Zoology in the Middle East, Volume 61, Issue 1 (2015)

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Zoology in the Middle East, Volume 61, Issue 1 (2015)

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Mammalia

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Tattoo-like skin disease in the endangered subpopulation of the Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Oman (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae)
Marie-Françoise Van Bressem, Gianna Minton, Tim Collins, Andrew Willson, Robert Baldwin & Koen Van Waerebeek
Pages: 1-8
Published online: 08 Dec 2014
AbstractforTattoo-like skin disease in the endangered subpopulation of the Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, in Oman (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) | Full Text | References | PDF (2.6 MB)
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Aves

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Morphometric and morphological differentiation of the subspecies of Phasianus colchicus (Linnaeus, 1758) on the Iranian Plateau (Aves: Galliformes)
Nasrin Kayvanfar, Mansour Aliabadian & Seyed Mahmoud Ghasempouri
Pages: 9-17
Published online: 08 Dec 2014
AbstractforMorphometric and morphological differentiation of the subspecies of Phasianus colchicus (Linnaeus, 1758) on the Iranian Plateau (Aves: Galliformes) | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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Reptilia

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The male reproductive cycle of the Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae), in northern Iran
Reza Babaei Savasari, Abdolhossein Shiravi & Vida Hojati
Pages: 18-25
Published online: 16 Dec 2014
AbstractforThe male reproductive cycle of the Dice Snake, Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae), in northern Iran | Full Text | References | PDF (672.8 KB)
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Distribution and status of sea turtle nesting and mortality along the North Sinai coast, Egypt (Reptilia: Cheloniidae)
Basem Rabia & Omar Attum
Pages: 26-31
Published online: 11 Dec 2014
AbstractforDistribution and status of sea turtle nesting and mortality along the North Sinai coast, Egypt (Reptilia: Cheloniidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (375.7 KB)
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Rediscovery of Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi, with the geographic distribution of the genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1863 in Iran
Soheila Shafiei, Hadi Fahimi, Mohammad Ebrahim Sehhatisabet & Naeim Moradi
Pages: 32-37
Published online: 08 Dec 2014
AbstractforRediscovery of Maynard's Longnose Sand Snake, Lytorhynchus maynardi, with the geographic distribution of the genus Lytorhynchus Peters, 1863 in Iran | Full Text | References | PDF (4.9 MB)
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Chondrichthyes

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Diet composition of the Thornback Ray, Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Elasmobranchii: Rajidae) in the Turkish Aegean Sea
Elizabeth Grace Tunka Eronat & Okan Özaydın
Pages: 38-44
Published online: 08 Dec 2014
AbstractforDiet composition of the Thornback Ray, Raja clavata Linnaeus, 1758 (Elasmobranchii: Rajidae) in the Turkish Aegean Sea | Full Text | References | PDF (537.9 KB)
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Insecta

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Ooencyrtus ferdowsii sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of Osphranteria coerulescens (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Iran
Ebrahim Ebrahimi, Gholam-Reza Tavakoli Korghond, Kamal Mianbandi, Hadi Mahmoodi, Kazem Mohammadipour & John Noyes
Pages: 45-49
Published online: 14 Nov 2014
AbstractforOoencyrtus ferdowsii sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of Osphranteria coerulescens (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Iran | Full Text | References | PDF (756.4 KB)
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First description of the queen of the ant Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia
Mostafa R. Sharaf, Shehzad Salman & Abdulrahman S. Aldawood
Pages: 50-54
Published online: 14 Nov 2014
AbstractforFirst description of the queen of the ant Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia | Full Text | References | PDF (2.8 MB)
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Descriptions of little-known and unknown morphs of Zelkovaphis caucasica (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae), with an analysis of its phylogenetic position
Masakazu Sano, Shalva Barjadze & Shin-ichi Akimoto
Pages: 55-63
Published online: 14 Nov 2014
AbstractforDescriptions of little-known and unknown morphs of Zelkovaphis caucasica (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Eriosomatinae), with an analysis of its phylogenetic position | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Review of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Iran
Maxim Nabozhenko
Pages: 64-68
Published online: 15 Dec 2014
AbstractforReview of the genus Catomus Allard, 1876 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Iran | Full Text | References | PDF (674.6 KB)
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Arachnida

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Gylippus (Hemigylippus) bayrami sp. n. from Turkey with comparative remarks on the species of the subgenus Gylippus (Hemigylippus) Birula (Solifugae: Gylippidae)
Melek Erdek
Pages: 69-75
Published online: 11 Dec 2014
AbstractforGylippus (Hemigylippus) bayrami sp. n. from Turkey with comparative remarks on the species of the subgenus Gylippus (Hemigylippus) Birula (Solifugae: Gylippidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (3.1 MB)
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New records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan
Majid Moradmand, Omid Mirshamsi Kakhki & Vladimir Hula
Pages: 76-80
Published online: 08 Dec 2014
AbstractforNew records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan | Full Text | References | PDF (1.5 MB)
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Three new mites of the genus Pseudolaelaps Berlese, 1916 (Acari: Mesostigmata, Pseudolaelapidae) from Iran, with an updated key to known species
Peter Mašán, Jalil Hajizadeh & Sara Ramroodi
Pages: 81-89
Published online: 11 Dec 2014
AbstractforThree new mites of the genus Pseudolaelaps Berlese, 1916 (Acari: Mesostigmata, Pseudolaelapidae) from Iran, with an updated key to known species | Full Text | References | PDF (1.9 MB)
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Short Communications

Some new aphid records for the Turkish aphidofauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidae)
Özhan Şenol, Hayal Akyıldırım Beğen, Gazi Görür & Gizem Gezici
Pages: 90-92
Published online: 17 Dec 2014
First Page PreviewforSome new aphid records for the Turkish aphidofauna (Hemiptera: Aphidoidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (202.9 KB)
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First record of Capparimyia savastani (Martelli, 1911) in Lebanon (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Zinette Moussa & Dany Yammouni
Pages: 93-94
Published online: 11 Dec 2014
CitationforFirst record of Capparimyia savastani (Martelli, 1911) in Lebanon (Diptera: Tephritidae) | Full Text | References | PDF (481.4 KB)
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