A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF FORMICIDAE (HYM.) FROM MAURITIUS

A New Species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a New Species of Proceratium Roger from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

The worker of Discothyrea berlita sp. nov. from Mauritius is described. This is the first record of the genus from Mauritius. D. berlita is known from a single locality, Le Pouce, a small sanctuary of native ants on an island overrun with invasive ant species. Proceratium avium is recollected at Le Pouce and is the senior synonym of Proceratium avioide de Andrade (syn. nov.). The practice of ma...

Two new species and a new record of the genus Astragalus (Fabaceae) from NE Iran

During the study on the specimens of Astragalus sect. Ammodendron in the herbarium of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUMH), based on the last and most recent sources, two new species, i.e. A. microfoliolatus sp. nova and A. rashed-mohasseli sp. nova were found and described. Morphological evidence confirmed that the belonging of these taxa to Astragalus sect. Ammodendron. The most important di...

A new species, and a new record of a subspecies belonging to the genus Dysaphis (Homoptera: Aphididae) from Iran

افراد بی‌بال زنده‌زا‌ی شته‌ی Dysaphis inulae sp. n. جمع‌آوری شده از روی Inula britanica توصیف می‌شود و زیرگونه‌ی D. lappae cynarae (Theobald) جمع‌آوری شده از روی Silybum marianum مجدداً توصیف شده و به عنوان رکورد جدید از ایران گزارش می‌گردد. کلید شناسائی گونه‌های جنس Dysaphis Boerner که روی گیاهان خانواده‌ی Asteraceae زندگی می‌کنند نیز ارایه شده است.

First record of genus Protanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) from India with description of a new species

The trap-jaw ant genus Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sumatra, with a new species description.

The ant genus Odontomachus Latreille is reviewed for Sumatra, the sixth largest island in the world and located in western Indonesia. Previously three species were recorded from the island: O. simillimus F. Smith, O. rixosus F. Smith, and O. latidens Mayr. We add two species to the fauna, O. procerus Emery stat. nov and Odontomachus minangkabau sp. nov. The new species belongs to O. rixosus spe...