is similar to mi...

samak-e ayyar has been told by sadaghat ebn-e abolghasem in the same way it was recounted in public places. faramarz ebn-e khodadad-e arrajani, in turn, has adopted and retold the story, retaining the same stylistic features used by professional public reciters. ayyari tricks and stratagems are of magical and military nature and are used by common people, wanderers, magicians and fairies in thi...

A total of 16 genera and 68 species of Chalcididae of Vietnam are taxonomically treated. Thirteen new species are described; the remaining 55 species are keyed, redescribed or provided with a diagnosis. Among these 37 species and eleven genera are recorded for the first time from Vietnam. The thirteen new species are: Antrocephalus neogalleriae Narendran & van Achterberg, sp. n.; Brachymeria ne...

Heroism is one of the main themes in popular Persian prose stories. The hero in these stories has characteristics that generally belong to the mythical beliefs and traditions of pre-Islamic and post-Islamic Iran. Many historical and social factors are important in the transmission of these traditions and beliefs but one of the most important ones is Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh. In many cases, the acti...