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{"title":"Sequence variation in the mtDNA, ND4-tRNALEU, Segments of Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) in Iran","authors":"N. Sanchooli, H. Rahimian, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-pouyani","doi":"10.22067/ijab.v11i2.45190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/ijab.v11i2.45190","url":null,"abstract":"Laudakia nupta, with numerous local populations through Iran, is one of the most widely distributed species of the Genus Laudakia in Iran. Eight hundred and fifty nine bp of mitochondrial ND4-tRNALEU were sequenced and analyzed for 47 specimens of Laudakia nupta and three specimens of Laudakia melanura, as an out-group taxon. All specimens were collected during field work in Iran. Based on branch pattern of the phylogenetic trees and the amounts of genetic distances within and between major clades recovered in the analysis, we propose that the taxonomic status of Laudakia nupta, as a species complex in Iran, should be fundamentally revised. Based on our results, two clear geographically isolated clades could be distinguished; one nominate species (Laudakia nupta) distributed through southwest to eastern Iran, and the other consisting of the populations of western foothills of the Zagros Mountains. The morphological analysis would enable us to describe the latter populations as a new species.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"09 1","pages":"157-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86048290","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Biosystematic study of Calomyscus mystax (Rodentia, Calomyscidae) from north eastern Iran","authors":"S. Akbarirad, J. Darvish, M. Aliabadian, C. W. Kilpatrick","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.46145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.46145","url":null,"abstract":"Calomyscus mystax is endemic to Great Balkhan Mountains in southwestern Turkmenistan. However there have been some inaccurate reports of existing this species in Koprtdagh Mts. and northern Iran, but these were considered as Calomyscus elburzensis and Calomyscus grandis. Phylogenetic analyses on Cytb gene clustered samples from Kopetdagh Mts. in northeastern Iran with one specimen of C. mystax belong to Turkmenistan, and so confirmed them as conspecific. Therefore known range of C. mystax has been extended to more southern regions. Morphometric and geometric-morphometric analyses described some cranium and dental characters which distinguished individuals of C. mystax in north east of Iran and North Khorasan province, in comparison to other analyzed samples from other Calomyscus species.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"1 1","pages":"65-77"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76493693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A checklist of Iranian Deltocephalinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)","authors":"Farzad Pakarpour Rayeni, J. Nozari, A. Seraj","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.44211","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.44211","url":null,"abstract":"By using published records and original data from recent research, the first checklist for subfamily Deltocephalinae from Iran is presented. This study is based on a comprehensive review of literature and the examination of some materials from our collection. The present checklist contains 185 species belonging to 74 genera. In addition for each species, the known geographical distribution in Iran and in the world is reported.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"PP 1","pages":"121-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84271895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new Nebria species (Carabidae: Nebriini) and a new Deltomerus species (Carabidae: Patrobini) from high mountain areas of Azarbayjan-e Gharbi Province, Iran","authors":"J. Muilwijk","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.44435","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.44435","url":null,"abstract":"During a comprehensive study of the genus Stenus (Staphylinidae) along streams and river banks in Iran, some ground beetles (Carabidae) were also collected. In the high mountain areas along the Iranian-Turkish border in the province of Azarbayan -e Gharbi, a Nebria and a Deltomerus species were found. These Nebria and Deltomerus species were clearly different from known Iranian species, but related to Turkish species. \u0000Nebria (Nebria) azarbayanei sp. nov. is compared with the related N. (N.) thonitida Ledoux and Roux 1990. Deltomerus (Deltomerus) veldkampi sp. nov. is compared with the closely related D. (D.) lodozi Ledoux 1976. Differences between these new species and the related species are discussed. Pterostichus cryobioides Chaudoir 1868 and Nebria (N.) mandibularis Bates 1872 are recorded for the first time from Iran.