Ali Asghar Talebi

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• Professor (Associate) at Tarbiat Modares University

Bacterial endosymbionts play important roles in ecological traits of aphids. In this study, we characterize the bacterial endosymbionts of A. gossypii collected in Karaj, Iran and their role in the performance of the aphid. Our results indicated that beside Buchnera aphidicola, A. gossypii, also harbors both Hamiltonella defensa and Arsenophonus sp...

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are among the most serious agricultural pests globally, causing significant economic losses in fruit production and posing major quarantine concerns for many countries. Bactrocera zonata , one of the most harmful species in the family Tephritidae, has recently established in Iraq. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs)...

Miscophus binaludensis Schmid-Egger sp. nov., Miscophus flavus Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov., Miscophus hormozganensis Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov., Miscophus kharazii Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov. Miscophus liebigi Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov., Miscophus pseudopapyrus Schmid-Egger & Ghaderipour sp. nov. are described from...

In recent years, the research on the Iranian Chrysididae has been extremely prolific, thanks to the efforts of different teams. After the first checklist published by Rosa et al. (2013), more than one hundred taxa of cuckoo wasps have been recorded as new for Iran, including nine taxa described as new for science. Moreover, major modifications impa...

The box tree moth (BTM), Cydalima perspectalis, and the fall webworm (FWW), Hyphantria cunea are two invasive forest pests in northern Iran. Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are usually compatible with integrated pest management programs. In this study, the efficacy of five isolates of EPNs was evaluated against the two pests in laboratory and fie...

A survey on the fauna of Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) was conducted in the north-central region (2010-2011) and Khuzestan Province, southwestern Iran (2016-2017). Specimens were collected using Malaise traps, leading to the identification of 32 species. Among these, Apodesmia ocellata (Wesmael, 1835), Opiostomus (Opiostomus) griffithsi (Fische...

5 Biodiversity hotspots are key for identifying priority areas for species conservation. The Alborz 6 Mountains, with two hotspots (the Caucasus on the northern slope and the Irano-Anatolian on 7 the southern slope), provide an ideal landscape for assessing the impacts of vegetation, slope 8 and elevation on species diversity. We examined the alpha...

To better understand the biology of Compsilura concinnata (Meigen) as a potential biological control agent, it is necessary to determine suitability for potential hosts. In this study, laboratory tests were performed to investigate the acceptance and suitability of two key insect pests, e.g. Pieris rapae (L.) and Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) as ho...

The family Macromesidae Graham, 1959, and the genus Epicopterus Westwood, 1833, from the family Eunotidae Ashmead, 1904, are recorded for the first time from Iran, by two species Macromesus amphiretus Walker, 1848, and Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833, respectively. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010-2011 from the Guila...

A faunistic study of the tribe Spilomicrini Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Diapriinae) has been carried out in Iran. This study is based on the material collected using Malaise traps in four provinces of Iran, including Guilan, Mazandaran, Golestan, and Markazi. The genus Paramesius with one species and Spilomicrus with four species are do...

Microgastrines are diverse group of endoparasitoid wasps attacking caterpillars (Lepidoptera). Despite their importance in biological control, there is still no consensus concerning the phylogeny relationships among taxa. Although previous phylogenetic analyses have advanced the overall understanding of phylogenetic relationships of Microgastrinae,...

Microgastrines are diverse group of endoparasitoid wasps attacking caterpillars (Lepidoptera). Despite their importance in biological control, there is still no consensus concerning the phylogeny relationships among taxa. Although previous phylogenetic analyses have advanced the overall understanding of phylogenetic relationships of Microgastrinae,...

The subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is one of the most peculiar and diverse groups of endoparasitoids of Diptera. The present paper provides additional information on the subfamily Alysiinae in Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during May-September 2010. The genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863, and four species of Al...

Wolbachia are the most widespread intracellular alphaproteobacteria in insects with a variety of phenotypic effects on the fitness and reproduction of their host, but much less is known about how these bacteria affect host behavior. In this study, we asked whether Wolbachia affects the foraging behavior of the parasitoid wasp Habrobracon hebetor (H...

The study of insect morphology has recently benefited greatly from the emergence of new digital imaging and analysis technologies such as X-ray Micro-computed tomography (μ-CT), digital 3D reconstruction, and animation. Through interactive gaming and virtual reality, the external morphology of insects can be studied by a broad audience of both ento...

