ABSTRACT- Desert truffles are hypogeous ascomyceteous ectomycorrhizal fungi, occurring in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. A PCR-based method was developed for the identification of 3 major desert truffles of Iran: Terfezia claveryi,... more
ABSTRACT- Desert truffles are hypogeous ascomyceteous ectomycorrhizal fungi, occurring in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. A PCR-based method was developed for the identification of 3 major desert truffles of Iran: Terfezia claveryi, Tirmania pinoyi and Tirmania nivea based on internal transcribed spacers of rDNA. Two specific PCR primers were designed for T. claveryi, 4 for T. pinoyi, and 2 for T. nivea. All primers were specific to their homologous species and neither set amplified purified DNA from other truffle species or soil-borne micromycetes. In conventional PCR, the limits of detection were 10-500 pg DNA. ITS-Tfc1 primers detected the species in host tissues using a nested-PCR method by ITS1 and ITS4 universal primers as external set.
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During 2009–10, the presence of ascomycetous species in soil was studied in Fars province. Isolates were recovered from soil using modified Czapek (Raper et al. 1973), malt extract agar (MEA) and potato dextrose agar (PDA). Teleomorphic... more
During 2009–10, the presence of ascomycetous species in soil was studied in Fars province. Isolates were recovered from soil using modified Czapek (Raper et al. 1973), malt extract agar (MEA) and potato dextrose agar (PDA). Teleomorphic characteristics such as morphology of ascocarps, asci, ascospores and anamorphic characteristics such as conidiophores, phialides, conidia and chlamydospores were investigated. Based on the above criteria two species were identified: Emericella echinulata and E. nidulans from which the former species is a new record for Iran.
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Botany, Biology, Biological Control, France, Aedes aegypti, and 15 moreFemale, Animals, Data, Bacteria, Bioassay, Beauveria bassiana, Citrus, Culex quinquefasciatus, Biopesticide, Crop Protection, Biological Pest Control, Entomopathogenic Nematode, Alternaria, Entomopathogenic fungus, and Anopheles stephensi
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<em>Rhizopogon</em>یک قارچ زیرزمینی است که به صورت قارچ-ریشه خارجی در همزیستی با اغلب اعضای تیره کاج (<em>Pinaceae</em>) بوده و پراکنش جهانی آن همسو با جنگل‌های کاج است. در ایران، مطالعات کمی در خصوص... more
<em>Rhizopogon</em>یک قارچ زیرزمینی است که به صورت قارچ-ریشه خارجی در همزیستی با اغلب اعضای تیره کاج (<em>Pinaceae</em>) بوده و پراکنش جهانی آن همسو با جنگل‌های کاج است. در ایران، مطالعات کمی در خصوص <em>Rhizopogon</em> صورت گرفته و اطلاعات اندکی در مورد این قارچ در دسترس است. در مطالعه حاضر، هفت نمونه<em>Rhizopogon</em><strong><em> </em></strong>که همراه با ریشه گونه گیاهی <em> Pinus eldarica</em> بودند، براساس خصوصیات مورفولوژیکی و مولکولی مورد بررسی قرار گرفتند. بر این اساس، تمام نمونه‌های دنبل دروغین<em>Rhizopogon</em><strong><em> </em></strong>همراه با ریشه این گونه گیاهی متعلق به جنس<em>Rhizopogon</em><strong><em> </em></strong>بودند. توالی دی.ان.ای. نمونه‌های <em>Rhizopogon</em> 100 درصد همولوژی با نمونه‌های معتبر ثبت شده در بانک ژن داشتند. درخت فیلوژنتیکی ترسیم شده براساس توالی‌های جداکننده نسخه‌برداری شده داخلی (آی.تی.اس.)، نشان داد که تمام نمونه‌های تحت بررسی با نمونه‌های معتبر مربوط به گونه <em>Rhizopogon</em> <em>roseolus</em> در یک شاخه با ضریب اطمینان بالا قرار گرفتند. این نخستین گزارش از وجود این گونه و میزبان آن در ایران است.