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"2010 1","pages":"57-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73307070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Male Reproductive Cycle of the Bedriaga's Plate-tailed Gecko, Teratoscincus bedriagai in Iran","authors":"N. Haghshenas, V. Hojati","doi":"10.22067/ijab.v11i1.45532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/ijab.v11i1.45532","url":null,"abstract":"The Bedriaga's Plate-tailed Gecko, Teratoscincus bedriagai, Nikolsky, 1900 is distributed in the northern and eastern deserts of Sistan, Iran and the desert regions of southern Afghanistan. In this research, the male reproductive cycle of this lizard has been studied from 5 April to 5 August, 2013. Totally, 40 adult males were collected by hand at midnight from four adjacent stations in Damghan County, Semnan Province of Iran. Most of the lizards were observed on highly saline, loose soil covered with a thin salt crust, and were common near Tamarix bushes. Animals were transferred to the laboratory and their morphometric characters were measured. After anesthetizing the animals, their testes were removed and processed for morphometric and histological studies. Results showed that the spermatogenesis started after hibernation from early April and ended in August. The peak of spermatogenesis was in May. The numbers of seminiferous tubules were 24-75 and their diameter varied between 72.50 and 232.50 microns. The diameter of tunica albuginea varied between 3.05 and 8.20 microns and diameter of germinal layer varied between 20.40 and 124.30 microns. Spermatogenesis of T. bedriagai in Iran is seasonal and alternates with associate type.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"44 1","pages":"7-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73602016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"New records and updated checklist of the genus Philonthus (Col: Staphylinidae) for Iran","authors":"Seyed Mohammad Tabadkani, J. Nozari, V. Hosseininaveh","doi":"10.22067/ijab.v11i1.45281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/ijab.v11i1.45281","url":null,"abstract":"Six species of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), belonging to the genus Philonthus Stephens 1829, are reported for the first time from Iran. They include Philonthus juvenilis Peyron, 1858, Philonthus micans (Gravenhorst, 1802), Philonthus spinipes Sharp, 1874, Philonthus longicornis Stephens 1832, Philonthus viridipennis Fauvel 1875, and Philonthus wuesthoffi Bernhauer 1939. All specimens were collected from Mazandaran province, north of Iran during 2012-2014. An updated checklist of this genus, including 43 species, has been provided.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"18 1","pages":"51-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85171148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Karyotypic characterization of the pike, Esox lucius from the south Caspian Sea basin","authors":"M. Khoshkholgh, A. Alavi, S. Nazari","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.46485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.46485","url":null,"abstract":"The karyotype of pike from Anzali lagoon in the south Caspian Sea basin have been investigated by examining metaphase chromosomes spreads obtained from gill epithelial and kidney cells. The chromosomes spreads were stained with 7% Giemsa solution for 15 min and examined under a light microscope. Appropriate metaphase plates were photographed in order to prepare karyotype. All specimens had a diploid number of 50 chromosomes, with a karyotype constituted by 12 metacentric‏, 24 submetacentric, 14 subtelocentric and fundamental number (NF) of 86. The largest chromosome in this species was a pair of metacentric chromosomes. Based on type of chromosomes, the karyotype of the species differed from the findings of previous studies, which could be attributed to the existence of different populations for this species. Despite the conserved diploid number, the data on the karyotype structure help characterize the cytogenetic profile of this species.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"42 1","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82099777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Fish Fauna of North and East Regions of Khorasan-e-Razavi Province, Iran","authors":"F. Yazdani-Moghaddam, F. Ghasemian, F. Ghassemzadeh, A. Khazaee, M. Seifali, M. Ghanbarifardi","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.50509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I1.50509","url":null,"abstract":"Khorasan-e-Razavi province in the northeast of Iran possesses varied climatic and geographical conditions that lead to a rich biodiversity. An investigation on the status of the fish fauna was carried out from March to October 2013. A total of 401 specimens was collected and identified, from 30 localities among seven counties in this province. Sampling was performed using hand net, cast net and electrofishing equipment. The collected specimens represented two families, seven genera and nine species including Cyprinidae (Capoeta capoeta, Capoeta fusca, Schizothorax pelzami, Alburnoides eichwaldii, Squalius cephalus, Garra rossica, Pseudorasbora parva) and Nemacheilidae (Paraschistura cristata and Paraschistura turcmenica). The Cyprinidae with seven species, showed the highest diversity among the families represented here.