2.2.92 Vibidia duodecimguttata (poda, 1761)
East Azerbaijan (Mohammadi et al. 2013).
Perhaps, the outstanding publication of Iran’s lady beetles written in Persian with
French abstract is one of the earliest publications about the ladybird fauna of Iran
(Vojdani 1965). Afterward, Many faunal studies have been conducted which there is
not enough space to point to all of them. Parvizi et al. (1987) published a revision on
the ladybird fauna of the West Azerbaijan province. They reported 19 species from
14 genera, which all but one (Bulea lichatchovi Humn.) collected species were
predators of aphids, coccids, whiteflies (Bemisia) and herbivorous mites.
Koohpayezadeh and Mossadegh (1991), during a two-year study on lady beetle
fauna of Kerman Province (South of Iran), reported 24 species. Ahmadi and Yazdani
(1991) reported three new ladybird species for Iran’s fauna on Diaspidid scale
insects. Yazdani and Ahmadi (1991) reported eight species of genus Scymnus
from Fars province which two species, S. quadriguttatus and S. auritus were new
records for Iran’s fauna of lady beetles. Yaghmaee and Kharazi Pakdel (1995) and
Bagheri and Mossadegh (1995) reported 24 and 28 species in a faunistic survey on
Coccinellidae from Mashhad (Khorasan) and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari regions,
respectively. From those, four species, including Scymnus palipediformis Gunther,
Scymnus polyps, Exochomus melanocephalus Zoubk and Rodolia fausti Weise and
five species including Hyperaspis duvergeri (Fursch), H. concolor (Suffrian),
H. syriaco (Weiser) and Coccinula redemita (Weiser) were reported for the first
time from Iran. In a study carried on from 1993 to 1994 in Gorgan plain (North of
Iran), 27 species reported which Serangium montazerii Fursch was a new world
record (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995).
Some faunistic studies have been conducted on the species fauna of lady beetles
in a specific crop, e.g., Sadeghi and Khanjani (1998) and Saeedi (1998), who
reported 10 ladybird species of alfalfa from Hamedan and Kohkiloyeh va Boyer
Ahmad (Southwest of Iran) provinces of Iran respectively. They stated the variegated lady beetle, Hippodamia variegata could be an important species suppressing
the aphid population, especially at the second and third harvesting of alfalfa (Sadeghi
and Khanjani 1998). Maafi et al. (1998) recorded five Coccinellids as natural
enemies of P. citri from Mazandaran province. Mohiseni et al. (1998), in a fouryear study, stressed on the role of some species against olive psyllid (Euphyllura
olivina Costa) (Zanjan Province). Three species of lady beetles have been reported
from Hamedan province as natural enemies of Russian wheat Aphid (Ahmadi 2000).
Razmjou and Hajizadeh (2000) reported eight species in Moghan Plain (Northwest
of Iran, Ardebill province) from cotton fields, of which C. septempunctata and
H. variegata played an essential role in reducing cotton aphid populations. Besides
aphidophagous, Coccidophagous lady beetles have been studied in different parts of
Iran. Kalantari and Sadeghi (2000) listed 13 lady beetle species in dry almond
orchards, while the Adonia (Hippodamia) variegata was the dominant species in
spring and A. bipunctata was the most abundant in summer and autumn. Additionally, Mehrnejad (2000a) recorded the four important lady beetle species, Oenopia
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H. Madadi
East Azerbaijan (Mohammadi et al. 2013).
Perhaps, the outstanding publication of Iran’s lady beetles written in Persian with
French abstract is one of the earliest publications about the ladybird fauna of Iran
(Vojdani 1965). Afterward, Many faunal studies have been conducted which there is
not enough space to point to all of them. Parvizi et al. (1987) published a revision on
the ladybird fauna of the West Azerbaijan province. They reported 19 species from
14 genera, which all but one (Bulea lichatchovi Humn.) collected species were
predators of aphids, coccids, whiteflies (Bemisia) and herbivorous mites.
Koohpayezadeh and Mossadegh (1991), during a two-year study on lady beetle
fauna of Kerman Province (South of Iran), reported 24 species. Ahmadi and Yazdani
(1991) reported three new ladybird species for Iran’s fauna on Diaspidid scale
insects. Yazdani and Ahmadi (1991) reported eight species of genus Scymnus
from Fars province which two species, S. quadriguttatus and S. auritus were new
records for Iran’s fauna of lady beetles. Yaghmaee and Kharazi Pakdel (1995) and
Bagheri and Mossadegh (1995) reported 24 and 28 species in a faunistic survey on
Coccinellidae from Mashhad (Khorasan) and Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari regions,
respectively. From those, four species, including Scymnus palipediformis Gunther,
Scymnus polyps, Exochomus melanocephalus Zoubk and Rodolia fausti Weise and
five species including Hyperaspis duvergeri (Fursch), H. concolor (Suffrian),
H. syriaco (Weiser) and Coccinula redemita (Weiser) were reported for the first
time from Iran. In a study carried on from 1993 to 1994 in Gorgan plain (North of
Iran), 27 species reported which Serangium montazerii Fursch was a new world
record (Montazeri and Mossadegh 1995).
Some faunistic studies have been conducted on the species fauna of lady beetles
in a specific crop, e.g., Sadeghi and Khanjani (1998) and Saeedi (1998), who
reported 10 ladybird species of alfalfa from Hamedan and Kohkiloyeh va Boyer
Ahmad (Southwest of Iran) provinces of Iran respectively. They stated the variegated lady beetle, Hippodamia variegata could be an important species suppressing
the aphid population, especially at the second and third harvesting of alfalfa (Sadeghi
and Khanjani 1998). Maafi et al. (1998) recorded five Coccinellids as natural
enemies of P. citri from Mazandaran province. Mohiseni et al. (1998), in a fouryear study, stressed on the role of some species against olive psyllid (Euphyllura
olivina Costa) (Zanjan Province). Three species of lady beetles have been reported
from Hamedan province as natural enemies of Russian wheat Aphid (Ahmadi 2000).
Razmjou and Hajizadeh (2000) reported eight species in Moghan Plain (Northwest
of Iran, Ardebill province) from cotton fields, of which C. septempunctata and
H. variegata played an essential role in reducing cotton aphid populations. Besides
aphidophagous, Coccidophagous lady beetles have been studied in different parts of
Iran. Kalantari and Sadeghi (2000) listed 13 lady beetle species in dry almond
orchards, while the Adonia (Hippodamia) variegata was the dominant species in
spring and A. bipunctata was the most abundant in summer and autumn. Additionally, Mehrnejad (2000a) recorded the four important lady beetle species, Oenopia
42
H. Madadi