Mohammad Khanjani

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• Ph.D
• Professor at Bu-Ali Sina University

دانه گرده گیاهان جایگزین و مکمل غذایی مهمی برای تولیدمثل شکارگران مختلف از جمله سن¬های شکارگر می¬باشد. امروزه سن شکارگر Orius laevigatus، یک عامل مهارگر زیستی تجاری شده برای کنترل آفات گلخانه¬ای به¬ویژه تریپس غربی گل استفاده می¬شود. بدین لحاظ جدول زندگی این شکارگر، تحت تاثیر پنج رژیم غذایی شامل دانه گرده کلزا، تخم¬های Ephestia kuehniella Zeller ،Si...

Dry fruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis (L.) (Astigmata: Carpoglyphidae) Usually causes damage to sugar-rich stored products such as dried fruits, dairy products, vegetables, and honey, and is also the suitable substrate of homage microorganisms such as Botrytis create. C. lactis in biological control acts as a substitute prey for the predator species o...

Carpoglyphus lactis (L.) (Astigmata: Carpoglyphidae) is a cosmopolitan mite that is usually found on stored products (dried fruits, dairy ingredients especially cheese, and even processed grains). This causes both direct and indirect damage, As a result of its activity, a suitable substrate for the activity of microorganisms will be provided, which...

The symbiotic relationship between microorganisms and arthropods is very common in nature. Some of the symbiotic microorganisms alter the normal sex-determining mechanisms in arthropods, causing sex-ratio deviation, killing males, and eventually leading to asexual reproduction and the possibility of species extinction. In the biocontrol of agricult...

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...

Oak belongs to the genus Quercus L. and has 9 species in Iran. Many of its species are native to the Alborz and Zagros mountain ranges and are found in the provinces of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, Semnan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Fars, Golestan. , Mazandaran and Gil...

The area under peach cultivation in the world is equal to 2,223,190 hectares and the global production of peaches is currently more than 3,524,8232 tons (FAO, 2014). Nal bud mite. (Acari: Eriophyoidea) Tacitus photocopies were reported in 1890 by Nalpa from European countries, in 1963 by Talhouq from Lebanon and Syria on almonds and plums, and by K...

Walnut, (scientific name Juglans Regia L.,) belongs to the Nehandangan category, the subcategory of the dicotyledons, the Ammentals order, and the walnut family. The pomegranate (scientific name Punica granatum L.) is one of the members of the dark pomegranate family (Punicaceae). Fig )scientific name Ficus carica L.( is a plant from the Moraceae f...

In greenhouse crops, the first solution is to control pests using chemical pesticides. This work increases the consumption of poisons and pollution of the environment on the one hand and other have it causes the resistance of pests to poisons, so in recent years the release of predatory mites A. swirskii in greenhouses has been used for pest contro...

The creation and expansion of urban green spaces are necessary and important, considering the ever-increasing human population and expansion of urban constructions, as well as the vital need of humans for green spaces to create social, physical, and spiritual balance. Suitable urban green space can be considered one of the effective factors in redu...

The superfamily Tetranychoidea families Tetranychidae, Tenuipalpidae, Tuckerellidae, Allochaetophoridae and Linotetranidae. The families Tetranychidae and Tenuipalpidae are the most economically important in agriculture. Feeding these mites directly from agricultural products causes economic damage and in some cases causes the transmission of plant...

Currently the genus Prunus (Rosaceae) contains more than 250 worldwide known species which were associated with fruitful trees like apricot, almond, peach, cherry, nectarine and plums, and fruitless plants such as ornamental bushes. Eriophyoid mites are obligatory plant feeders that well adapted to living on plants. They are mostly specialists know...

In this study, Protogamasellopsis rhizoglyphusi sp. nov., the tenth species of the genus Protogamasellopsis, is collected and described from Iran, based on the stages of larva, protonymph, deutonymph and adult female. It was collected from soil and litter under Gladiolus communis L. which was infested with Rhizoglyphus echinopus and R. robini. A ke...

The predator mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot is one of the most common biological-control agent of different mitesand insect pests such as two-spotted spider mite and Greenhouse whitefly. To evaluate its potential role as biological control agents, the presentsurvey, investigates the life historyof A. swirskiiwhen fed on eggs of Tetranychus...

