onosma khorassanica is described from Khorasan Province and compared with its related taxon. Its illustration is also presented herewith

Alsophila aescularia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) is reported for the first time for

the fauna of Iran. Male and female specimens, as well as male genitalia are illustrated.

Pictures of the habitat of the ...

described and illustrated as new species. The relationships between the new species and their closest relatives are discussed.

Hedysarum fallacinum Rech. f. & Aellen is reduced to a synonym of H. kopetdaghi Boriss. on the basis of their common...

Klasea nana Ranjbar & Negaresh sp. nova (Asteraceae) is described and illustrated. It is confined to the Khorasan Province in northeastern Iran and closely resembles K. latifolia, but differs from it by having a shorter ...

Aeluropus lacinatus is described and illustrated as a new species from North East of Iran (Khorassan province). It is very similar to A. littoralis and A. pungens but, well characterized by the following characters: inflorescence is more compact...

Scrophularia L. has 60 species in Iran that 26 taxa are endemic to Iran. Among the collected

specimens six new species are recognized as new species that named S. alhagioides, S.

crassipedunculata, S. ispahanica, S. khorassanica, S...

Two new species of the genus Aeolothrips are described from northeast of Iran. A. bhattii sp.n. from flowering Caroxylon dendroides is remarkable for its strikingly bicolored body with brown head and last three abdominal segments. A. laurencei sp...

In Iran, only two genera of the Chirothrips genus-group have previously been recorded, Arorathrips and Chirothrips (Minaei 2013; Minaei & Alichi 2013). A third genus is here recorded from this country, Oelschlaegera, based ...

Astragalus memoriosus from the section Caraganella is described as a

new species. The new species within the section Caraganella is

characterized by having a tall habit ca.l00 ern, long peduncle and

silvery stem...

Two new species of scorpions in the genus Odontobuthus (Scorpiones, Buthidae) are described from Khorasan Province in the east and Hormozgan Province in the south of Iran. Currently, Odontobuthus includes two species in Iran, O. doriae Thorell...