New faunistic data are provided on the ground spiders (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) of Iraq. Three genera (
Haplodrassus
Chamberlin, 1922;
Minosiella
Dalmas, 1921;
Odontodrassus
Jézéquel, 1965) and six ...species (
Haplodrassus dalmatensis
(L. Koch, 1866);
Minosiella intermedia
Denis, 1958;
Odontodrassus aravaensis
Levy, 1999;
Odontodrassus mundulus
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872);
Pterotricha dalmasi
Fage, 1929;
Zelotes fagei
Denis, 1955) are reported in Iraq for the first time, and the previously unknown female of
Pterotricha kovblyuki
Zamani & Marusik, 2018 is described. In addition, a list of all gnaphosids reported from Iraq (16 spp.) is provided.
The species of Opilio kakunini Snegovaya, Cokendolpher & Mozaffarian, 2018 was recorded for the first time in Iraq; as well as to four species belonging to this order which were recorded previously. ...In this paper, we added a new species to the checklist of Iraqi opilionid fauna with a description of the most important characteristics, along with genitalia, for both males and females are presented with digital photographs. Specimens of males and females were collected from Al- Rifai district northern of Dhi-Qar Province, southern of Iraq.
The red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790), which belongs to the family Curculionidae, order Coleoptera, is one of the most important palm pests, which leads to heavy losses in ...date palms. In the last few years, it has been recorded in Iraq, from Safwan city south of Iraq, where it was detected on date palm trees (Phoenix dactylifera L, Arecales: Arecaceae). In the current study, specimens of adult weevils were collected from infested date palms (Phoenix dactylifera), that showed signs of infection in Safwan district, south of Basra province. The results of the investigation showed the presence of phoretic mites associated with the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790). Two genera of Uropodid mites, deutonymph, were attached by anal pedicel to body parts of adult red palm weevils. They were collected and identified as Centrouropoda (Uropodidae), and Uroovbovella (Urodinychidae), according to accurate taxonomic keys. The differentiation between two genera of mites was studied. The deutonymphs were examined and photographed by an AM Scop camera installed on a light microscope, and the insects were photographed by a LEICA microscope. The infestation symptoms were illustrated with pictures.
The sunn pest of Eurygaster spp. (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) also known as sting or cereal bug, is one of the most economically important pest in the world. The study include conducting a field survey ...of wheat fields in Thi - Qar province to investigate the presence of the sunn pest, as the insect was observed for the first time in wheat fields of AL-Rifai district north of province, at the end of March, the survey was expanded to include other localities in province, AL-Dawaya, AL-Nasir, AL-Gharraf, AL-Shatra districs. A description of adult females belong to two species of sunn pest were identified as Eurygaster integriceps (Poton, 1898), and Eurygaster testudinaria (Goffary, 1758), from two loclaities of study region (AL-Rifai and AL-Dawaya), from the period during 23/March to 14/5/2020. One of the important opservation is the presence of efficient natural enemy of this pestrepresents by ants, the predator was identify as Camponotus spp.(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae), as was noted killing the living insects and hiding them in their holes.
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