Effects of drought stress and plant cultivar type on demographic characteristics of the rose-grain aphid, (Hemiptera: Aphididae).

Drought is a substantial threat to cereal production under global climatic change scenarios, albeit its aftermath on arthropod pests is yet contentious. To address this issue, demographic characteristics of (Walker, 1849) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) were studied on one drought-susceptible wheat cultivar and one drought-tolerant wheat cultivar under different water treatments. Some physiological and biochemical features of wheat cultivars including leaf soluble sugar and proline contents and antioxidant enzymes activities were also investigated.

Leaf-feeding : two new species from southern Iran (Thysanoptera: Thripidae).

Mycterothrips doostii sp. n. and Mycterothrips zagrosi sp.

A new species of Haplothrips from southern Iran (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripidae).

Haplothrips herajius sp. n. is described from leaves and flowers of a species of Suaeda in the south of Fars Province, Iran.