the genus sericothrips haliday is reported for the first time from iran, based on the materials collected on lotus sp. and identified as s. bicornis (karny). the illustrations are provided for the new record. this is the third genus of subfamily sericothripinae in iran. the number of thysanoptera genera in accordance with recent changes in iran as well as host association of iranian sericothrip...

considering the importance of parasitic wasps in biological control of pests, a faunal study was conducted in the year 2012 on eulophid wasps (hym.: chalcidoidea) in rice fields in the east of guilan province, southern coast of caspian sea. several specimens were captured via malaise traps. the specimens were identified as aprostocetus deobensis (graham), aprostocetus mycerinus (walker), elasmu...

a study on the oripodoid mites fauna (oribatida: oripodoidea) in miandoab region (west azerbaijan province) was carried out during 2015–2016. in this survey, 16 species belonging to three families and five genera are known, of which the species scheloribates ( scheloribates ) labyrinthicus jeleva, 1962 is recorded for the first time from iran. an additional description is provided for schelorib...

Lithonecrus papuanus Nieves-Aldrey & Butterill, a new genus and species of inquiline oak gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini), is described from material reared from galls on Lithocarpus celebicus (Miq.) Rehd., collected in Papua New Guinea. The new genus and species is the first record of a cynipid from Papua New Guinea and the whole  Oceanian biogeographic region,  and represents th...

The genus Melilotus contains altogether some 20 species (WIERSEMA et al. 1990) in the world which mostly distributed in Europe, Central and SW. Asia and N. Africa (HUCHINSON 1964). BOISSIER (1872) listed 13 species of Melilotus in which 6 of them are found in the Iranian flora. PARSA (1948) following Boissier’s work referring some new collections made by other workers, listed the same species n...