The study of insect morphology has recently benefited greatly from the emergence of new digital imaging and analysis technologies such as X-ray Micro-computed tomography (μ-CT), digital 3D reconstruction, and animation. Through interactive gaming and virtual reality, the external morphology of insects can be studied by a broad audience of both ento...

Dear Prof. Fathipour, I'm very delighted to inform you that your article "Quality control of the parasitoid wasp Trichogramma brassicae (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) over 45 generations of rearing on Sitotroga cerealella" was awarded as the Most Cited Paper of Insect Science in 2023. The award certification is enclosed with this letter. We are...

The order Hymenoptera comprises an important group of insects, with ecological and economic importance, and serving as ecological indicators. Investigating the diversity and distribution of fauna is considered a prerequisite for biodiversity conservation. In this research, the hymenopteran fauna in mangrove forests on the southern coast of Iran wer...

The species of the genus Dusona Cameron, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) are studied in four provinces of Iran (Mazandaran, Guilan, Alborz and Fars). Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2012. Eight species of Dusona were collected and identified, among them three species, D. libertatis (Teunissen, 1947), D. lim...

New species and new records of Palaearctic Campopleginae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are reported in this paper: Porizon dahaka Vas, sp. nov. is described from Iran, with a complementary modification to the identification key of the genus; seven Western Palaearctic species, namely Bathyplectes rufigaster Horstmann, Casinaria paramorionella Riedel,...

In this study, the specimens of the genus Cinetus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) were collected using the Malaise traps during 2010-2019 in Northern Iran. The genus Cinetus and five related species are recorded from Iran for the first time: Cinetus angustatus Kieffer, 1910, C. ditomus (Kieffer, 1910), C. fuliginosus Curtis, 1831, C. iridipe...

The diapriid genus, Miota Foerster (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) is discovered for the first time from the Middle East area, represented by four species in Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2011-2018 in northern Iran. Four newly recorded species were Miota fungorum (Kieffer, 1910), M. monilicornis (Kieffer, 1910), M. polita...

The Braconidae (Hym., Ichneumonoidea) is one of the largest cosmopolitan families in the order Hymenoptera. Many members of braconid wasps are important biological control agents used against four insect orders (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera) that cause economic damage to various agricultural, horticultural, and forestry plants and tr...

Storage at low temperatures can be a useful tool in the mass propagation of entomophagous biocontrol agents which allows greater flexibility in the mass rearing programs, shipment, and facilitates the synchronization of the rearing in the insectarium with the release time in the target site. Chouioia cunea Yang is a pupal endoparasitoid for many cr...

The subfamily Alysiinae Leach, 1815 (Hym., Braconidae) contains small to medium-sized koinobiont endoparasitoids of cyclorrhaphous dipterous larvae. Alysiinae is a conspicuously diverse subfamily separated in two large, polymorphic tribes, Alysiini and Dacnusini, and characterized among the Braconidae by having exodont mandibles, a feature occurrin...

The genus Venturia Schrottky, 1902 (Hym., Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) comprises about 142 described species worldwide; among them, 17 species were reported from the Palearctic region, of which only V. canescens (Gravenhorst,1829) has been recorded from Iran. Iran is known as a land of diverse habitats, leading to a high biodiversity level. The oc...

The green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) and cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover are important pests of greenhouse peppers in the world and Iran. These aphids cause direct damage by sucking the sap from the plants and indirect damage by excreting honeydew and transmitting plant viruses. Finally, they can result in quantity and quality yield r...

Heloridae Foerster, 1856 is a small and nearly worldwide family belonging to the superfamily Proctotrupoidea, it contains an extant genus, Helorus Latreille, 1802, with eighteen species mostly in the Holarctic region. Members of this family are solitary endoparasitoids of green lacewing larvae (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae), emerging as adults from the...

Chouioia cunea Yang is a pupal endoparasitoid wasp native to the northern Iran that causes significant mortality in Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lep., Arctiidae), one of the economically important insect pests in the Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran. Alternative hosts can reduce the rearing costs of the biological control agents. An easy-reared alte...

Climate change affects the abundance, distribution and activity of natural enemies that are important for control of herbivore pests. The development rate of pest insects and their natural enemies under natural conditions is largely determined by temperature, which is a critical abiotic factor influencing the dynamics of these organisms. In biologi...

