Nejati J, Keyhani A, Tavakoli Kareshk A, Mahmoudvand H, Saghafipour A, Khoraminasab M,
Tavakoli Oliaee R, Mousavi SM (2018) Prevalence and risk factors of pediculosis in primary
school children in south west of Iran. Iran J Public Health 47(12):1923–1929
Ngumbi PM, Irungu LW, Ndegwa PN, Maniania NK (2011) Pathogenicity of Metarhizium
anisopliae (Metch) Sorok and Beauveria bassiana (Bals) Vuill to adult Phlebotomus duboscqi
(Neveu-Lemaire) in the laboratory. J Vector Borne Dis 48:37–40
Nilforoushzadeh MA, Shirani-Bidabadi L, Saberi S, Hosseini SM (2014) Effect of integrated pest
management on controlling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Emamzadeh Agha Ali Abbas
(AS) District, Isfahan province, 2006–2009. Adv Biomed Res 3:104–110
Omrani SM, Moosavi SF, Farrokhi E (2017) Parathelohania iranica sp. nov. (Microsporidia:
Amblyosporidae) infecting malaria mosquito Anopheles superpictus (Diptera: Culicidae): ultrastructure and molecular characterization. J Invertebr Pathol 146:1–6
Onofre SB, Miniuk CM, de Barros NM, Azevedo JL (2001) Pathogenicity of four strains of
entomopathogenic fungi against the bovine tick Boophilus microplus. Am J Vet Res 62
(9):1478–1480
Ostfeld RS, Price A, Hornbostel RL, Benjamin MA, Keesing M (2006) Controlling ticks and tickborne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents. J Biosci 56(5):384–394
Pakdad K, Hanafi-Bojd AA, Vatandoost H, Sedaghat MM, Raeisi A, Moghaddam AS, Foroushani
AR (2017) Predicting the potential distribution of main malaria vectors Anopheles stephensi,
An. culicifacies s.l. and An. fluviatilis s.l. in Iran based on maximum entropy model. Acta Trop
169:93–99
Parvizi P, Bordbar A, Najafzadeh N (2013a) Detection of Wolbachia pipientis including a new
strain containing the wsp gene in two sister species of Paraphlebotomus sandflies potential
vectors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 108:414–420
Parvizi P, Fardid F, Soleimani S (2013b) Detection of a new strain of Wolbachia pipientis in
Phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus a potential vector of visceral leishmaniasis in North
West of Iran by targeting the major surface protein gene. Iran J Arthropod Borne Dis 7(1):46–55
Pirali-Kheirabadi K, Haddadzadeh H, Razzaghi-Abyaneh M, Bokaie S, Zare R, Ghazavi M, ShamsGhahfarokhi M (2007) Biological control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus by different
strains of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium psalliotae fungi.
Parasitol Res 100:1297–1302
Platzer EG (2007) Mermithid Nematodes. In T. G. Floore, ed. Biorational control of mosquitoes. J
Am Mosquito Contr 7(Suppl. 2):58–64
Pourali P, Roayaei Ardakani M, Jolodar A, Razi Jalali M (2009) PCR screening of the Wolbachia in
some arthropods and nematodes in Khuzestan province. Iran J Vet Res 10:216–222
Pourseyed SH, Tavassoli M, Bernousi I, Mardani K (2010) Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota:
Hypocreales): An effective alternative to chemical acaricides against different developmental
stages of fowl tick Argas persicus (Acari: Argasidae). Vet Parasitol 172:305–310
Pritchard J, Kuster T, Sparagano O, Tomley F (2015) Understanding the biology and control of the
poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae: a review. Avian Pathol 44(3):143–153
Proctor HC, Smith IM, Cook DR, Smith BP (2015) Subphylum Chelicerata, class Arachnida. In:
Thorp J, Rogers DC (eds) Ecology and general biology: Thorp and Covich’s freshwater
invertebrates. Academic, pp 599–660
