the present paper deals with the fauna of the subfamily conopinae in northwestern iran. specimens were collected, using insect net, from arasbaran forest during 2010-2013. in total, six species belonging to two genera were identified, of which the two species, conops longiventris kröber, 1916 and physocephala laticincta (brulle, 1833), are new records from iran. the diagnostic characters and su...

this project was conducted to study the taxonomy of tribe vicieae based on morphological characters. the specimens were collected from different parts of khorassan, and after identification they were preserved at ferdowsi university of mashhad herbarium (fumh). diagnostic keys and a complete list of distribution regions for all species of this tribe in khorassan were presented. cicer kermanense...

abstract the laelapidae is a large family with worldwide distribution. many laelapids are ectoparasitic on small mammals or associated with arthropods, although some species are free living and predators especially in soil habitat; also they are common in stored products. during three years (2007-2009) of faunestic survey, samples were collected from different habitats such as soil, plant litte...

the fauna of the braconid genera atanycolus foerster, glyptomorpha holmgren, pseudovipio szepligeti and vipio latreille belonging to the subfamily braconinae were studied in some parts of northern (alborz, qazvin, gilan and tehran) and southern provinces of iran (hormozgan). specimens were collected using malaise traps during 2010–2012. eightspecies were identified of which two species, namely ...