The most important factor in the distribution and abundance of living organisms is climatic conditions, and temperature is a critical climatic factor that has profound effects on the development of pest insects and their natural enemies and plays the most important role in the population dynamics, biology and ecology of pests and their natural enem...

The genus Psilocera Walker, 1833 comprises about 32 described species in the world, of which only Psilocera obscura Walker, 1833 was recorded from Iran. In a survey carried out in Guilan province, a new record species of the genus Psilocera was collected using a Malaise trap from 9–22 June 2011 from Roodsar, Rahim abad, Ghazichak (36°45′57.54″ N, 5...

Myzus persicae (Sulzer) has known as one of the main important pests of greenhouse pepper. Aphidius matricariae Haliday is used as a biocontrol agent in greenhouses against this pest. In this research, the effect of lethal and sublethal concentrations of Bio2 (botanical insecticide extracted from Sophora flavescens-Ait, Mr. Innovation Co., Ltd, Sou...

These are the photos of a salty mountain in Hormozgan province near Daarbast village that I took during my collecting trip to southern Iran. This mountain is one of the several natural attractions in the province. The mountain is composed of salt crystals with colorful textures and beautiful cuts by nature over time. A salty stream is flowing down...

A faunistic survey of the subfamily Belytinae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea, Diapriidae) was carried out in northern Iran during 2010-2018. Based on the specimens collected from Golestan, Guilan, and Mazandarean provinces, five genera Diphora Foerster, 1856, Acanosema Kieffer, 1908, Acanopsilus Kieffer, 1908; Psilomma Foerster, 1856 and Synacra Foerste...

A faunistic survey of the subfamily Belytinae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea, Diapriidae) was carried out in northern Iran during 2010 -2018. Based on the specimens collected from Golestan, Guilan, and Mazandarean provinces, five genera Diphora Foerster, 1856, Acanosema Kieffer, 1908, Acanopsilus Kieffer, 1908; Psilomma Foerster, 1856 and Synacra Foerst...

The effects of long-term rearing of Trichogramma brassicae (Bezdenko) on host preference and switching behavior was examined when parasitizing two common factitious hosts, including Mediterranean flour moth (MFM), Ephestia kuehniella Zeller and Angoumois grain moth (AGM), Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) over 45 generations. Both host species eggs we...

Introduction: The present study aimed to prepare Nanoemulsions of Mentha piperita and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils and comparison of the repellant activity of them with normal essential oils and DEET in the field conditions. Methods: To determine the protection and failure time of the essential oils and DEET in the field condition against nat...

Note to our foreign members The newsletter of the Entomological Society of Iran (ESI) has been published quarterly in Persian since 1999. It covers various scientific issues and public events on national and overseas entomology and related disciplines. It is intended that the information of the board and the members of the society would be shared a...

Diaeretiella rapae (M'Intosh) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is one of the most important biological control agents of aphids on crucifer and cereal plants. The reproduction and demographic parameters of D. rapae were investigated at six constant temperatures (10, 15, 20, 25, 27.5, and 30 °C) on the greenbug, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hemiptera: Ap...

The fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury, 1773) (Lepidoptera, Erebidae), is one of the most important pests of forest trees in northern Iran. In order to identify the native parasitoids of this pest a survey was conducted in Guilan province, in 2019. The larvae and pupae of the fall webworm suspected being parasitized, were collected from differen...

The fauna of the subfamily Exoristinae (Diptera, Tachinidae) was studied in northern Iran. A total of 29 species within 26 genera and 6 tribes have been collected and identified. Among them 11 genera and 15 species are newly recorded for Tachinidae fauna of Iran: Admontia blanda (Fallén, 1820), Bessa parallela (Meigen, 1824), Blepharipa pratensis (...

The genus Belyta Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) is studied in northern Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps in the Alborz, Golestan, Gilan, Mazandaran and Qazvin Provinces during 2010–2018. The seven species of Belyta are recorded from Iran for the first time, Belyta abrupta Thomson, 1858, B. bicolor Jurine, 1807, B. depre...

In the present study, the relative abundance and species diversity indices of family Tachinidae were evaluated based on continuous and regular sampling using Malaise traps in seven regions of Mazandaran province during 2011. A total of 280 specimens belonging to 48 species, 38 genera and 4 subfamilies of this family were collected and identified. S...