In the field of innocent defendants and convicts' damage compensation who have endured further losses due to issue criminal supply contracts or orders execution, their innocence has been cleared by issuing acquittance sentences. It counted as one of the most challenging issues in private and criminal law. In these recent years, based on positive ch...

Eriophyoid mites from plum trees (Prunus domestica L.) in Hamadan Province, northwestern Iran, were collected during a survey in 2018–2020. Altogether 12 species, belonging to eight genera and two families, are reported herein. Five species are new to science and five species are new records for Hamadan province of Iran. The collected mites accordi...

Deformed wing virus is one of the most common viral infections in honeybee populations around the world. In this study, a total of 30 apiaries located in different geographical regions of Hamedan, Iran were analyzed for the presence of deformed wing virus on capped larvae and workers of the honeybee, Apis mellifera (Hym: Apidae), as well as the par...

The honey bee is a key pollinator in natural and agricultural ecosystems. Unfortunately, the population of this rather important insect is declining worldwide due to factors such as infection with RNA viruses. Apiaries in Iran are also faced with these challenges, therefore, this study was conducted to identify the Lake Sinai virus (LSV) in both ho...

A stigmaeid species, Ledermuelleriopsis punicae Khanjani, Mohammadi, Ghiasi, Izadi and Mirmoayedi (Acariformes: Stigmaeidae), originally found in Iran, is newly recorded from Turkey and re-described. The specimens of L. aminiae Nazari and Khanjani and L. aydinensis Akyol and Gül are reexamined , and L. aydinensis Akyol & Gül syn. nov. is proposed a...

Dermacentor marginatus is a known vector of Rickettsia slovaca and Anaplasma ovis distributed across Eurasia. A total of 300 D. marginatus adult male ticks were collected, removed from sheep in East Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran. The DNA of Rickettsia and Anaplasma were found in 10 (two pools) ticks by PCR amplifying parts of ompA and msp4...

Two new species of the genus Raphignathus, R. seraji sp. nov. and R. rakhshandehi sp. nov., are described and illustrated based on females collected from soil under Astragalus sp. bushes, along Gamasiab river, Nahavand, Hamedan province, Iran. An updated key to all known species of Raphignathus is given.

A new species of the genus Caligonella Berlese (Acari: Trombidiformes: Caligonellidae), C. astagalusi n. sp., is described and illustrated based on the female. The specimens of the new species were collected from soil and litter under Astragalus sp. bushes (Fabaceae) in Nahavad, Hamedan province, western Iran. A key to all known species of the genu...

To date seven species of the genus Sphaerotarsus Womersley, 1936 have been described namely, three exclusively from larvae, three from postlarval forms and one from larvae and postlarval forms. In this study, the larvae of a fifth species are described and illustrated from Iran, namely: Sphaerotarsus sadafae sp. nov. collected from soil and litter...

The predatory mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot is one of the most common biological-control agent of different mites and insect pests, such as two-spotted spider mite and greenhouse whitefly. To evaluate A. swirskii potential role in controlling three pest species, the present survey investigated the life history of this predatory mite when...

In the plum orchards, in the vicinity of Hamedan, we found different phytophagous insects and mites with eriphyiods the main group. To date, no eriophyiods were reported from this region. In this study two new species were collected and identified namely: Diptacus hamedanicus sp. nov.and Tetra prunura sp. nov. from Prunus domestica (L.) (Rosaceae)...

The current study evaluated the negative effects of different doses of Imazethapyr on the population density of some natural enemies such as ladybug, earwig and Carabid beetles. The experiment was carried out on weed-infested established alfalfa farms for two consecutive growing seasons i.e. spring and summer during 2014-2015. The experiment was la...

A new species of the genus Tycherobius Boland, 1886 viz. T. banehiensis sp. nov. was collected from soil under oak trees in the vicinity of Baneh city, Kurdistan Province, Iran and was described and illustrated based on female. A key to the all known species of the world is provided.

BACKGROUND The walnut leaf gall mite (WLGM) (Aceria tristriata (Nalepa)) is one of the major pests of walnut in western Iran. The use of a resistant variety is an economical and environment‐friendly method of pest control. The aim of the present study is to assess resistance of some walnut cultivars and genotypes in relation to WLGM. Also, the curr...