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Four hundred endophytic fungi isolates with different colony morphologies were isolated from roots of Hordeum vulgare L. collected from un-engineered landfills (the measured cadmium was 0.9 mg kg−1) of Kermanshah province in West Iran.... more
Four hundred endophytic fungi isolates with different colony morphologies were isolated from roots of Hordeum vulgare L. collected from un-engineered landfills (the measured cadmium was 0.9 mg kg−1) of Kermanshah province in West Iran. Based on morphology and phylogeny of DNA sequence data for the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA and comparing the sequences with that available in NCBI database, 11 isolates are identified as dark septate endophytes (DSE) including Alternaria alternata, Microdochium bolleyi, Bipolaris zeicola, Alternaria sp., and Pleosporales sp., and the other nine are not dark septate endophytes (non-DSE) including Fusarium redolens, Fusarium tricinctum, Fusarium monliforme, Clonostachys rosea, and Epicoccum nigrum. Tolerance of DSE and non-DSE strains for Cd were investigated in potato dextrose agar medium. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of Cd from nitrate salt source (Cd (NO3)2) and EC50 were determined. The means of MIC and EC50 values for DSE fungi species were 1254.5 and 209.74 mg/kg, compared to 800 and 150.3 mg/kg for non-DSEs. Among the endophytic fungi isolated, Alternaria sp. (TBR5) and Bipolaris zeicola (Tw26) showed the highest tolerance to Cd with a MIC value of 2000 mg/L and 1800 mg/L, respectively. Barley plants were inoculated with TBR5 and Tw26 in Cd-added sands (0, 10, 30, 60 mg Cd/kg sand). In terms of Cd accumulation, our results showed that TBR5 and Tw26 inoculation increased the amount of Cd in the barley roots. TBR5 and Tw26 significantly improved (p < 0.05) plant growth in the presence of Cd by enhancing plant growth attributes such as chlorophyll content, root weight, plant length, fresh weight, and dry weight of plants. This is the first study on the abundance and identification of endophytic root fungi of barley in a cadmium-contaminated soil in Iran. The results of this study showed that DSE and non-DSE have the potential to improve the efficiency of phytoremediation.
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In this study, two isolates of genus Microdochium (W2 and B26) was isolated from the roots of healthy barley plants in agricultural fields from Kermanshah province in 2014 and were identified as Microdochium bolleyi based on morphological... more
In this study, two isolates of genus Microdochium (W2 and B26) was isolated from the roots of healthy barley plants in agricultural fields from Kermanshah province in 2014 and were identified as Microdochium bolleyi based on morphological and molecular characteristics. Dual culture studies revealed that W2 and B26 inhibit 45% and 20% of the radial growth of Ggt in turn. The W2 isolate was inoculated on barley roots in order to assess its effect on suppressing take–all disease and promoting the growth of barley plants. Regarding suppression of disease test, pathogenicity index (the percentage of necrosis root disease severity) for the plants that were inoculated with endophytic M. bolleyi and Ggt at the same time was 0.6, compared to 4.4 for the plants that were inoculated with Ggt alone. M. bolleyi also increased significantly root fresh weight by 31.21%, aerial fresh weight by 15.15%, root length by 3.0%, aerial length by 2.35%, root dry weight by 30.94% and aerial dry weight by 12...
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Three unrecorded species of free-living nematodes, namely Chronogaster typica, Eutobrilus nothus and Thornenema baldum were collected from the rhizosphere of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Guilan province of Iran, during 2014-2016. The Iranian... more
Three unrecorded species of free-living nematodes, namely Chronogaster typica, Eutobrilus nothus and Thornenema baldum were collected from the rhizosphere of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Guilan province of Iran, during 2014-2016. The Iranian population of Chronogaster typica is characterized by having 950-1350 μm long body, specified crystalloid bodies and vacuolated lateral glandular bodies (VLGB), two well-developed lines in lateral fields and 125 to 169 μm long tail with a blunt ventral mucro at terminus without any spines. The Iranian population of Eutobrilus nothus, is distinguished by having 1250-1700 μm long body, funnel shaped buccal cavity, a small prominent tooth in each overlapping pockets, the six echinate ampulla and a longer and thicker thorn in the center. The Iranian population of Thornenema baldum, is characterized by short (800-1010 μm) body length, distinct post-labial sclerotizations, set off and narrower lip region than rest of the body and presence of bulges exact...