We quantified the life table parameters and predation capacity of a generalist predatory mite, Typhlodromus bagdasarjani Wainstein & Arutunjan on five monotypic diets, including Tetranychus urticae Koch (TSSM) eggs in the presence (SW) and absence (SN) of webs, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (GHWF) eggs (G), honeydew (H), and maize pollen (M) a...

Note to our foreign members The newsletter of the Entomological Society of Iran (ESI) has been published quarterly in Persian since 1999. It covers various scientific issues and public events on national and overseas entomology and related disciplines. It is intended that the information of the board and the members of the society would be shared a...

The European tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipennis Poppius (Hemiptera: Miridae), is one of the most important alfalfa pests in many parts of the world. The biology and life table parameters of L. rugulipennis were investigated at five constant temperatures (25, 27.5, 30, 32.5, and 35 °C) under conditions of 60±5% RH and a photoperiod of 16L: 8D h...

Abs tract Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) as biological control agents of pests offer an environmentally safe alternative. Advances in mass-production and formulation technology of EPNs, the discovery of numerous efficacious isolates, and the desirability of reducing pesticide usage have resulted in a surge of scientific and commercial interest i...

We assessed the functional and numerical responses of Trichogramma brassicae under long-term rearing (45 generations, G5-G45) on eggs of a common factitious host, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller. Under such long-term mass rearing, the functional response of this parasitoid shifted from Type III (from G5 to G20) to Type II (from G25 to G45). The maximum...

Andrenosoma lottae Mortelmans sp. nov. is described based on males and females from Fars province, Iran. Pictures of the habitus are provided, together with details of the male terminalia to facilitate species identification. The status of Andrenosoma violacea is discussed and hereby put forward as a species inquirenda. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:l...

The robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) were studied in northwestern Iran. Specimens were collected using sweeping net and Malaise traps during 2010–2019. A total of 27 species were collected and identified, of which five species are recorded for the first time from Iran: Aneomochtherus mundus urartorum (Richter, 1960), Dysmachus cochleatus (Loew, 185...

This Checklist is based on the Research Article Study of the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) in northwestern Iran: new records, description of a new species, and an updated checklist of Iranian fauna by Mohammadi et al., Biologia, 10.1007/s11756-022-01116-5

Background: Domestication usually has negative effects on insect performance, especially when they are reared continuously for many generations. Rejuvenation can reduce the negative effects of domestication in the parasitoid, Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) reared for 30 generations (G) on Sitotroga cerealella (Oli...

The genus Iconella Mason, 1981, was studied in northern Iran during 2010–2011. A new species, Iconella brachyradiata Abdoli & Talebi, sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Iconella lacteoides (Nixon, 1965) is recorded for the first time from Iran and it is together with I. meruloides (Nixon, 1965) are redescribed. A new faunal checklist, distribut...

Mohammadi-Khoramabadi A., Talebi A., Broad G. R., Zwakhals K. - A study of the genus Zabrachypus Cushman, 1920 (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae Pimplinae) from Iran with descriptions of two new species. Four species of the genus Zabrachypus were collected and identified from northern Iran, of which one species is recorded for the first time, Z. cazorlens...

As a result of this study on proctotrupid wasps in Iran, 15 species belonging to seven genera were identified. Among them, seven species are new records for the Iranian fauna: Mischoserphus obesus Townes, 1981, Pschornia minora Townes, 1981, Exallonyx certus Townes, 1981, Exallonyx longicornis (Nees, 1834), Exallonyx confusus (Nixon, 1938), Exallon...

The life history and demographic parameters of the four aphid species on their host plants and those of the parasitoid reared on each of the six plant-aphid systems were investigated under controlled environmental conditions (25 ± 1 °C, 70 ± 5% RH and L:D 16:8 h). In terms of the resultant net reproduction rate of the parasitoid, M. persicae reared...

Dipteran flies are the second most important group of insect parasitoids after hymenopteran parasitoids and they represent about 20% of all insect parasitoids. The Tachinidae comprises approximately 1500 valid genera and more than 8500 described species in the world and is the largest and most important family of dipteran parasitoids. This family i...

Trichogramma brassicae (Bezdenko) is one of the most common species of natural enemies used in augmentative biological control programs in many countries. Understanding of the foraging behavior of a parasitoid can help us to improve its performance under field conditions. This study is the first assessment of trends in mutual interference behavior...

The aim of this study was to investigate the host stage preference and functional response of Diaeretiella rapae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared on Schizaphis graminum (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Firstly, host stage preference was determined under choice and no-choice tests. The parasitoid showed a preference for second instar nymphs of S. graminum in...