The fungus gnat Lycoriella auripilla Winnertz (Diptera: Sciaridae) is a key pest of mushroom production in Iran where it can be a year-round problem on commercial farms. We evaluated the entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) and the predatory soil mite, Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini) (Mesostigmata: Laelap...

Obtaining clean DNA from mites to be used in molecular studies has always been a challenging task. In this study, five protocols (CTAB-based handmade kit, salting out protocol, STE protocol, modified CTAB-based protocol and wizard Genomic DNA purification kit) were evaluated to extract DNA from Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bagdasarjani. Quantitative a...

Aleuroclava jasmini (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a major insect pest of paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera) in Iran, negatively affecting its production. Considering the importance of oils in the integrated management programs of such pests, the present study examined the possibility of whitefly control on paper mulberry plant to assess mortali...

The whitefly, Aleuroclava jasmini (Takahashi) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is an important pest on paper mulberry Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) Vent. (Moraceae) plants in green spaces of Tehran, Iran. The predator mite Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot is one of the most common species found in paper mulberry landscape and it is a major biological con...

The whitefly, Aleuroclava jasmini Takahashi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an important pest on paper mulberry Brousson etiapapyrifera (L.) Vent. (Moraceae) plants in the green space of Tehran, Iran. Considering the importance of essential oils in the integrated management program of pests, the present survey were carried out to assess the insecticida...

Aegyptobia gotohi sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female specimens collected from barberry bushes, Berberis sp. (Berberidaceae) in Nurabad, Lorestan province, Iran.

A new species belonging to the family Acaridae, Tyrophagus hamedaniensis sp. nov., is described and illustrated from specimens collected from soil and litter beneath forest trees, Hamedan province, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian species of the genus Tyrophagus is provided.

The whitefly, Aleuroclava jasmini Takahashi (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is an important pest on paper mulberry Brousson etiapapyrifera (L.) Vent. (Moraceae) plants in the green space of Tehran, Iran. Considering the importance of essential oils in the integrated management program of pests, the present survey were carried out to assess the insecticida...

A new species of the genus Raphignathus, R. kurdistaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on females collected from soil under oak trees in Baneh, Kurdistan province, Iran. A key to all known species of the genus Raphignathus is given.

Molothrognathus kurdistaniensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on females collected from soil under apple trees, Qorveh, Kurdistan province, Iran. A key to all known Iranian species of the genus Molothrognathus is provided.

The twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae), is an important pest of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) grown in greenhouses and outdoors. In this study, we evaluated the resistance status of five common strawberry cultivars (‘Aromas’, ‘Kurdistan’, ‘Missionary’, ‘Paros’, and ‘Queen Elisa’) under laboratory condit...

The two-spotted spider mite (TSSM), Tetranychus urticae Koch, is an important pest of strawberries grown both in greenhouse and field, and also may be infested at high humid condition. In this study, we evaluated the life history and demographic parameters of TSSM on five varieties (Frenzo, Karsin-Berg, Klassica, Pajaro, and Ventana) of strawberry...

A new species of the genus Tenuipalpus, T. pariae sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on female, male and immature stages, collected from leaves of caper bushes, Capparis sp. (Capparaceae) from Gamasiab, Nahavand, Hamedan Province, Iran. A key to all known Iranian species is provided.

The strawberry spider mite (SSM), Tetranychus turkestani Ugarov & Nikolski (Acari: Tetranychidae), often causes serious damage to a wide range of low-growing crops such as melon, strawberry, etc. For a rational pest management, it is important to evaluate melon genotypes resistance to SSM. In this study, fourteen melon genotypes including Galia, CM...

The Greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), (Hem.: Aleyrodidae) is a key pest in rose greenhouses in the world. For control this pest, bioassay of Neem essential oil, Citowett and Volk on fixed stages (second, third and puparium) and adult stage of the insect were performed under greenhouse conditions. In additional, the bioassay...

Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to study the expression of some marker genes involved in the interaction between grape (Vitis vinifera L.) and the erineum mite Colomerus vitis Pagenstecher (Acari: Eriophyidae). Potted vines of cultivars Atabaki (resistant to C. vitis), Ghalati (susceptible to C. vitis) and Muscat Gordo (mo...

Abstract Grape (Vitis vinifera) is commonly affected by the erineum strain of Colomerus vitis (GEM) in Iran and the susceptibility of grape cultivars to GEM is poorly understood. In order to evaluate the impact of GEM on grape and its defense mechanisms against the mite, an exploratory study was carried out on 19 cultivars (18 Iranian and the non-n...

