during 2009, in the course of a faunistic survey of terrestrial parasitengona mites in jahrom region, ronaldothrombium bellator (southcott, 1986) (acari, trombidiidae) was collected and identified for the first time from iran. it was collected as ectoparasite of an unidentified araneae, which is a new host for r. bellator.

the results of faunistic survey of jewel beetles (coleoptera: buprestidae) carried out in kurdistan province of iran are presented. 30 species belonging to two subfamilies (buprestinae and agrilinae) and 8 genera were collected. of these 1 species is new for iranian fauna and 19 species are new for kurdistan province.

Mites of family Erythraeidae are parasites in their larval stage and predators in their post-larval stages on a variety of arthropods, among which are important pest species. During 2011-2013, in a faunistic survey of mites associated with beetles of the family Chrysomelidae in Oil and Gas company of Gachsaranregion, Iran. Specimens were preserved in AG (alcohol 75%, glyserin 5%), cleared in la...

the northwest iran comprises parts of two major biodiversity hotspots; irano-anatoli and caucasus. it is a mountainous transition realm between caucasus forest in the north, pontic forest of turkey in the west and central deserts of iranian plateau. this study was designed to determine rodent diversity in northwest iran. moreover, corridor and barrier features of the region were investigated, a...