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Maedeh Mollaei, Hussein Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Farzad Minab,
Volume 0, Issue 0 (9-2025)
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During a laboratory biological study of a midge, Feltiella acarisuga (Vallot, 1827) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), acarivorous on two-spotted spider mites, some ceraphronid specimens were reared from the midge cocoons. A detailed morphological study and comparison with previously known species revealed that the ceraphronid is a new species of Aphanogmus Thomson, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae). The new species is described as A. feltiellophagus Lotfalizadeh, sp. nov. and compared with closely related species. An identification key for all Aphanogmus species associated with predatory cecidomyiids is provided. As a parasitoid of the pupal stage of Feltiella acarisuga, the potential negative impact of A. feltiellophagus on the biological control of tetranychid mites is discussed.
Juli Pujade-Villar, Majid Tavakoli, George Melika, Mar Ferrer-Suay,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (9-2015)
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A new species of oak gallwasp, Andricus synophri (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) is described from Iran. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species are given. This species is known only from asexual females and induces galls on the twigs of Quercus brantii and Q. libani. Galls aremultilocular, develop on lateral buds of young branches. According to its morphology, Andricus synophri belongs to a large group of 12 Andricus species, the “Adleria non-kollari” group.
Mohammad Khayrandish, Ali Asghar Talebi, Stephan M. Blank, Yaghoub Fathipour,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (9-2015)
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The genus Ametastegia Costa 1882 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Allantinae) was studied in northern Iran. The specimens were collected using sweeping net and Malaise traps during March to November 2010 and 2011. Four species were collected and identified of which Ametastegia persica Khayrandish, Talebi & Blank sp. n. is described as new to science. An illustrated key for identification of Ametastegia species in Iran is provided.
Volume 4, Issue 1 (3-2015)
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Cercosporoid fungi including the genus Cercospora and other morphologically similar genera are associated with leaf spot symptoms on various host plants. In this research three taxa including Passalora cucurbiticola (on Cucurbita sp.), P. bolleana (on Ficus carica), and Pseudocercosporella capsellae (on Capsella bursa-pastoris, Sinapis arvensis) were identified. Among these, P. cucurbiticola and P. capsellae are new records for mycobiota of Iran.
Tessy Rajan, Pavittu Meethal Sureshan, Puthuvayi Girish Kumar, Ayisha N.v. Mawadda,
Volume 4, Issue 3 (9-2018)
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The genus Spilomena Shuckard, 1838, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. One new species, Spilomena keralaensis Rajan, Sureshan & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala and differences from similar species are given.
Pavittu Meethal Sureshan, Avunjikkattu Parambil Ranjith, Tessy Rajan,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2018)
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The pteromalid genus Zolotarewskya Risbec (Pteromalidae: Cleonyminae) is reported from India after a gap of 45 years with the description of a new species and one new species of Cleonymus Latrielle are described from Southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Affinities of the new species with closely related species are discussed and a key to the oriental species of Cleonymus is also provided. Male of Dipara hayati Sureshan is also described for the first time.
Raveendran K.p. Hanima, Puthuvayi Girish Kumar, Pavittu Meethal Sureshan, Altaf Hussain Sheikh,
Volume 5, Issue 2 (6-2019)
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A new species of tiphiid wasp, namely, Tiphia kashmirensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described from Kashmir, India. Male of Tiphia khasiana is described for the first time. Key to species of Tiphia from the Indian subcontinent of Allen (1975) is modified here to accommodate the new species and male of T. khasiana.
Mahjoora Majeed, Mohd Majid Jamali, Shafqat Jabbar Mir,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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The Indian species of Entedon Dalman (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) are reviewed. The review includes seven species, of which E. shivalikensis Majeed & Jamali sp. nov., E. dehradunensis Majeed & Jamali sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Entedon thoubalensis (Chisti & Shafee, 1983), E. gunturensis (Shafee & Rizvi, 1985), and E. longicorpus (Khan & Shafee, 1982) are redescibed and diagnostic characters are presented for two species: E. punctiscapus Thomson, 1878, E. pempheridis Ferrière, 1930. An identification key to Indian species of the genus Entedon is also provided.
Jalil Alavi,
Volume 7, Issue 1 (3-2021)
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Two species, Thrips golili sp. nov. and Thrips silybum sp. nov. are described from flowering plants of northeastern Iran. The color forms of T. golili sp. nov. are discussed. Thrips apicatus Priesner is reported for the first time from Kish Island in the Persian Gulf. Published record as of T. coloratus Schmutz and T. juniperinus Linnaeus from Iran are not confirmed and description of T. alavii Mirab-balou, Tong & Chen is considered doubtful here. The checklist of Iranian Thrips is updated to contain 37 species.
