Volume 11, Issue 1 (2025)
J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2025, 11(1): 239-251 |
Back to browse issues page
Download citation:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
BibTeX | RIS | EndNote | Medlars | ProCite | Reference Manager | RefWorks
Send citation to:
Mehrafrooz Mayvan M, Georgiev D, Kováč Ľ. Psocoptera (Insecta: Psocodea) of Iran with new records from caves. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2025; 11 (1) :239-251
URL: http://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article-36-77470-en.html
URL: http://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article-36-77470-en.html
1- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University,Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia , mahmood_mehrafrooz@yahoo.com
2- The University of Plovdiv
3- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University,Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
2- The University of Plovdiv
3- Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Science, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University,Šrobárova 2, 041 54 Košice, Slovakia
Abstract: (485 Views)
In this study, the psocids (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera') from caves and other ecosystems in Northeastern Iran were investigated during the years 2022 and 2024. Among them, Psyllipsocus ramburii Selys-Longchamps, 1872, and Lepinotus inquilinus Heyden, 1850, are new to the Iranian fauna. Additionally, all species identified in this study are newly recorded in North Khorasan and Khorasan-e Razavi provinces. Notably, this is the first report of Psocoptera from caves in Iran. In addition, we have compiled a list of psocid species of Iran based on the available literature until October 2024. A total of 22 species, belonging to 11 genera and 8 families of psocids have been reported from Iran. We made a brief analysis of the systematic, zoogeographical and ecological assignment of Iranian Procoptera. The suborder Troctomorpha, with 2 genera and 11 species, has the highest species count. From nine families recorded, the family Liposcelididae dominates, accounting for 11 species, or 50% of the total. The study includes bibliographical references and information on the global distribution of these species.
Article Type: Research Article |
Subject:
Systematics/Other taxa
Received: 2024/10/14 | Accepted: 2024/11/1 | Published: 2025/01/1
Received: 2024/10/14 | Accepted: 2024/11/1 | Published: 2025/01/1
References
1. Aghadokht, P., Fekrat, L. & Sadeghi Namaghi, H. (2015) First report of Graphopsocus cruciatus (Linnaeus) and Ectopsocopsis cryptomeriae (Enderlein) (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha: Stenopsocidae and Ectopsocidae) from Iran. Entomofauna, 36, 217-220.
2. Ahadiyat, A. (2004) A new record of psocids (Psocoptera) for the insect fauna of Iran. Proceeding of the 16th Iranian Plant Protection Congress, 28 August-1 September. University of Tabriz, Iran. Vol 1, p. 95.
3. Ahadiyat, A. & Zangeneh, A.M. (2007) First report of Ectopsocus briggsi and Trichopsocus Dalii (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha: Ectopsocidae and Trichopsocidae) from Iran. Florida Entomologist, 90, 790-791. [DOI:10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[790:FROEBA]2.0.CO;2]
4. Anonby, J.E. (2019) Psocoptera of Canada. In: Langor, DW., Sheffield, C.S. (eds) The Biota of Canada - A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys, 819, 295-299. [DOI:10.3897/zookeys.819.27640]
5. Asa'adi, A.M. (2017) Introducing the flora, life form, and geographical distribution of plants in Hesare Hosseini-Asadli rangelands in North Khorasan Province. Research-Scientific Quarterly Plant and Ecosystem, 12 (49), 3-126 [in Persian with English abstract]
6. Azizi Jalilian, M., Shayesteh, K., Danehkar, A. & Salmanmahiny, A. (2020) A new ecosystem-based land classification of Iran for conservation goals. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192, 1-17. [DOI:10.1007/s10661-020-8145-1]
7. Badonnel, A. & Lienhard, C. (1988) Rèvision de la famille des Mesopsocidae (Insecta, Psocoptera). Bulletin du MusÈum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 4 (10), Section A (2), 375-412. [DOI:10.5962/p.292214]
8. Broadhead, E. & Richards, A.M. (1982) The Psocoptera of East Africa-A taxonomic and ecological survey. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 17, 137-216. [DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1982.tb01545.x]
9. Chin, H.C., Jeffery, J., Aamad, N.W., Kiang, H.S., Omar, B., Othman, H. & Lim, L.H. (2010) First report of Liposcelis bostrychophila Badonnel (Psocoptera: Liposcelidae) as a museum insect pest in Malaysia. Sains Malays, 39 (2), 329-331.
