The monophyletic genus Hemisaprinus Kryzhanovskij in Kryzhanovskij & Reichardt, 1976 is revised herein. All three species Hemisaprinus subvirescens (Ménétries, 1832), H. lutshniki (Reichardt, 1941) and H. cyprius (Dahlgren, 1981) are found to be correctly assigned to the genus and their monophyly is supported by the synapomorphy of the presence of prosternal foveae. The three species are re-des...

the majority members of the family coccinellidae are predators, so they have received considerable research attention because of their potential to act as biocontrol agents. the coccinellids complex of pistachio trees was monitored at both cultivated and wild pistachio plantations in shahr-e babak (kerman, iran) during 2009 - 2010. sampling was carried out randomly in the cultivated pistachio p...

Identifying useful taxonomic indicators for classifying Hibiscus syriacus L. (Malvaceae) cultivars can help address challenges in their homonymy and synonymy. Moreover, analyzing which pollen traits possibly lead to successful fruiting serve guide the hybridization breeding of H. syriacus. For first time, this study classified 24 based on morphological palynological assessed flowers, leaves, gr...