the anthomyiid fly, pegomya bicolor (wiedemann, 1817), is newly recorded from iran. it was collected during surveys on biocontrol agents of rumex spp. (polygonaceae) in urmia region, north west of iran. this leaf-mining fly is widely distributed in the palaearctic region on several species of rumex. voucher specimens are being held at the natural history museum of urmia university.

Trichrysis baratzsensis sp. nov., from Lago Baratz (Sassari province, Sardinia), is described and compared with all other Palaearctic congeners. A key for the identification of Mediterranean Trichrysis species is also provided.

A checklist of the Syrphidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Three species of Syrphidae, Platycheirusmodestus Ide, 1926, Cheilosiabarovskii (Stackelberg, 1930) and Mallotatricolor Loew, 1871, are published as new to the Finnish fauna. Platycheirusmodestus is also new to the Palaearctic.

BACKGROUND Passeromyia is a muscid genus previously known from the Old World Afrotropical and Oriental regions and eastwards from Australia and the West Pacific. The genus is known from nest-dwelling larvae which may be parasites of the nestlings. This study was aimed to identify of the Passeromyia species in the Iranian Persian Gulf Islands. METHODS The flies were collected during April 2010...

Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) was used to identify areas of endemism (AOEs) for Chinese birds at the subregional level. Four AOEs were identified based on a distribution database of 105 endemic species and using 18 avifaunal subregions as the operating geographical units (OGUs). The four AOEs are the Qinghai-Zangnan Subregion, the Southwest Mountainous Subregion, the Hainan Subregion a...

the carabid beetle pterostichus (phonias) strenuus (panzer) is newly recorded from iran. it was collected by hand from ghaleroudkhan forests in the caspian province of guilan. this carabid beetle is widely distributed throughout the palaearctic region including europe, uzbekistan, kazakhstan and russian far east.

b a ckground: pa sseromyia is a muscid genus previously known from the old world afrotropical and oriental re- gions and eastwards from australia and the west pacific. the genus is known from nest-dwelling larvae which may be parasites of the nestlings. this study was aimed to identify of the passeromyia species in the iranian persian gulf islands. m e t hods: the flies were collected during ap...

The Palaearctic species of the Gasteruption assectator aggregate (Hymenoptera, Gasteruptiidae) are revised and three species are recognised. Two species are re-instated: Gasteruption boreale (Thomson, 1883), stat. n. and Gasteruption nigritarse (Thomson, 1883), stat. n., and both are excluded from the synonymy with Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758). The general distribution of both speci...

in the course of a faunistic survey on the iranian oribatid mites (acari: oribatida) in the southeastern province of sistan and balouchestan, the species bicyrthermannia duodentata hammer, 1979 of the family nanhermanniidae was identified. this species is a new record for the palaearctic region.

the genus phaneroserphus pschorn–walcher, 1958 is recorded for the first time from iran and its allied species, phaneroserphus punctibasis townes, 1981 is recorded from west palaearctic region for the first time. the specimens were collected from mazandaran province during 2011 using malaise traps. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded genus and species is br...