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"3 1","pages":"91-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72899187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Studying morphological and environmental characteristics of the Plateau Snake Skink Ophiomorus nuchalis Nilson and AndrÈn, 1978 (Sauria: Scincidae) in Central Plateau of Iran","authors":"M. F. Qomi, M. Hosseinzadeh, Seyed Mahdi Kazemi","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.41757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.41757","url":null,"abstract":"The nocturnal burrowing skinks of genus Ophiomorus is composed of 11 species (Anderson & Leviton, 1966; Nilson & Andrén, 1978; Anderson, 1999; Kazemi et al., 2011) and are distributed from southern Balkans to Sindhian deserts in India (Anderson & Leviton, 1966; Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008). Seven species of Ophiomorus have been recorded from Iran including O. blanfordi (Boulenger, 1887); O. brevipes (Blanford, 1874); O. nuchalis (Nilson & Andrén, 1978); O. persicus (Steindachner, 1867); O. streeti (Anderson and Leviton, 1966); O. tridactylus (Blyth, 1853); O. maranjabensis (Kazemi et al., 2011)(Anderson, 1999; Rastegar-Pouyani et al., 2008; Kazemi et al., 2011; Safaei-Mahroo et al., 2015). According to Greer and Wilson (2001), the scincid lizard is more attractive case to study because of having ancestral characters and limb reduction. In the case, O. nuchalis is one of the shink species with having the most primitive limb morphology which has four digits on the manus and three on the pes (Greer & Wilson, 2001; Fig. 4). A comprehensive phylogenetic cladistic analysis on the genus Ophiomorus was done by Greer and Wilson (2001). Their analysis confirmed Ophiomorus as a monophyletic genus and the eastern species clade as monophyletic. The western group of species was expressed as polyphyletic in origin. The O. nuchalis is located is the western group. Another study has been mentioned molecular phylogenetic relationships of O. punctatissimus in Aegean trench but phylogenetic relationship among all Iranian Ophiomorus still remain unclear (Poulakakis et al., 2008) . The type locality of O. nuchalis is the northern slope of “Siah Kooh” in the center of the Kavir Protected Region, Iran (52°11' E, 34°44' N) (Nilson & Andrén, 1978). So far, distribution range of O. nuchalis extended to Qom and Yazd provinces in west and east, respectively (Nilson & Andrén, 1978, Mozaffari et al., 2011, Farhadi Qomi et al., 2011 Hosseinzadeh et al.,Inpress). Archive of SID","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"41 1","pages":"165-171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89587315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomic status of sand boas of the genus Eryx (Daudin, 1803) (Serpentes: Boidae) in Bahr Al-Najaf depression, Al-Najaf Province, Iraq","authors":"F. A. Rhadi, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, R. Karamiani, R. G. Mohammed","doi":"10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.45157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22067/IJAB.V11I2.45157","url":null,"abstract":"Five metric and 10 meristic characters were studied in 30 specimens of Eryx (Daudin, 1803) in Bahr Al-Najaf depression, Al-Najaf Province – Iraq. According to the results, and considering the principle of priority, we concluded that the populations of E. jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the study area should be classified into E. jaculus jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) and E. jaculus familiaris Echwald, 1831. In addition, ten specimens belonging to a population of Eryx in the area were found to differ from all other E. jaculus in that their second upper labial being lower than the third one. These specimens, which are tentatively regarded as Eryx cf.miliaris (Pallas, 1773), need more comprehensive study to clarify their taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationship using more morphological traits, ecology, and molecular studies.","PeriodicalId":14532,"journal":{"name":"Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics","volume":"1 1","pages":"149-156"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90587976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}