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Insect Biodiversity and Systematics - Volume:4 Issue: 2, Jun 2018

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Volume:4 Issue: 2, Jun 2018

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1397/04/03
  • تعداد عناوین: 9
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  • Soheila Safahani, Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh *, Francisco Javier Peris, Felipo Pages 73-83
    The present study provides new data about the fauna and phenology of Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species captured in high mountain areas of Kerman province (South-Eastern Iran). Sampling was carried out from April 2014 to September 2015. In total, 19 species belonging to four genera have been listed of which Opius (Cryptonastes) gracilis Fischer, 1957, Phaedrotoma gafsaensis (Fischer, 1964) and Phaedrotoma scaptomyzae (Fischer, 1967) are recorded for the first time from Iran.
    Keywords: Braconidae, Opiinae, high mountains, parasitoids, Iran, new records
  • Narges Zamani, Masumeh Shayanmehr *, Majid Mirab, balou Pages 85-89
    During the study of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) associated with colza (Brassica napus) fields in Sari (Mazandaran Province, Iran) in 2015–2016, a total of six species i.e. Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer), Eupeodes corollae (Fabricius), Melanostoma mellinum (Linnaeus), Paragus bicolor (Fabricius), Syrphus ribesii (Linnaeus) and Platycheirus jaerensis Nielsen are recorded for this region. Among them, P. jaerensis Nielsen is newly recorded for the Iranian fauna.
    Keywords: Syrphidae, Colza, Platycheirus, new record, Iran
  • Seyed Abbas Moravvej *, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Parviz Shishehbor Pages 91-97
    This is a report of 11 species belonging to six genera of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Khuzestan province of Iran. Four genera and 10 species are new for the fauna of province of which one genus (Notoglyptus) and five species viz. Cyrtogaster britteni Askew, 1965, Halticoptera collaris (Walker, 1836), Notoglyptus scutellaris (Dodd & Girault, 1915), Pachyneuron tonyi Narendran & Santhosh, 2007 and Spalangia drosophilae Ashmead, 1887 are new for Iran.
    Keywords: fauna, Iran, Khuzestan, new records
  • Helen Alipanah * Pages 99-103
    Stathmopoda ficivora Kasy was identified based on a female specimen collected in the late of June 2013 in Dorbadam protected area, N. Ghuchan, Khorasan-e Razavi Province. This species is newly reported for the fauna of Iran. A brief taxonomic characterization of the species is provided and the examined adult female and its genitalia are figured.
    Keywords: Gelechioidea, Stathmopodidae, S. ficivora, Iran, new record
  • Fatemeh Moayyed Mazraeh, Samad Khaghaninia *, Shahzad Iranipour, Ali Yavuz Kilic Pages 105-112
    Based on specimens collected from East Azarbaijan province during 2016–2017 as well as specimens which already had been collected during 2007–2015 and deposited at ICHMM, overall 18 species of the genus Tabanus were recognized which among them, Tabanus armenicus (Krober, 1928), Tabanus maculicornis Zettersted, 1842 and Tabanus nemoralis Meigen, 1820 are new records to the Iranian Tabanidae fauna. Diagnostic characters as well as their informative photos are given.
    Keywords: Tabanidae, Tabanus, Iran, East Azarbaijan province, New records
  • Farid Shirzadegan, Ali Asghar Talebi *, Matthias Riedel, Hamidreza Hajiqanbar Pages 113-122
    In this survey the tribe Heresiarchini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae) of Alborz and Guilan provinces (Iran) was taxonomically studied. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during March to November 2010. Three species including: Coelichneumon comitator (Linnaeus, 1758), Coelichneumon probator Horstmann, 2000 and Syspasis carinator (Fabricius, 1798) were identified of which C. probator is recorded for the first time from the Middle East and Iran. An updated checklist of Heresiarchini in Iran, as well as diagnostic characters of the new recorded species is presented.
    Keywords: Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Heresiarchini, Coelichneumon, Iran
  • Shima Shahrabi, Samin Seddigh *, Bita Sodaie, Marcin Kadej Pages 123-129
    Museum collections are national assets of any country and also are very susceptible to pest damage. Moreover pests in a museum, library or archive environment can cause severe damage to highly valuable and irreplaceable materials. Hence, constantly monitoring of the collections against pest activity is essential in museums. Dermestidae family is known as one of serious pests in the museum collections which feed on various products and cause high infestation. In current study, we present the results of monitoring of all parts of two buildings of The Niavaran Palace Complex, including the private library and Ahmad Shahi Pavilion in Tehran, Iran. The following species of the dermestids have been collected and recorded for the first time from Tehran and Niavaran Museum: Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839, Attagenus lobatus Rosenhauer, 1856, Anthrenus (Anthrenops) coloratus Reitter, 1881, A. (Anthrenus) picturatus picturatus Solsky, 1876. Moreover, Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky, 1839 is recorded for the first time from Iran.
    Keywords: Dermestidae, Iran, New record, Niavaran museum
  • Book review: Methods for Collecting Insects and other Terrestrial Arthropods, Vol. I
    Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam * Pages 131-133
    For a long period, the Iranian entomologists followed a rather narrow spectrum of methods to collect arthropods that are described in taxomomic papers. Recently, this knowledge gap was filled with the publication of a book entitled “Methods for Collecting Insects and other Terrestrial Arthropods”. The book efficiently describes 110 collecting methods in 18 chapters and 468 papges and it contains as well a huge collection of more than 300 illustrations and a considerable set of references. It is highly recommended for both students, professional entomologists and academic personnel.
    Keywords: Arthropods, Entomology, Modern tools, Habitats, Sampling trips, Taxonomy, Museums
  • Presence of ephedra gall midge, Ephedromyia debilopalpis Marikovskij (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Iran
    Omid Hadi, Hossein Lotfalizadeh *, Mohammad Hossein Kazemi, Marcela Skuhrav Pages 135-139

    We reared Ephedromyia debilopalpis Marikovskij (Dip.: Cecidomyiidae) for the fist time on Ephedra major (Ephedraceae) in the northwest of Iran in 2016. This is the new record of the genus and species for Iran. With including this new record, the known gall midge fauna of Iran reached 62 species and 34 genera.

    Keywords: Diptera| Ephedromyia| Iran| distribution| new records| Ephedraceae