Pentastomida is a taxon of parasitic organisms infecting generally the respiratory system of vertebrates, mainly reptiles. Although this taxon is very important for understanding the phylogeny of the Metazoa, it has received little attention. In Brazil, there are few collections that include species of pentastomids, that is, only the Helminthological Collection of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute (CH...

the first comprehensive catalogue of leaf beetles (subfamily galerucinae s. str.) from iran is reviewed and several field trips were conducted from 2012 to 2015. in total, 44 species belonging to 18 genera of three tribes (galerucini, hylaspini and luperini) are listed. iranian galerucinae is characterized by 11 endemic species. for every species provincial distributions is given based on avail...

Following 3 species of Compositaeare reported as new records to Iran: Cousinia pycnoloba, Lactuca dissecta and Launaea remotiflora. The collecting localities and their figures are given.

Spiders are poorly studied in Iran, based on the latest studies the spider fauna of Iran includes 394 species in 126 genera belonging to 36 families. Considering the climatic and geographical variation of Iran, it can be assumed that Iran has a rich spider fauna compared to the adjacent countries. The present study seeks to take a new step in the ongoing active research of Iranian spider fauna....

three species of the genus xylaria (xylariaceae) are presented based on collections from guilan province, iran. both morphological and molecular characteristics were used in order to identify these species. xylaria longissima sp. nov. is described and illustrated as a new xylaria species and x. cf. striata and x. xylarioides are reported as new records from iranian mycobiota. xylaria longissima...

the fauna of the superfamily bombylioidea was studied in alborz province, iran during 2012. two families (bombyliidae and mythicomyiidae), eight genera and ten species were identified, of which two species, exoprospora dispar loew, 1869; parageron lutescens (bezzi, 1925), are new records for the iranian fauna. an identification key for the species of the family mythicomyiidae known from iran is...

In a taxonomic survey on Cladosporium species in Iran, 35 specimens were collected from different substrates of various localities in Guilan (N. Iran) during 2011–12. Seven species viz. C. cladosporioides s. str., C. oxysporum, C. halotolerans, C. perangustum, C. pseudocladosporioides, C. sphaerospermum, and C. tenuissimum are identified and the latter five species are new records to Iran.