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Study of the genus Ametastegia Costa (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Allantinae) in northern Iran, with the description of a new species
Mohammad Khayrandish, Ali Asghar Talebi, Stephan M. Blank, Yaghoub Fathipour,
Volume 1, Issue 1 (9-2015)
Abstract
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.
Poplar tree blotch leaf-miner, Fenusella hortulana (Klug) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), a pest of Populus in Iran with review of its geographical distribution
Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Tahereh Shiri, Andrew Liston,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (9-2017)
Abstract
Poplar tree blotch leaf-miner,Fenusella hortulana (Klug, 1818) (Hym.: Tenthredinidae) is widely distributed in the West Palaearctic. During field surveys in the northwest of Iran, we recently found this species in Sarab, East-Azarbaijan Province. It was reared on Populus nigra Linnaeus. Its geographical distribution is mapped and some biological features are discussed.
Checklist of sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Iran
Mohammad Khayrandish, Ali Asghar Talebi, Stephan Blank,
Volume 3, Issue 3 (9-2017)
Abstract
An updated list of the sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Iran is provided. The list inculdes 178 species of sawflies belonging to 60 genera and 9 families. Family Tenthredinidae is the most species-rich group (131 species) followed by Argidae (18 species), Cephidae (9 species), Megalodontesidae (7 species), Cimbicidae (4 species), Pamphiliidae (3 species), Orussidae, Siricidae and Xiphydriidae (each with 2 species). Also genus Tenthredo is the most species-rich genus with 23 species followed by Macrophya (Tenthredinidae) with 17 species and Arge (Argidae) with 12 species. General distribution, synonyms and hosts associated with larvae for all recorded species are provided.
Sawflies from Zanjan Province, with the first report of Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae) for Iran
Mohammad Khayrandish, Ahmad Nadimi,
Volume 4, Issue 4 (12-2018)
Abstract
We present the results of a survey on the sawfly fauna of Anguran Protected Area, Dandi, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran. Surveys in 2018 with nets recorded 4 sawfly species in three genera: Macrophya diversipes (Schrank, 1782); Macrophya nr. ribis (Schrank, 1781); Tenthredo cinctipleuris (Enslin, 1910) and Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895. The last mentioned species is a new record for the Iranian fauna.
A survey on the sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) of Gorgan County of Golestan Province in northern Iran
Roya Mohammadkhani, Ahmad Nadimi, Mohammad Khayrandish,
Volume 5, Issue 1 (3-2019)
Abstract
A survey on sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) fauna of Gorgan County, northern Iran, during 2015-2017, led to the identification of sixteen species. Six species including Arge cingulata (Jakowlew, 1891); Calameuta pallipes (Klug, 1803); Phylloecus xanthostoma (Eversmann, 1847); Allantus cingulatus (Scopoli, 1763); Ametastegia pallipes (Spinola, 1808) and Nematus lucidus (Panzer, 1801) are recorded for Golestan fauna for the first time and C. pallipes is a new record for the Iranian fauna.
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