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Honey bee is one of the most important insects considering its role in agriculture,ecology and economy as a whole. In this study, the genetic diversity of different Iranian honey bee populations was evaluated using inter simple sequence... more
Honey bee is one of the most important insects considering its role in agriculture,ecology and economy as a whole. In this study, the genetic diversity of different Iranian honey bee populations was evaluated using inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) markers. During May to September 2014, 108 young worker honey bees were collected from six different populations in 30 different geoclimatic locations from Golestan, Mazendaran, Guilan, West Azerbaijan, East Azerbaijan, Ardebil provinces of Iran. DNA was extracted from the worker honey bees. The quality and quantity of extracted DNA were measured. A set of ten primers were screened with the laboratory populations of honey bees. The number of fragments produced in the different honey bee populations varied from 3 to 10, varying within 150 to 1500 bp. The used ten ISSR primers generated 40 polymorphic fragments, and the average heterozygosity for each primer was 0.266. Maximum numbers of bands were recorded for primer A1. A dendrogram bas...
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In this study, two specimens of G. cooperi associated with Pinus nigra were collected in Khorassan Razavi province in 2020 (Fig. 1a). Ascomata 50–55 mm in diameter, globose, subglobose to oblong, irregularly convoluted, peridium dark... more
In this study, two specimens of G. cooperi associated with Pinus nigra were collected in Khorassan Razavi province in 2020 (Fig. 1a). Ascomata 50–55 mm in diameter, globose, subglobose to oblong, irregularly convoluted, peridium dark brown and covered with light brown hairs, gleba white to pinkish-white, highly convoluted, convolutions close but separate (Fig. 1b,c). Hymenium 200–250 μm thick. Asci 180–270(215) × 15–22(16) μm, cylindrical, 8-spored, non-amyloid and tapering at the base (Fig. 1d, e). Paraphyses cylindrical, septate, swollen at the tips, nearly of the same level as ascus, enlarged at the apex up to 11.5 μm (Fig. 1f). Ascospores 18–27(23) × 13–17(14) μm, smooth, hyaline, broadly elliptical, thin-walled, generally with a large central guttule (Fig. 1g, h). Ectal excipulum 120 μm, 4–5 cells thick, dark brown, textura globulosa, cells oblong to circular in section, smooth, walls thick and dark brown, 24–40 × 18–27 μm, cells on the outside darker than the inner cells (Fig....
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Extradural clonidine produces analgesia in adults. To assess its efficacy in children, we randomized 45 pediatric patients aged 1-7 yr presenting for a subumbilical surgery into three groups of 15 each. After halothane and N2O/O2... more
Extradural clonidine produces analgesia in adults. To assess its efficacy in children, we randomized 45 pediatric patients aged 1-7 yr presenting for a subumbilical surgery into three groups of 15 each. After halothane and N2O/O2 induction, and with a double-blind protocol, caudal anesthesia was performed with 1 mL/kg of 0.25% bupivacaine. Epinephrine 1/200,000 was added in one group (EG), 1 microgram/kg of clonidine in another group (CG), and no additional medication in the last group (BG). Postoperative analgesia was evaluated using the Broadman &quot;objective pain/discomfort scale&quot; (OPS) at 1-h intervals until the first analgesic administration. There were no differences among the groups in age, weight, duration of surgery, baseline systolic arterial pressure, and heart rate. The mean (+/- SD) duration of analgesia was longer in the CG (987 +/- 573 min) than in the EG (377 +/- 341 min) and BG (460 +/- 439 min); P &lt; 0.01. The maximal OPS scores were lower in the CG than in the EG and BG (2.3 +/- 1.6 vs 3.4 +/- 1.4 and 3.4 +/- 1.8, respectively; P &lt; 0.05). More patients in the CG (n = 7) than in the EG (n = 1) and BG (n = 2) required no postoperative analgesia; P &lt; 0.05. No differences were found among the groups for the minimal respiratory rate and minimal Spo2 values in the postoperative phase, and there were no differences among the groups for heart rate and systolic arterial pressure during the 3 h after caudal anesthesia. We conclude that the duration of postoperative analgesia with caudal bupivacaine was significantly increased by the addition of 1 microgram/kg of clonidine.
