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...

a survey was conducted on the fauna of the hover flies in northern iran in 2011. among the collected and identified material, the genus temnostoma le peletier & serville, 1828represented by a single species, t. vespiforme (linnaeus, 1758) is newly detected in iran. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species is briefly discussed.

during a survey of sindh and punjab provinces of pakistan, two dragonfly genera were collected and identified for the first time from the country. anaciaeshna(family aeshnidae) is a genus of large dragonflies. representatives were collectedfrom gujjo, district thatta (sindh) in august 2008 and were identified as anaciaeshna jaspidea (burmeister). the second genus was epophthalmia (family cordul...

a faunistic survey was conducted to identify the leafhoppers in the southwest of iran (khouzestan province) in 2014. among the collected materials, aconurella nuristana dlabola, 1957 is recorded for the first time for iranian leafhoppers fauna. diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species is presented briefly.

Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding the taxonomy of this asexual fungus, which was provided with a name based solely on morphological characteristics. In this study we consider the phylogenetic position of C. zuluense using DNA-based techniques. Distance analysis using 18S and ITS regions revealed exte...

199 human serum samples were examined for the presence of myxovirus parainfluenza 3 (mpi 3) haemagglutination inhibition (hi) antibodies. or tbe total male sera, 75% and female 70.52% had hi antibody titers of t:32 or greater. the percentage of positive samples increased according to the age grouping of the human beings. these results indicate that mpi 3 virus infection is widespread among the ...

poecilus beesoni (andrewes) collected at lake izeh (khuzestan) is recorded for the first time for iran. for identification the holotypes of poecilus beesoni and p. affinissimus were compared. based on this study poecilus affinissimus (ali 1967) is synonymized with poecilus beesoni (andrewes, 1927).