Mohammed Okely

Ain Shams University · Department of Entomology

The genus Anthrax Scopoli is a well-known genus of bee flies, with 16 species recorded from Egypt, out of about 250 species known worldwide. Six of these species seem to be endangered or threatened (at least in a part of their distribution range) as they disappeared from most of their Egyptian localities which faced severe changes in the floral and...

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of the most important public health threats in many regions across Africa, Europe, and Asia. This study used ecological niche modeling analyses to map the environmental suitability of both CCHF virus (CCHFV), and its tick vectors (Amblyomma variegatum, Dermacentor marginatus, Hyalomma marginatum, Hyalom...

Ticks are important vectors of emerging health problems in humans and animals. We conducted several field surveillances to investigate the fauna of hard ticks on domestic animals in seven governorates of Egypt during 2018–2019. A total of 3265 individual tick specimens were collected and identified to the species level; the specimens belong to 11 s...

The checklist of hard ticks in Egypt was updated with 44 tick species. Hosts, geographical distribution, and pathogens of the hard ticks collected from domestic animals were also reviewed based on our investigation and published data from 1915 to 2021. Lower Nile Valley (including the Delta) had the largest number of hard tick species from domestic...

The present study reports anomalies in Hyalomma dromedarii and Hyalomma rufipes adults collected from dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) in Aswan, Egypt, between January and June 2022. A total of 52 adult ticks displayed one or several local and/or general anomalies. A wide variety of local anomalies was observed including atrophy of one or mul...

Rhipicephalus annulatus is a tick species of veterinary importance due to its potential to transmit babesiosis to cattle. This species has a Holarctic distribution with some Afrotropical records and is one-host species of veterinary importance. This study was carried out from September 2021 to February 2022 at 6 Egyptian collection sites, and a tot...

Fromundus pygmaeus is recorded from Egypt for the first time, where eight specimens were collected from Qift road between Qena and El-Quseer. Morphological characters of the collected specimens were illustrated with light and scanning electron microscopic images.

Polychromatism in adult Deroplax silphoides (heteroptera: scutelleridae) and a morphological examination of the immature stages, Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences (2022), doi: https://doi. Polychromatismin adult Deroplax silphoides (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) and a morphological examination of the immature stages Abstract Polychromatism is a ve...

Egyptian flower mantis Blepharopsis mendica (Order: Mantodea) is a widespread mantis species throughout the southwest Palaeartic region. The ecological and geographical distribution of such interesting species is rarely known. So, through this work, habitat suitability models for its distribution through Egyptian territory were created using Maxent...

Background Egypt forms a home for the highest number of recorded Mantodea species of the Palaearctic Region. The status and ecology of such diversity are far from being completely understood. Main body Through this study, the similarity of Mantodea species composition among Egyptian ecological zones has been examined by using the Sørensen-Dice coe...

Invasive species continue to be a noteworthy risk to a wide range of biological systems and species diversity throughout the world. At present, accessible data about invasive species in Egypt are still insufficient despite the genuine danger these species pose to the Egyptian environment, economy and human well-being. The present study adds new dis...

Mantis is charismatic predatory creatures of order Mantodea. They constituted small insects order with about 2500 species. They form one of the most diverse and unique predatory insects on variety of ecosystems and habitats through our planet. Through this work basic information about these insects on Egypt are provided including comprehensive lite...