The cover image is based on the Research Article Wolbachia promotes successful sex with siblings in the parasitoid Habrobracon hebetor by Zeynab Bagheri et al., https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.6649.

The entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema borjomiense, was isolated from north Iran, and identified herein based upon morphological and molecular data. The Iranian isolate of this species is characterised by its 645-910 µm long infective juveniles, having brown-golden spicules 52-67 µm long in first, and 30-51 µm long in second generation males. T...

Species diversity means the number of existing species and their abundance in a geographical area, which increases with the number of existing species. Tachinidae is the second family of Diptera in terms of diversity, with about 8500 valid species worldwide, and nearly 1,600 in the Palaearctic region. This family is ecologically and economically im...

BACKGROUND Wolbachia are intracellular α‐proteobacteria that have a wide distribution among various arthropods and nematodes. They affect the host reproduction favoring their maternal transmission, which sets up a potential conflict in inbreeding situations when the host avoids sexual reproduction preventing inbreeding depression, while Wolbachia p...

In this study, material of Iranian Ophioninae was examined. In total, 63 species are recognized as occurring in Iran. Sixteen species are described as new to science: Enicospilus amerii Johansson sp. nov., E. apocalypticus Johansson sp. nov., E. haladai Johansson sp. nov., Enicospilus peri sp. nov., Ophion al Johansson sp. nov., Ophion angustigena...

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...

Citation: Abdoli, P., Talebi, A.A., Fernandez-Triana, J. Farahani, S. 2021. Description of a new species of the genus Protapanteles Ashmead, 1898 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran. Annales Zoologici, 71: 289-295. Abstract.-Protapanteles albigena Abdoli, Fernandez-Triana & Talebi sp. nov., (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae)...

The present paper contains a review of the tribe Eryciini (Tachinidae: Exoristinae) that occur in Iran. Twenty-six species belonging to 15 genera are reviewed. The collected data on 20 species are provided. Of these, seven genera and 16 species are newly recorded. Distribution and host information are briefly summarized. The diagnostic characters o...

During our studies on the family Ismaridae, three species from northern Iran were identified and illustrated: Ismarus dorsiger (Haliday, 1831), Ismarus halidayi Förster, 1850 and Ismarus rugulosus Förster, 1850. The first two species are new records for Iran. Diagnostic characters for all three species are provided along with illustrations. A key t...

The greenhouse productions are important because besides supplying the local markets, they are greatly valued for their export potential and play an important role in the foreign trade balance of several national economies. However, the intensification of greenhouse crop production has created favorable conditions for many devastating pests and dis...

This study was performed to investigate the age-dependent functional response of Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) at varying densities of tobacco aphid, Myzus persicae nicotianae Blackman (Hemiptera: Aphididae). Six densities (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and 64 numbers) of third instar nymphs of M. persicae nicotianae were daily exposed...

The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner), is a destructive pest feeding on a diverse array of host plants. We studied the demographic parameters of H. armigera on artificial diets prepared from seeds of 10 corn Zea mays L. hybrids (KSC301, KSC403, KSC540, KSC600, KSC604, KSC704, KSC711, Maxima, NS770, and ZP677) using the age-stage, two-s...

The genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was studied from northern Iran. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. A total of 13 species were collected and identified, of which six species are recorded for the first time from Iran: M. cebes Nixon, 1970, M. docilis Nixon, 1970, M. eremitus Re...

The specimens were collected from northern Iran using the sweeping net and Malaise traps during 2010-2019. A total of 25 species were identified, of which four species are recorded for the first time from Iran: Choerades femorata (Meigen, 1804), Dysmachus dentiger Richter, 1962, Heteropogon ornatipes Loew, 1851, and Neomochtherus schineri (Egger,...

The present study is based on the material collected from East Azerbaijan province (Northwestern Iran) between July-August 2019. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps from a variety of habitats. Lycorina triangulifera Holmgren, 1859 were collected and identified. This species is the first record of the subfamily Lycorininae Cushman and R...

The box tree moth (BTM), Cydalima perspectalis and the fall webworm (FWW), Hyphantria cunea are two invasive pests of forest trees that have been recorded from Hyracinan forests in north Iran for the first time in 2016 and 2002, respectively. In a search for tentative native entomopathogenic nematode species (EPNs) with potential biocontrol ability...