10. Davoudnia, B., Dadkhodaie, A., Naderi, R., van Slageren, M. & Pourkhorshid, Z. (2024) Diversity and eco-geographical distribution pattern of some Aegilops species from the Zagros and Alborz Mountain ranges of Iran. Plant Ecology, 225, 761-774. [DOI:10.1007/s11258-024-01426-5]
11. Erfanian, M.B., Alatalo, J.M. & Ejtehadi, H. (2021) Severe vegetation degradation associated with different disturbance types in a poorly managed urban recreation destination in Iran. Scientific Reports, 11, 19695. [DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-99261-5]
12. Ficetola, G.F., Mazel, F. & Thuiller, W. (2017) Global determinants of zoogeographical boundaries. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 1, 1-7. [DOI:10.1038/s41559-017-0089]
13. García Aldrete, A.N. (1991) The Mexican species of Ectopsocus (Psocoptera: Ectopsocidae) and an analysis of the distribution of the genus. Anales del Instituto de Biología serie Zoología, 62 (1), 57-96.
14. García Aldrete, A.N. (2002) Psocoptera (Insecta) from the Sierra Tarahumara, Chihuahua, Mexico. Serie Zoologia, 73 (2), 145-156
15. Gol, A., Khandehroo, F., Sadeghi Namaghi, H. & MoravveJ, G. (2015) First report of Lachesilla quercus Kolbe, 1880 (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha: Lachesillidae) from Iran. Entomofauna, 22, 273-284.
16. Holt, B.G., Lessard, J.P., Borregaard, M.K., Fritz, S.A., Araújo, B.M., Dimitrov, D., Fabre, P.H., Graham, C.H., Graves, G.R., Jønsson, K.A., Nogués-Bravo, D., Wang, Z., Whittaker, R.J., Fjeldså, J. & Rahbek, C. (2013) An Update of Wallace's Zoogeographic Regions of the World. Science, 339, 74-78. [DOI:10.1126/science.1228282]
17. Jalalizand, A.R., Hatami, B., KhaJehali, J. & Ostovan, H. (2005) Report of four psocid species for fauna of Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 25, 61-62. [in Persian with English abstract]
18. Jarayani, R., Talebi, A., Sedaratian A. & Mockford, E. (2014) Liposcelis Paeta (Psocoptera: Liposcelididae), A new record from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 34, 95-96. [in Persian with English abstract]
19. Johnson, K. & Clayton, D. (2003) The biology, ecology, and evolution of chewing lice. Price, R.D., Hellenthal, R.A., Palma, R.l., Johnson, K.P. & Clayton, D.H. (eds) The Chewing Lice: World Checklist and Biological Overview. Special Publication No. 24, Illinois Natural History, Illinois, pp. 449-476. [DOI:10.5962/bhl.title.154191]
20. Karimi, S., Varasteh Morad, H. & Ghadimi, M. (2012) Study on differences in biodiversity indices of bird community at different vegetation types in Shast-Kalate forest, Gorgan. Journal of Conservation and Utilization of Natural Resources, 1 (1), 1-18. [in Persian with English abstract]
21. Kahrarian, M. (2017) New records of Psocoptera (Psocodea: Insecta) in Iran. Natura Somogyiensis, 30, 35-38. [DOI:10.24394/NatSom.2017.30.35]
22. Kahrarian, M. (2018) New report of two species and one genera of Psocoptera (Psocodea: Insecta) from Iran. Entomofauna, 39/1 (4), 73-81.
23. Khandehroo, F., Moravvej, G., Sadeghi Namaghi, H. & Fekrat. L. (2014) A new species of the family Mesopsocidae (Insecta: Psocoptera) on ash trees from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 34, 69-70.
24. Khandehroo, F., Moravvej, G., Sadeghi Namaghi, H. & Fekrat. L. (2015) First report of Lepinotus reticulatus and Ectopsocus vishnyakovae (Insecta: Psocoptera) from Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 35 (1), 73-74.
25. Lienhard, C. (1998) Psocoptères Euro-Méditerranées. Faune de France 83, Fédération Francaise des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. 517 p.
26. Lienhard, C. (2016) Country checklists of the Psocoptera species of the World, extracted from Lienhard & Smithers, 2002: "Psocoptera (Insecta) - World catalogue and bibliography". Psocid News Special Issue I, 1-123.
27. Lienhard, C. & Ferreira, R.L. (2020) Review of Brazilian cave psocids of the families Psyllipsocidae and Prionoglarididae (Psocodea:'Psocoptera': Trogiomorpha) with a key to the South American species of these families. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 122 (1), 121-142.
