this study is a review on the genus helvella (pezizales, helvellaceae) in iran. study on samples deposited in iran fungal herbarium along with the fresh materials collected by the author revealed that seven species of helvella, h. acetabulum, h. atra, h. crispa, h. elastica, h. ephippium, h. lacunosa and h. leucopus (as h. monachella) have already been reported from iran. three other species vi...

anchusa )boraginaceae( includes weedy species in different habitats and cultivations and is composed of four species in iran. species delimitation is mainly based on features as zygomorphic or actinomorphic flowers, straight corolla tube and nutlet shape. in this project, morphological features of different accessions of anchusa species were evaluated. totally, 33 qualitative and quantitative m...

a survey on the genus exallonyx kieffer, 1904 (hymenoptera: proctotrupidae) was conducted in northern iran. the specimens were collected using malaise traps during 2010–2011. the genus exallonyx and six species were collected and identified for the first time from iran: exallonyx ater (gravenhorst, 1807), e. brevicornis (haliday, 1839), e. formicarius kieffer, 1904, e. ligatus (nees, 1834), e. ...

a review of the genus phasia latreille in iran is given. an identification key to the six iranian species of phasia and illustrations of their male and female terminalia are presented. the species phasia obesa (fabricius) and p. pusilla meigen are recorded for the first time from iran.

Festuca L. comprises perennial herbs and about 450 species. It belongs to the tribe Poeae R. Br. (= Festucaceae Dumort), subfamily Pooideae of Poaceae. These species are different in leaf size, life duration and lamina width. The genus is divided into two groups based on lamina width: fine-leaved and broad-leaved. In this study, leaf anatomy of F. akhanii, F. elwendiana,F. heterophylla, F. sulc...

a survey was conducted to study the fauna of the subfamily ophioninae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) in southern iranian provinces of fars and hormozgan. the specimens were collected using malaise traps, light traps and sweep nets from a variety different habitats between 2011 and 2013. a total of twelve species of three genera (enicospilus stephens; ophion fabricius and eremotylus forster) were ...

the fauna of the subfamily diplazontinae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) in the north central parts of iran was studied during 2010-2011. a total of 933 specimens were collected in 30 localities at different altitudes using malaise traps. sixteen species belonging to 7 genera were identified of which twelve species indicated by asterisk, are new records for iran: diplazon annulatus (gravenhorst)*,...