Biodiversity of Aquatic Insects of Zayandeh Roud River and Its Branches, Isfahan Province, Iran.
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Aquatic insects are the major groups of arthropods that spend some parts of their life cycle in the water. These insects play an important role for transmission of some human and animal diseases. There is few information about the aquatic insects fauna of Iran. METHODS: To study the aquatic insects fauna, adult, nymphal and larval collections were carried out from different habitats using the standard technique in Zayandeh Roud River, Isfahan Province,central Iran, during summer 2011. RESULTS: In total, 741 speimens of aquatic insects were collected and morphologically identified. They include 7 families and 12 genera representing 2 Orders. The order of Diptera (92.31%) and Coleoptera (7.69%). The families Culicidae, Syrphidae and Chironomidae from Diptera order, Gyrinidae, Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae from Coleoptera order were identified. CONCLUSION: Some aquatic insects play an important role for transmission of human and animal diseases. These insects also are important for biological control. Therefore ecological study on aquatic insects can provide information about ecology of insects in an area for any decision making.
Source: Europe PMC (PubMed Central)
Authors: Mansoreh Shayeghi, Hassan Vatandoost, Abdollah Gorouhi, Ali Reza Sanei-Dehkordi, Yaser Salim-Abadi, Mohsen Karami, Mohammad Reza Jalil-Navaz, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Zahra Shiekh, Sajad Vatandoost, Mohammad Hossein Arandian
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2154152073