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سنگ تراورتن عباس آباد یکی از معروف‌ترین و پرکاربردترین سنگ‌های تراورتن در کشور می‌باشد. معادن این سنگ در محلات واقع شده. در اکثر بازدیدهای انجام گرفته از کارگاه‌های مختلف سنگ‌های ساختمانی، رگه‌های سیاه رنگی روی سنگ‌ها مشاهده شد که از همین... more
سنگ تراورتن عباس آباد یکی از معروف‌ترین و پرکاربردترین سنگ‌های تراورتن در کشور می‌باشد. معادن این سنگ در محلات واقع شده. در اکثر بازدیدهای انجام گرفته از کارگاه‌های مختلف سنگ‌های ساختمانی، رگه‌های سیاه رنگی روی سنگ‌ها مشاهده شد که از همین قسمت‌ها سنگ‌ها دچار شکستگی می‌شدند و از این نظر خسارت هنگفتی به کارگاه‌ها وارد می‌شد. نمونه‌های مشکوک به آلودگی قارچی پس از جمع آوری به آزمایشگاه منتقل شد و جداسازی با استفاده از محیط کشت های سیب زمینی دکستروز آگار و عصاره مالت آگار انجام گرفت. یک جدایه بدست آمده از نمونه‌ها بر اساس خصوصیات ریخت‌شناسی و داده‌های توالی، به عنوان Ascotricha chartarum شناسایی شد. رشد این جدایه روی محیط کشت عصاره سیب زمینی دکستروز آگار و عصاره مالت آگار آهسته و پس از گذشت یک هفته یک سانتیمتر و ۸/۰ سانتیمتر به ترتیب بود. پریتسیوم‌ها برنگ قهوه‌ای تیره، کروی تا نیمه کروی، با گردن کوتاه، روزنه دار و به ابعاد ۱۲۳-۸۷ میکرومتر بودند. موهای آسکوکارپی دوشاخه، برنگ قهوه‌ای تیره تا تیره، مستقیم و دیواره دار بودند. آسکوسپورها در زمان بلوغ قهوه‌ای تیره تا تیره، بیضوی شکل، دارای سط...
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The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity among Chrysoperla carnea samples collected from different locations of Iran (including, East-Azerbaijan, West-Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Lorestan,... more
The objective of this study was to determine the genetic diversity among Chrysoperla carnea samples collected from different locations of Iran (including, East-Azerbaijan, West-Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Kerman, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Mazandaran, Gilan, Hormozgan and Hamedan provinces) using the Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) and mitochondrial (Cytochrome Oxidase I - COI) molecular markers in 2016-2018. The results showed that a total of 64 bands were produced by ten primers of ISSR markers which among them 43 bands were polymorphic. The highest and lowest polymorphic percentages belonged to primer UBC-809 (88.88%) and primer UBC-886 (33.33%), respectively. The results of cluster analysis based on ISSR marker data divided the samples into three separate clusters. This grouping was also confirmed by analysis of molecular variance. According to the results of the analysis of molecular variance diversity within and among groups was about 84% and 16%, respectively. In the present study fi...