28. Lienhard, C. & Mifsud, D. (2015) Psocids from Malta (Insecta: Psocodea: 'Psocoptera'), with new synonymy for Peripsocus stagnivagus based on the discovery of its first Palaearctic male. Zootaxa, 3936, 251-260. [DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.5]
29. Lienhard, C., Holusa, O. & Grafitti, G. (2010) Two new cave-dwelling Prionoglarididae from Venezuela and Namibia (Psocodea: 'Psocoptera': Trogiomorpha). Revue suisse de Zoologie, 117 (2), 185-197. [DOI:10.5962/bhl.part.117780]
30. Lienhard, C. & Smithers, C.N. (2002) Psocoptera (Insecta): World Catalogue and Bibliography. Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva. 745 p.
31. Marikowskii, P.I. (1957) Mesopsocus hiemalis sp. n. (Psocoptera) and some peculiarities of its biology. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 36, 1026-1030. [In Russian]
32. Mehrafrooz Mayvan, M., Sadeghi-Namaghi, H., Shayanmehr, M. & Greenslade, P. (2021) An annotated catalog of Iranian Symphypleona and Neelipleona (Hexapoda: Collembola): new records and key to species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 14, 501-513. [DOI:10.1016/j.japb.2021.07.006]
33. Mehrafrooz Mayvan, M., Greenslade, P. & Sadeghi-Namaghi, H. (2023) An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran. Zootaxa, 5275 (1), 1-101. [DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5275.1.1]
34. Mehrafrooz Mayvan, M., Parimuchová, A. & Kováč, Ľ. (2024) A new subterranean species of Oncopodura Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905 (Collembola, Entomobryomorpha, Oncopoduridae) from a cave in Northeastern Iran. Subterranean Biology, 49, 31-51. [DOI:10.3897/subtbiol.49.118293]
35. Mohammadi, A., Kaveh-Firouz, A., Cai, F., Dolati, A., Lom, N. & Şengör, A.C. (2023) Migration of the Palaeozoic magmatic front from Zagros to Alborz mountains with progressive closure of the Palaeo-Tethys Ocean; Insights from Zagros detrital zircon UPb age and Hf isotopic composition. Tectonophysics, 849, 229729. [DOI:10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229729]
36. New, T.R. (1974) Handbook for Identification of British Insects, Psocoptera. Royal Entomological Society of London, London, 106 p.
37. Nikpay, A. (2017) First report of occurrence of Psocoptera (Trogium) apterum on sugarcane from Iran. Sugar Tech, 19 (2), 225-227. [DOI:10.1007/s12355-016-0449-7]
38. Noroozi, J., Talebi, A. & Doostmohammadi, M. (2020) The Alborz Mountain Range. In: Noroozi J (ed.) Plant Biogeography and Vegetation of High Mountains of Central and South-West Asia. Springer Nature, Switzerland AG., pp. 151-183. [DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-45212-4_4]
39. Seropian, A., Arsenashvili, E., Bulbulashvili, N., Shubashishvili, A., Iankoshvili, G., Todua, M., Ananiashvili, A., Japarashvili, S., Chkhartisvhili, T., Memishishi, A., Balkhamishvili, S., Chitadze, B., Karalashvili, E., Mumladze, L., Hein, N. & Rulik, B. (2023) Into the unknown: the first barcode-assisted checklist of Psocoptera (Insecta, Psocodea) of Georgia with a census on country species richness. ZooKeys, 1168, 77-105. [DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1168.103666]
40. Shah Hosseini, M.J. & Kamali, K. (1989) A checklist of insects, mites and rodents affecting stored products in Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran (Suppl.), 5, 1-47 [in Persian with English abstract]
41. Silva-Neto, A.M.D. & Aldrete, A.N.G. (2020) A checklist of 'Psocoptera'(Psocodea) from Brazil: an update to the list of 2009 of García Aldrete and Mockford, with an identification key to the families. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 60, e20206029. [DOI:10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.29]
42. Yoshizawa, K. & Johnson, K.P. (2006) Morphology of male genitalia in lice and their relatives and phylogenetic implications. Systematic Entomology, 31, 350-361. [DOI:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00323.x]
43. Yoshizawa, K. & Lienhard, C. (2010) In search of the sister group of the true lice: a systematic review of booklice and their relatives, with an updated checklist of Liposcelididae (Insecta: Psocodea). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny, 68, 181-195. [DOI:10.3897/asp.68.e31725]
Send email to the article author
| Rights and permissions | |
 |
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |