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The ‘mefa’ package contains functions to create ad manage objects combining basic faunistic (sample/species/cont or cross-tabulated) count date and sample/species attribute tables. Segments within the count data and samples with zero count can be indicated and used in subsequent operations. Reports can be generated in plain text or LaTeX format.
In this paper the fauna of these beneficial insects is studied in some regions of three provinces Golestan, Mazandaran and Semnan (northern Iran). In total 43 species from 23 genera and 2 subfamilies Milesiinae and Syrphinae were collected and identified.
A faunistic survey of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) was accomplished in Tehran, Alborz and Qazvin provinces of Iran, during 2012 and 2013. In total, 30 species belong to five subfamilies (Chrysomelinae, Cryptocephalinae, Galerucinae, Cassidinae and Criocerinae) and 22 genera were identified.
This paper deals with the faunistic surveys on Eulophidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) of northwestern Iran. In total 17 species from 12 genera and 3 subfamilies (Entedoninae, Eulophinae, Tetrastichinae) were collected and identified. Chrysocharis pubens Delucchi, Pediobius eubius (Walker), Dicladocerus westwoodi Westwood, Miotropis unipuncta (Nees), Sympiesis viridula (Thomson), Aprostocetus pygmaeus (Zetterstedt) and Neotrichoporoides viridimaculatus (Fullaway) are new records for the fauna of Iran.
Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are some of the most potentially detrimental pests for agricultural crops and the ornamental plant industry in Iran. The present paper deals with the faunistic survey of whiteflies in two provinces of Iran, Khorasan and Semnan. During the survey a total of 16 species from 12 genera were collected and identified. Distribution data are given for the species.
A faunistic survey was carried out in order to monitor the occurrence of phytoseiid species in 82 vineyards located in 6 distinctive wine regions between 2004 and 2009. We have registered the habitat of the species present, and also identified the most widespread and abundant species which are the most important in limiting phytophagous mites. Twenty phytoseiid species as well as 7 species belonging to other families of the order Mesostigmata have been identified, out of which T. pyri has been the most dominant in all wine regions tested. Although the occurrence of 15 phytoseiid species has been known in Hungary before, 7 out of them have been collected in vineyards for the first time. A further 3 species have not been included in Hungarian faunistic works before this study. The species belonging to the families Ameroseiidae, Podocinidae and Ascidae are all new in vineyards, and Ameroseius pavidus (Koch, 1839) has been collected in the Hungarian fauna for the first time.
The present faunistic study was performed in East Azarbaijan province, northwest of Iran, in 2015–2016. A total of eleven species belonging to four genera of the subfamily Curculioninae were studied. Rhinusa eversmanni Rosenschoeld, 1838 is recorded for the first time from Iran. Photos of adult habitus of the newly recorded species along with a key to the Iranian species of the snout beetles identified in this study are provided.
Data are presented on the occurrence of 41 species of the Tetrastrichinae in Ankara based on materials obtained from grass. The present paper combines the faunistic and distributional data obtained from recent studies with all other species of the subfamily known from Turkey up to now. The number of the species and their genera are: Anaprostocetus Graham (2), Aprostocetus Westwood (12), Baryscapus Förster (15), Crataepus Förster (1), Neotrichoporoides Girault (6), Pronotalia Gradwell (2), Sigmophora Rondani (1), Tetrastichus Haliday (3). Fifteen species are reported for the first time in the Turkish fauna.
Author made regular mite collectings between 1990 and 2010 on ornamental trees and shrubs, on streets, parks, in city greenery, forests, botanical gardens and private gardens, in various localities of Hungary. During this survey a new Quercus-infesting eriophyoid mite species was collected: Brevulacus carpathicus n. sp. is described and illustrated from Quercus petraea. Rhyncaphytoptus cerrifoliae Farkas is redescribed from Quercus cerris. Both species produce wax and are vagrant on the leaf undersurface. Two other species, viz. Aceria cichorii Petanović, Boczek et Shi and Cecidophyes tristernalis (Nalepa) are new species for the fauna of Hungary. Some faunistic data on the known taxa from this country are included.
Abstract
Fifteen new occurrences of ragweed leaf beetle (Ophraella communa LeSage, 1986) are presented from Hungary based on targeted faunistic investigations and the results of our call for citizen scientists. All records are concentrated on the nearby regions of Budapest, suggesting that the species was introduced to this northern central region of the country by human activity. The high number of new occurrences indicates that the species is steadily established in this region. In contrast, the natural dispersal from the neighbouring southern countries seems not to cross the Hungarian borders yet.