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In this study, eighty isolates of Fusarium were obtained from the uncultivated soils and roots of chickpea plants showing typical black root rot symptoms from different areas of Kermanshah province, west Iran during 2015 to 2017. Based on... more
In this study, eighty isolates of Fusarium were obtained from the uncultivated soils and roots of chickpea plants showing typical black root rot symptoms from different areas of Kermanshah province, west Iran during 2015 to 2017. Based on colony morphology, growth pattern, and micromorphological characteristics, the most prevalent Fusarium species recovered from uncultivated soil were F. redolens , 38 isolates (64%), followed by F. oxysporum , 12 isolates (20%), F. solani , seven isolates (11%) and Neocosmospora vasinfecta , three isolates (5%). All isolates recovered from chickpea plants with black root rot symptom were identified as F. redolens according to macro-micromorphological and molecular characteristics. After grouping, 27 isolates were selected for molecular confirmation by phylogeny of DNA sequence data for the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA and translation EF1α intergenic regions. The results of the pathogenicity test under greenhouse condition revealed that all isolates of F. redolens obtained from chickpea plants with black root rot symptoms in this study and N. vasinfecta from uncultivated soil are pathogenic to chickpea cultivar Bivanij. Two weeks after inoculation with F. redolens and N. vasinfecta , symptoms developed as black cankers that extended upward and downward of roots of all emerged seedlings. Re-isolation from all inoculated plants after observation of symptoms were performed, and isolates were compared to original cultures thus fulfilling Koch’s postulates. According to the results of canonical correspondence analysis, soil texture, altitude, CaCO 3 , EC, carbon, organic matter and pH in descending order were recognized as the most important environmental variables for the distribution of Fusarium species in soil. Fusarium redolens reflected a soil with very low sand, carbon, organic matter and intermediate pH, EC and CaCO 3. Results of this study suggest that previously reported F. oxysporum in western Iran on chickpea might have been mistaken. This is the first report of pathogenicity of F. redolens and N. vasinfecta on chickpea from Iran.
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From aerial parts of declining shade trees, a fungus was consistantly recoverd and purified and based on morphological features was identified as Nattrassia mangiferae form 1.The pathogen was isolated from 16 species of plants in 16... more
From aerial parts of declining shade trees, a fungus was consistantly recoverd and purified and based on morphological features was identified as Nattrassia mangiferae form 1.The pathogen was isolated from 16 species of plants in 16 families. Pathogenicity of 70 isolates of N. mangiferae was confirmed on 10 plant species under natural and greenhouse conditions. Disease symptoms on the detached stems in the laboratory appeared in three different types: canker, dense and thin sooty layers of arthrospores. On fresh detached shoots, although the pathogen produced canker but the progress of the disease was slow with little sporulation. Minimum , optimum and maximum temperatures for growth on potato dextrose agar; were 1520, 30-35, 35-37° C, respectively. Surveying air spora in Shiraz during summer using vaseline coated microscopic slides and Petri plates contaning PDA supplemented with PCNB (100 mg/l) and Benomyl (100 mg/l) with lid off, yielded few spores of N. mangiferae.
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In this study, the morphometric diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Iranian honey bee populations, were investigated using 14 morphometric characteristics. A total of 2250 young adult worker bees from 20 different populations in... more
In this study, the morphometric diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Iranian honey bee populations, were investigated using 14 morphometric characteristics. A total of 2250 young adult worker bees from 20 different populations in 20 different provinces of Iran were collected during June to October 2014. The results of nested analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences (P<0.01) between the provinces for all analyzed morphometric traits indicating the existence of a diversity among them. Correlation coefficient analysis showed a high degree of association among the most of the traits. This correlation coefficient should be a putative mean to improve of certain characters in breeding of honey bee. Principal component analysis revealed three principal components explained 81.5% of the total variation. Cluster analysis using WARD method classified honey bee populations into two main groups. The first group includes the honey bees collected from North, No...
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As hydratation of the normal brain is much more dictated by osmotic gradients than by hydrostatic or oncotic pressures, this study aimed to compare the effect of the infusion of currently used volume loading solutions on plasma... more
As hydratation of the normal brain is much more dictated by osmotic gradients than by hydrostatic or oncotic pressures, this study aimed to compare the effect of the infusion of currently used volume loading solutions on plasma osmolality. Randomized, comparative trial. Thirty ASA 1-2 patients, scheduled for lumbar intervertebral disc surgery were randomly allocated to three groups receiving either 2,000 mL of lactated Ringer's solution (RL, n = 10), 750 mL of hydroxyethylstarch 6% (HEA, n = 10) or 2,000 mL of normal saline (NaCl, n = 10). Baseline osmolality, natraemia, glycaemia and protidaemia were measured before induction of anaesthesia (T1), after the infusion of 375 mL of hydroxyethylstarch or 1,000 mL of crystalloids (T2) and at the end of the infusion (T3). The three groups were identical for age, weight, initial plasma osmolality and natraemia. However, osmolality in the RL group was decreased at T2 and T3 compared to T1 (respectively: 299 +/- 5 mOsm.kg-1, 295 +/- 4 mO...