Grape (Vitis vinifera) is commonly affected by the erineum strain of Colomerus vitis (GEM) in Iran and the susceptibility of grape cultivars to GEM is poorly understood. In order to evaluate the impact of GEM on grape and its defense mechanisms against the mite, an exploratory study was carried out on 19 cultivars (18 Iranian and the non-native Mus...

The present experiment was aimed at determining the influence of the grape erineum strain of Colomerus vitis (GEM) (Acari: Eriophyidae) on responses of local grapevine cultivars. GEM was applied at five density levels to each of five cultivars, i.e. Shahani, Sahebi Uroomie, Khalili Bovanat, Rishbaba and Sezdang Ghalat (listed from early to late gra...

The erineum strain of Colomerus vitis (GEM) is the most destructive pest of vineyards in western Iran and sometimes causes considerable damages to the grapevine. Little information is available on the susceptibility of the grapevine to this pest and its knowledge can be useful for a sustainable management of GEM. The present study was aimed at eval...

Two new species of the genus Oligonychus Berlese, namely O. shojaeii sp. nov. and O. hamedaniensis sp. nov., are described from plane trees, Platanus orientalis L. (Platanaceae), in Hamedan, Hamedan province, Iran. Four species are re-described based on new Iranian material: O. afrasiaticus (McGregor, 1939), O. coniferarum (McGregor, 1950), O. puni...

Gaeolaelaps aculeifer (Canestrini, 1883) is a soil-dwelling predatory mite with potential for use as a biological control agent of fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) in mushroom production. The life table, predation rate and population growth rate of G. aculeifer on a diet of larvae of the sciarid fly, Lycoriella auripila, at 23 ± 1°C, 60 ± 5% RH an...

The sweet cherry Prunus avium L. and sour cherry Prunus cerasus L. are considered important fruit trees, providing valuable and delicious fruit worldwide. We compared the susceptibility of 10 cultivars of sweet cherry and 5 genotypes of sour cherry to Bryobia rubrioculus Scheuten feeding by manually counting brown spots and by measuring damaged lea...

This paper presents the re-description of Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909, collected from soil and litter under apricot trees, Prunus armeniaca L. (Rosaceae), Hamedan region, Iran. Also, a key to Iranian Bdella species is provided.

This study presents the morphological characteristics of immature and adult male stages of Paraseiulus amacroporus Faraji, Jalaeian and McMurtry, 2008 (Phytoseiidae) collected from pistachio trees, Pistacia atlantica Desf. (Anacardiaceae), Shiraz vicinity (Fars province), South west Iran. The genders of the deutonymphal stage can be determined by t...

Two new species of Bdellidae, viz. Spinibdella pourmirzaei Eghbalian, Khanjani & Ueckermann n. sp. from soil and litter under apricot trees and Odontoscirus denheyeri Eghbalian, Khanjani & Ueckermann n. sp. (Acariformes: Bdellidae) from soil and litter under weeds are described, illustrated and a key to the adults of all species of Spinibdella with...

Neopronematus iranensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated and the female and male of Pronematus rykei (Meyer & Rodrigues, 1966) are re-described and reported for the first time from Iran. These species were collected from walnut leaves infested by leaf blister mite, Aceria tristriatus, (Nalepa, 1890), in Hamedan and Lorestan provinces, Iran. Fu...

In order to study fauna of Prostigmata, some soil samples and insect specimens were collected from different parts of Rey County, Tehran province, during March to October, 2016. The insects were captured by a light trap, netting and exploring their habitats (in particular ants and beetles). After transferring into the laboratory, mites were extract...

The economic importance of mites of the family Iolinidae Pritchard, 1956 (Trombidiformes: Tydeoidea) is poorly-known except of iolinids living on foliage which have an important role in providing alternative food for phytoseiid mites when other prey is unavailable or in biological control of plant pathogens. They can also act as predators of tetran...

Alfalfa as a forage crop constitutes the largest area of planting in the world as Iran, and it plays an important role in feeding livestock due to its high protein content. One of the challenges of alfalfa production is the presence of weeds Alfalfa are particularly susceptible to weed competition because they are not vigorous competitors and weeds...

