Najmeh Samin

Bio: Najmeh Samin is an academic researcher from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran. The author has contributed to research in topics: Ichneumonoidea & Braconidae. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 27 publications receiving 119 citations.

A faunistic survey of the insect predators in some regions of Iran

Abstract: The use of biological control is a fundamental tactic for pest suppression within an effective Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program. Biological control refers to the use of natural enemies against a pest population to reduce the pest's density and damage to a level lower than would occur in their absence. Biological control is designed with predators, parasitoids and pathogens. Some of these predaceous insects from many regions of Iran are studied in this paper. A total of 89 insect predator species from six orders viz. Coleoptera (31 species), Heteroptera (11 species), Diptera (10 species), Hymenoptera (15 species), Mantodea (16 species) and Odonata (6 species), were collected as biological control agents in agroecosystems of some regions of Iran.

A faunistic survey of Heteroptera (Insecta) from western Iran

Abstract: The fauna of 21 heteropteran families including, Berytidae, Coreidae, Gerridae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Leptopodidae, Lygaeidae, Mesovelidae, Miridae, Nepidae, Pentatomidae, Piesmatidae, Plataspidae, Pleidae, Reduviidae, Rhopalidae, Saldidae, Scutelleridae, Stenocephalidae, Tingidae and Veliidae was studied in Western Iran (within four provinces, viz. Hamadan, Ilam, Kermanshah, Kurdistan). A total of 119 heteropteran species were collected and determined from the mentioned regions.

A contribution to the Staphylinine group of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Staphylinidae) from Iran

Abstract: Of the four staphylinid groups (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), the Staphylinine group is studied in this paper. A total of 56 species from 27 genera (including, Oxyporus Fabricius, Stenus Latreille, Astenus Stephens, Leptobium Casey, Achenium Leach, Lathrobium Gravenhorst, Micrillus Raffray, Tetartopeus Czwalina, Medon Stephens, Sunius Stephens, Paederus Fabricius, Scopaeus Erichson, Rugilus Leach, Procirrus Latreille, Othius Stephens, Gabrius Stephens, Neobisnus Ganglbauer, Philonthus Stephens, Remus Holme, Quedius Stephens, Creophilus Leach, Ocypus Leach, Staphylinus Linnaeus, Tasgius Stephens, Gyrohypnus Leach, Leptacinus Erichson, Xantholinus Dejean) and 4 subfamilies (i.e. Oxyporinae, Steninae, Paederinae, Staphylininae) are listed in this paper.

A study on the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from north- western Iran

Abstract: The fauna of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of northwestern Iran (Ardabil, East Azarbayjan and West Azarbayjan provinces) is studied in this paper. In a total 258 species from 78 genera and 6 subfamilies including, Aseminae, Cerambycinae, Lamiinae, Lepturinae, Prioninae and Spondylidinae were collected and determined from the mentioned region.

Integration of global fossil and modern biodiversity data reveals dynamism and stasis in ant macroecological patterns

Abstract: Results The analyses of generic composition and community structure were congruent, supporting a strong affinity between the Western Palaearctic ant fauna and modern Indomalayan and Australasian assemblages, and of a widespread Holarctic ant palaeofauna, and affinity between fossil Caribbean and modern Neotropical faunas. In addition, neither generic composition nor community structure of fossil assemblages showed evidence of taphonomic bias towards arboreal taxa.

Revision of Palearctic Trissolcus Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae)

Abstract: Species of Trissolcus Ashmead are potent natural enemies of stink bugs (Pentatomidae). Research on biological agents to control the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (BMSB), in Western Europe requires reliable taxonomic resources for identification of Trissolcus wasps. To aid this research endeavor, we present a species identification key to females of Palearctic Trissolcus. Morphological characters and concepts of the genus and species groups are discussed. We discovered a number of nomenclatural and identification issues that we here rectify.

Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association

Abstract: Corresponding author: Samira Farahani, E-mail: s.farahani@rifr-ac.ir Copyright © 2016, Farahani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Iranian Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea): diversity, distribution and host association

A recapitulation of errata and omissions to Sphecid Wasps of the World. A generic Revision

Abstract: The handbook ""Sphecid Wasps of the World. A generic Revision"", by R. M. Bohart and A. S. Menke, 1976, University of California Press, Berkeley etc., p. ix, 695, commonly known as the Big Blue Book (BBB), is the most frequently used book on the worldwide taxonomy of the Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) down to subfamilies, tribes, and genera. A book of this size unavoidable contains mistakes. Since its publication a long row of errata and omissions were published in a variety of articles: see references.