Farid Shirzadegan, Ali Asghar Talebi, Matthias Reidel, Hamidreza Hajiqanbar,
Volume 7, Issue 3 (9-2021)
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A survey was conducted on the fauna of Ichneumonini Latreille, 1802 (Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae) in North-central area of Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps from March to November in 2010–2011. A total of 28 species were identified, of which three species and one subspecies are recorded for the first time from Iran: Eutanyacra ruficornis Berthoumieu, 1894; Ichneumon quadrialbatus Gravenhorst, 1820; Ichneumon sarcitorius turkestanicus Heinrich, 1929; Stenobarichneumon basalis Perkins, 1960. As well 17 species are new provincial records. A new species, Anisopygus persicus Shirzadegan, Talebi & Riedel sp. nov. from Guilan province in northern Iran is described and illustrated. The known number of Ichneumonini species in Iran is now raised to 143. Detailed morphological characters of the newly recorded species and Virgichneumon albilineatus (Gravenhorst, 1820), as well as an updated list of the tribe Ichneumonini from Iran, are provided.
Ebrahim Gilasian, Jeroen van Steenis, Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi,
Volume 8, Issue 3 (9-2022)
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Six new species of the genus Eumerus Meigen, 1822 are here described from Iran. The new species and their four related groups are as follows: E. nadoosheni Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus barbarus group; E. pollinipedes Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus minotaurus group; E. effossus Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. similis Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus obliquus group, as well as E. intermedius Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. and E. khiabani Gilasian & van Steenis sp. nov. of the Eumerus ornatus group. In addition, the species E. argyropus Loew, 1848 and E. torsicus Grković & Vujić, 2015 are newly recorded from Iran. The illustrations of the male genitalia and images of the new species are provided.
Shahid Bin Zeya, Prince Tarique Anwar, Zubair Ahmad, Hamed A. Ghramh, Farmanur Rehman Khan, Farhat S. Khan,
Volume 8, Issue 4 (12-2022)
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Three genera are recorded for the first time in Saudi Arabia: Alaptus Westwood, Anagrus Haliday, and Polynema Haliday. A new species, Erythmelus (Erythmelus) irba sp. nov. Zeya & Anwar & Ahmad is described. Four known species are recorded for the first time: Erythmelus (E.) flavovarius (Walker), Erythmelus (Parallelaptera) rex (Girault), Polynema (Polynema) brevicarinae Annecke & Doutt and Stephanodes reduvioli (Perkins).
Volume 9, Issue 3 (5-2020)
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Criconema iranicum n. sp. was recovered from the rhizospheric soil of date palm in Khuzestan province, southwest Iran, and described and illustrated based upon morphological and morphometric data. The new species is characterized by 435-515 µm long females having a lip region with two annuli, the first labial annulus slightly wider than the second annulus, 76.5-84.0 µm long stylet with anchor-shaped knobs, vulva closed, its anterior lip not curving over the posterior lip, anus small, 5-7 annuli posterior to vulva, 16.4-23.0 µm long conical tail, bearing 3-5 annuli, its terminal annulus simple or bifurcate, R = 61-65, RV = 9-11, juvenile present and males absent. Morphologically, the new species looks similar to four known species under the genus viz. C. annuliferum, C. duplicivestitum, C. navarinoense and C. sanctusfrancisci. Comparisons with the four aforementioned species are discussed. This is the first species of the genus being originally described from Iran.
Volume 10, Issue 1 (10-2021)
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Puccinia taeniatheri sp. nov., is newly described from Iran on Taeniatherum asperum (Poaceae) based on morphological study and rDNA ITS sequencing. An identification key for Puccinia species known on the genus Taeniatherum is provided. Re-examination of herbarium material of P. hordei on T. crinitum collected from Iraq revealed that specimen also belongs to P. taeniatheri sp. nov.
Kolencheri Suresh Surya, Pavittu Meethal Sureshan,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (6-2024)
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A new species, Stenomalina kasaragodensis sp. nov., from the Western Ghats has been discovered resulting in the first report of the genus Stenomalina Ghesquiѐre, (1946) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Pteromalinae) from India. A thorough overview and key to the Oriental species of Stenomalina are given, together with descriptions, illustrations, and comparisons with congeneric materials for the new species. A new species of the genus Stictomischus Thomson, 1876 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae: Miscogastrinae) i.e., Stictomischus sahyadriensis sp. nov., was also found in the Western Ghats. The new species is described, illustrated and compared with congeneric and a comprehensive review and key to the Indian species of Stictomischus are also provided.