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The use of adrenaline added to bupivacaine during epidural analgesia for labour is controversial. The effects of epidural analgesia with bupivacaine containing adrenaline on maternal blood pressure and heart rate, uterine activity,... more
The use of adrenaline added to bupivacaine during epidural analgesia for labour is controversial. The effects of epidural analgesia with bupivacaine containing adrenaline on maternal blood pressure and heart rate, uterine activity, progress of labour, fetal heart rate and Apgar scores, were assessed using visual analogue pain scores, upper level of sensory block and motor blockade in 60 parturients who were allocated randomly to receive: 10 mL of bupivacaine 0.25% plain (group I) or with adrenaline 5 micrograms mL-1 (group II) or with adrenaline 1.66 micrograms mL-1 (group III). The first stage of labour was significantly longer in group II than in group I [414 +/- 49 vs. 296 +/- 24 min (+/- SD)]. There were no other significant differences. It is concluded that adrenaline at 5 micrograms mL-1 significantly prolongs the first stage of labour. Neither adrenaline 5 micrograms mL-1 nor 1.66 micrograms mL-1 has any beneficial effect.
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<i>Merizomena klapperichi</i> Jedlicka, 1956 <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 2.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> Afghanistan, Iran,... more
<i>Merizomena klapperichi</i> Jedlicka, 1956 <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 2.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Jordan, and Pakistan. In Iran, this species was cited from Hormozgan and Sistan va Baluchestan provinces by Azadbakhsh <i>et al.</i> (2016). <b>New province record for Bushehr.</b> <b>Biology.</b> The specimens were collected by light trap.
<i>Calodromius mayeti</i> (Bedel, 1907) <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 1.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> Morocco, Tunisia, and... more
<i>Calodromius mayeti</i> (Bedel, 1907) <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 1.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> Morocco, Tunisia, and Iran. In Iran, it is recorded from Hormozgan province by Azadbakhsh <i>et al.</i> (2016). <b>New province record for Bushehr.</b> <b>Biology.</b> The specimens were collected by light trap.
<i>Chlaenius</i> (<i>Chlaenius</i>) <i>festivus festivus</i> Panzer, 1796 <b>Material Examined.</b> Hormozgan province, Geno env., 18.II.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens).
<i>Cymbionotum mandli</i> Jedlička, 1963 <b>Material Examined.</b> Hormozgan province, Hasan-Langi. 9.III.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg., &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> This species was... more
<i>Cymbionotum mandli</i> Jedlička, 1963 <b>Material Examined.</b> Hormozgan province, Hasan-Langi. 9.III.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg., &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> This species was described by Jedlička (1963) from southeastern Iran, Hamun-e Jaz Murian, straddling the provinces of Kerman and Sistan and Baluchistan. <b>New province record for Hormozgan.</b> <b>Biology.</b> The specimens were collected by hand from under stones near the bank of a river.
Fig. 4. Habitat near Dalaki, Bushehr province. Photograph by S. Azadbakhsh.
<i>Brachinus</i> (<i>Cnecostolus</i>) <i>bagdatensis</i> Pic, 1902 <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 1.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens).... more
<i>Brachinus</i> (<i>Cnecostolus</i>) <i>bagdatensis</i> Pic, 1902 <b>Material Examined.</b> Bushehr province, Dalaki env., 1.IV.2016, S. Azadbakhsh leg. &amp; det. (2 specimens). <b>Distribution.</b> Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. In Iran, this species is cited from Hormozgan and Kerman provinces by Azadbakhsh and Nozari (2015). <b>New province record for Bushehr.</b> <b>Biology.</b> The specimens were collected by light trap.