CITATIONS 3 READS 108 5 authors, including: Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: effects of different concentrations of entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana and spirodiclofen on biological parameters of two spotted spider mite Tetranychus orticae on cucumber and bean host plants View project Grou...

In the most recent decade, nanoscale materials have received much attention because of their applications in the field of toxicology and biopesticides. Mentha piperita L. and Salvia officinalis L., as green pesticides were incorporated into Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) solution about 14%wt which were successfully electrospun into mats with ∼58 nm fiber d...

The present study is based on oribatid mite materials (Acari, Oribatida) collected from Taiwan in 2009-2010. A list of identified taxa, including 34 species from 30 genera and 21 families, is presented; of these, the subspecies Tectocepheus velatus sarekensis, the species Suctobelbella (Flagrosuctobelba) cf. elegantula, Paralamellobates misella, Pr...

This paper reports the description of immature stages (larva, protonymph and deutonymph) as well as redescription of the adults, female and male, of Kuzinellus kuzini (Wainstein, 1962), collected from a walnut infested by the leaf gall mite, Aceria tristriatus (Nalepa), in the Hamedan and Lorestan Provinces, Iran. Furthermore, a key and table to th...

A new species of the genus Ledermuelleriopsis, L. aminiae sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on female and male specimens collected from soil under oak trees, Karchan region, Markazi province, Iran.

This paper provides a re-description and description of all ontogenetic stages of the acarid mite, Tyrophagus perniciosus Zakhvatkin, 1941, collected from the soil and under forest trees litter in Hamedan province, Western Iran.

This paper reports the morphological characteristics of immatures and adults of Typhlodromus (Anthoseius) bagdasarjani Wainstein and Arutunjan, 1967 (Phytoseiidae) collected from plum trees, Prunus domestica L. (Rosaceae), infected with two-spotted spider mites (Tetranychidae) in the Hamedan region, Western Iran. The genders of the deutonymphal sta...

During a survey in Kermanshah province, western Iran, seven species of mites of the genus Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae) were collected from 2006 to 2013. Tydeus helenipanoue Ka ´zmierski, 1998 is recorded for the first time in Iran. Tydeus californicus (Banks, 1904), T. electus Kuznetzov 1973, T. inclutus Livshitz, 1973, T. kochi Oudemans,...

Brown mite, Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten) is the most important pest of cherry and plum trees in West Iran. Mites caused considerable damage in select orchards in West Iran. So its biology was studied during 2010 and 2011. This pest overwintered as egg on fruit tree shoots. Larvae of the first generation appeared early in April at 10.58 °C. This p...

During a survey in Kermanshah province, western Iran, seven species of mites of the genus Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae) were collected from 2006 to 2013. Tydeus helenipanoue Ka ´zmierski, 1998 is recorded for the first time in Iran. Tydeus californicus (Banks, 1904), T. electus Kuznetzov 1973, T. inclutus Livshitz, 1973, T. kochi Oudemans,...

Two new species of the genus Petrobia Murray, 1877, subgenus Petrobia, are described from Iran: P. (P.) norbakhshi sp. nov. from wild garlic and P. (P.) hordei sp. nov. from barley. The former species is described from females, and the latter is from females, deutonymphs, protonymphs and larvae. Petrobia (P.) latens (Müller, 1776) is also re-descri...

A new species of the genus Molothrognathus, M. shirazicus sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on the females collected from soil under desert poplar and oriental arborvitae in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran.

Essential oils as alternative synthetic pesticides for pest management of foodstuffs have recently received increased attention. Controlled and slow release formulations of essential oils are used to enhance their efficiency. Two volatile essential oils of Mentha piperita L. and Salvia officinalis L. were investigated for release rate and mortality...

A new species belonging to the family Phytoseiidae, Paragigagnathus iraniensis n. sp., is described and illustrated from specimens collected on almond trees, Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb (Rosaceae), infested with two spotted spider mites (Tetranychidae) in Hamedan region, Iran. An identification key to all known species of the genus Paragigagnat...

Paurotyndareus Darbemamieh & Kazmierski n. gen. (Acari: Iolinidae: Tydaeolinae) is described and illustrated. The new genus can be separated from Tyndareus and near genera by reduced chaetotaxy of legs and genital region.This genus is characterized by double tip eupathidium at the end of palp, femur I with five setae, genu III with one seta, three...