Continuous mass rearing of Trichogramma brassicae (Bezdenko) at commercial mass-rearing insectaries may affect both quality and performance of natural enemies. In the present study, we studied the quality and performance of a colony of T. brassicae reared for over 45 generations (G) on Ephestia kuehniella Zeller using two-sex life table parameters...

During our studies on the family Diapriidae, two species of the genus Pantolyta Foerster, 1856 were collected and identified for the first time from Iran: Pantolyta pallida Kieffer, 1908 and Pantolyta nixoni Macek, 1993. A key to the Iranian species of the genus Pantolyta and diagnostic characters for both newly recorded species are provided along...

Trichogramma brassicae (Bezdenko) is an important biological control agent that has been used widely against many lepidopteran pests. Commonly, colonies of Trichogramma are mass reared on factitious hosts such as Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) over many generations. In this study, we evaluated the quality and performance of a colony of T. brassicae...

Specimens of the Opiinae subfamily (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011 in Northern Iran (Alborz, Guilan, Mazandaran, Qazvin and Tehran provinces). A total of 32 species belonging to 12 genera were identified, of which 11 species are new records for the fauna of Iran: Apodesmia posticatae (Fischer, 1957), Ap...

Box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859), is one of the major destructive pests that feed on the leaves and shoots of various Buxus species. In the course of this survey, the life cycle of C. perspectalis was studied in laboratory and natural (Hyrcanian Forests) conditions. The laboratory experiments were carried out at temperature of 25...

Abstract Introduction: The present study aimed to prepare Nanoemulsions of Mentha piperita and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils and comparison of the repellant activity of them with normal essential oils and DEET in the field conditions. Methods: To determine the protection and failure time of the essential oils and DEET in the field condition a...

The genus Dioctria Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Asilidae, Dioctriinae) was sampled in northern Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2012. A new species Dioctria faciata Mohammadi, Talebi & Van den Broek sp. nov., is described and illustrated. Dioctria tauricaLehr, 2001 is recorded for the Iranian fauna for the first time. Th...

Complicated ecological interactions among numerous species could drive ecosystems towards more stability. Scarabaeoid beetles render a profound contribution to ecological processes through establishing symbiotic relationships with a variety of fungivorous mites. Such interactions with mites play important roles in forest conservation and biodiversi...

The nutritional indices are an important tool in evaluating herbivore responses to variation in host nutritive properties. The current study was conducted to unveil the effects of ten canola cultivars (Brassica napus L.) ('Opera', 'Licord', 'Okapi', 'Talaye', 'Zarfam', 'Modena', 'SLM 046 ', 'Sarigol', 'RGS 003 ' and 'Hayula 420 ') on consumption an...

In this research, three age groups of Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) eggs (1-, 2- and 3-day-old eggs) were exposed to ultraviolet irradiation (UVC) with 254nm wavelength for 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 and 40 minutes, under controlled conditions. The effect of UVC-irradiation on reproduction and population growth parameters investigated for eg...

Wheat, Triticum aestivum L. is of one the most important cultivated crop plants that are grown extensively for food in the world. The green wheat aphid, Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) (Hem.: Aphididae) is an important pest of wheat in Iran causes severe damage to the crop. In this research, thermal requirements of parasitoid wasp, Diaretiella rapae...

Aphidius matricariae Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is a polyphagous solitary endoparasitoid, attacking more than 40 species of aphids. This parasitoid is an important commercial product of many companies that produce biological control agents. Storage at low temperature increases the shelf life of many biocontrol agents, allowing companies to p...

Organisms are often exposed to various stresses such as heat. The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) is a serious pest of cruciferous crops in Iran and the world. The effect of short-term temperature stress on egg stage of P. xylostella and its demographic parameters were studied under laboratory conditions. Diamo...

This study was based on examination of specimens of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum. Totally thirteen species from eleven genera and seven subfamilies, including Braconinae (One genus-One species), Cardiochilinae (1-1), Doryctinae (1-4), Macrocernrinae (1-2) , Opiinae (2-2), Rhyssalinae...

Traditionally, entomologists have used destructive methods especially dissection in order to investigate the important taxonomic characters of specimens. New technologies for imaging and analyzing in taxonomy, offer opportunities to deposit three-dimensional (3D) data to proposed for rare and valuable type materials in museums and collections. Micr...