Raveendran K.p. Hanima, Puthuvayi Girish Kumar, Vishwanath D. Hegde,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (6-2024)
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A new species of tiphiid wasp, namely, Tiphia (Tiphia) andhraensis Hanima & Girish Kumar sp. nov. is described from Andhra Pradesh in the southern coastal region of India based on the female holotype. The new species is described, illustrated and compared with congeneric species. The diagnostic character of the new species is the presence of a strong, median longitudinal carina on posterior side of propodeum. The new species described here was collected from the Mudasarlova reservoir area of the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. The previous key to the species of Tiphia from the Indian subcontinent is modified to accommodate the new species. This new species is the first tiphiid wasp described from Andhra Pradesh.
Ambayathingal P. Kamila, Pavittu Meethal Sureshan,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (6-2024)
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Acromantis lobofemorata sp. nov., a new praying mantis species of the subfamily Acromantinae (Mantodea: Hymenopodidae), is described from the Southern states of India. The specimens of the present species were misidentified and referred as Acromantis insularis on several occasions by earlier workers in India. The new species can be easily identified from other species of the genus by the presence of a mid-lobe on the upper margin of the fore femora, a small medial mesofemoral lobe and well-developed denticles on pronotum laterally. A preliminary key for the identification of the Indian Acromantis species is also provided.
Alireza Zamani, Sergei L. Esyunin, Kirill G. Mikhailov, Yuri M. Marusik,
Volume 10, Issue 2 (6-2024)
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New faunistic and taxonomic data are provided for 18 families of Iranian spiders. Four species, Cryptodrassus liyanicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, Bushehr Province; Gnaphosidae), Mesiotelus khorasanicus Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♂♀, Razavi Khorasan Province; Liocranidae), Nurscia minuscula Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, West Azerbaijan Province; Titanoecidae) and Talanites farsensis Zamani & Marusik, sp. n. (♀, Fars Province; Gnaphosidae), are described as new to science. Clubiona liachviana Mcheidze, 1997 stat. reval. (Clubionidae) is removed from the synonymy with C. alpicola Kulczyński, 1882 and is reported from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan for the first time; additionally, its previously unknown male is described. The genus Kishidaia Yaginuma, 1960 (Gnaphosidae) and a total of 10 species are recorded in Iran for the first time, and new provincial records are provided for 20 species. Two specimens from Iraq are also reported. Considering the results of this paper, the number of species of spiders known from Iran is increased to 980 species in 329 genera.
Volume 10, Issue 3 (6-2021)
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Ditylenchus azarbaijanensis n. sp. is described and illustrated based upon morphological and morphometric characters. The new species is mainly characterized by having six lines in the lateral field, rudimentary postuterine sac (PUS) ca. 0.2 vulval body width long, anteriorly inclined vagina and conical female tail with a pointed terminus, 48-70 µm long (c = 15-21, cʹ = 2.4-3.7). It is further characterized by having fine stylet 7.5-10.0 µm long with small knobs, small pyriform pharyngeal bulb offset from the intestine, and males with 26.5-31.0 µm long spicules. By having a rudimentary PUS, the new species is morphologically compared with three closely related species, namely Ditylenchus apus, D. deiridus and D. khani. Moreover, morphological differences of the new species with eight similar species of the genus, namely D. arachis, D. convallarie, D. dauniae, D. medicaginis, D. silvaticus, D. tenuidens, D. valveus, and D. virtudesae are presented. The status of the rudimentary or absent PUS of D. deiridus and the new species is also discussed.
John T.d. Caleb, Muthusamy Sampathkumar,
Volume 10, Issue 4 (12-2024)
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A new species of the jumping spider genus Carrhotus Thorell – Carrhotus piperus sp. nov. – is described based on the male holotype collected from Tamil Nadu, India. Detailed description and illustrations are provided. The new species can be separated from the closely related taxa by the prolateral protrusion of the bulb arising from an 8 o’clock position and directed dorsad, and the retrolaterally directed beak-shaped embolus. The number of known Carrhotus species reaches to 10 and 37 in India and in the world, respectively. A key to species of the genus Carrhotus from India is also presented.