In this paper, Genetic Programming (GP) based wavelet transform (WGP) was developed to forecast Significant Wave Height (SWH) in different lead times. The hourly SWH values for two buoy stations located in the North Atlantic Ocean were applied to train and validate the WGP model. For this purpose, the SWH main time series was decomposed into some s...

A new species of Hexabdella Van der Schyff, Theron & Ueckermann (Acariformes: Bdellidae), H. quercusi Eghbalian, Khanjani, Safaralizadeh, Ueckermann sp. nov., and a new species of Neomolgus Oudemans, N. iraniensis Eghbalian, Khanjani, Safaralizadeh, Ueckermann sp. nov., are described and illustrated. A key is provided for adult females of all known...

Forecasting of significant wave height (SWH) is necessary for most of ocean engineering activities. Different models have been applied to forecast SWH at various lead times. Here, group method of data handling as a data learning machine method is used to forecast the SWH for next 3, 6 and 12. The SWH data are collected from station 41036 located in...

This paper reports the redescription of all stages (egg, immatures and adult) of the mold mite, Tyrophagus putrecentiae (Schrank 1781), collected from bean leaves infested with opportunity fungus in the Department of plant protection laboratory, Hamedan, Iran.

During a survey in Kermanshah province, western Iran, seven species of mites of the genus Tydeus (Acari: Prostigmata: Tydeidae) were collected from 2006 to 2013. Tydeus helenipanoue Ka ´zmierski, 1998 is recorded for the first time in Iran. Tydeus californicus (Banks, 1904), T. electus Kuznetzov 1973, T. inclutus Livshitz, 1973, T. kochi Oudemans,...

Pepper plant Capsicum annuum L. has great nutritional value and many pharmaceutical properties but its sensitivity to pests such as Aphis gossypii Glover, especially in drought stress conditions, has limited its production. To evaluate the effect of drought stress on the population and damage rate of this pest in greenhouse condition, four moisture...

In this study, the group method of data handling (GMDH)-based wavelet transform (WT) was developed to forecast significant wave height (SWH) in different lead times. The SWH dataset was collected from a buoy station located in the North Atlantic Ocean. For this purpose, the time series of SWH was decomposed into some subseries using WT and then dec...

A new species of the family Tydeidae from Iran, Tydeus shabestariensis sp. nov., is described from adult males and fe-males collected from soil in apple orchards. A key to species of Tydeus of Iran, based on females, is provided. The male of Neopronematus sepasgosariani (Tydeoidea: Iolinidae) is also described and illustrated for the first time.

Brown mite, Bryobia rubrioculus Scheuten, is one of the most important pests of apple trees in western Iran. Development and fecundity of this mite were studied on apple at five constant temperatures (20, 22.5, 25, 27.5 and 30°C), 60 ± 5% RH and a photoperiod of 16:8 h (L: D). The developmental time of immature stages ranged from 39.65 ± 0.96 da...

The antixenosis effects of Galia, CMD-158, CMC-132, CMI-157, CMI-167, CMI-175, Ananasi, Yellow Canary, Samsoori, Honey Dew, Bargney, CM-170, Khaghani and Garmsari, and the life table parameters of T. turkestani on CMC-132, CMI-167, Ananasi, Samsoori, Honey Dew and Bargney, were examined at 28 ± 1°C, 65 ± 10 % RH and a photoperiod of 16:8 L:D. I...

In this paper, Neopronematus kamalii Darbemamieh and Hajiqanbar sp. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Iolinidae), collected from apricot leaves in Kermanshah province, Iran, is described and illustrated. Also, the following species were collected and identified from Kermanshah province, Iran: Neopronematus rapidus (Kuznetzov, 1972), Neopronematus solani Ła...

A new species of Brachytydeus Thor, 1931 (senior synonym of Lorryia Oudemans, 1925 sensu Kazmierski), Brachytydeus persiaensis n. sp., is described and illustrated. It was collected from peach orchards soil in Shendabad, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran.

The sweet-cherry is an important fruit tree economically, providing a valuable and delicious fruit all over the world. In recent years an injurious mite, the Bryobia rubrioculus Scheuten (Acari: Tetranychidae) has been populated on the sweet-cherry in the west of Iran, especially in Hamedan province. A biological study on this mite was carried out...