Rajendran R, Prasad RS (1992) Influence of mite infestation on the longevity and fecundity of the
mosquito Mansonia uniformis (Diptera: Insecta) under laboratory conditions. J Biosci 17
(1):35–40
Rami A, Raz A, Zakeri S, Dinparast Djadid N (2018) Isolation and identification of Asaia sp. in
Anopheles spp. mosquitoes collected from Iranian malaria settings: steps toward applying
paratransgenic tools against malaria. Parasit Vectors 11(1):367–374
Reithinger R, Davies CR, Cadena H, Alexander B (1997) Evaluation of the fungus Beauveria
bassiana as a potential biological control agent against Phlebotomine sand flies in Colombian
coffee plantations. J Invertebr Pathol 70(2):131–135
16 Biocontrol for Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance in Iran
597
Tavakoli Oliaee R, Mousavi SM (2018) Prevalence and risk factors of pediculosis in primary
school children in south west of Iran. Iran J Public Health 47(12):1923–1929
Ngumbi PM, Irungu LW, Ndegwa PN, Maniania NK (2011) Pathogenicity of Metarhizium
anisopliae (Metch) Sorok and Beauveria bassiana (Bals) Vuill to adult Phlebotomus duboscqi
(Neveu-Lemaire) in the laboratory. J Vector Borne Dis 48:37–40
Nilforoushzadeh MA, Shirani-Bidabadi L, Saberi S, Hosseini SM (2014) Effect of integrated pest
management on controlling zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Emamzadeh Agha Ali Abbas
(AS) District, Isfahan province, 2006–2009. Adv Biomed Res 3:104–110
Omrani SM, Moosavi SF, Farrokhi E (2017) Parathelohania iranica sp. nov. (Microsporidia:
Amblyosporidae) infecting malaria mosquito Anopheles superpictus (Diptera: Culicidae): ultrastructure and molecular characterization. J Invertebr Pathol 146:1–6
Onofre SB, Miniuk CM, de Barros NM, Azevedo JL (2001) Pathogenicity of four strains of
entomopathogenic fungi against the bovine tick Boophilus microplus. Am J Vet Res 62
(9):1478–1480
Ostfeld RS, Price A, Hornbostel RL, Benjamin MA, Keesing M (2006) Controlling ticks and tickborne zoonoses with biological and chemical agents. J Biosci 56(5):384–394
Pakdad K, Hanafi-Bojd AA, Vatandoost H, Sedaghat MM, Raeisi A, Moghaddam AS, Foroushani
AR (2017) Predicting the potential distribution of main malaria vectors Anopheles stephensi,
An. culicifacies s.l. and An. fluviatilis s.l. in Iran based on maximum entropy model. Acta Trop
169:93–99
Parvizi P, Bordbar A, Najafzadeh N (2013a) Detection of Wolbachia pipientis including a new
strain containing the wsp gene in two sister species of Paraphlebotomus sandflies potential
vectors of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 108:414–420
Parvizi P, Fardid F, Soleimani S (2013b) Detection of a new strain of Wolbachia pipientis in
Phlebotomus perfiliewi transcaucasicus a potential vector of visceral leishmaniasis in North
West of Iran by targeting the major surface protein gene. Iran J Arthropod Borne Dis 7(1):46–55
Pirali-Kheirabadi K, Haddadzadeh H, Razzaghi-Abyaneh M, Bokaie S, Zare R, Ghazavi M, ShamsGhahfarokhi M (2007) Biological control of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus by different
strains of Metarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana and Lecanicillium psalliotae fungi.
Parasitol Res 100:1297–1302
Platzer EG (2007) Mermithid Nematodes. In T. G. Floore, ed. Biorational control of mosquitoes. J
Am Mosquito Contr 7(Suppl. 2):58–64
Pourali P, Roayaei Ardakani M, Jolodar A, Razi Jalali M (2009) PCR screening of the Wolbachia in
some arthropods and nematodes in Khuzestan province. Iran J Vet Res 10:216–222
Pourseyed SH, Tavassoli M, Bernousi I, Mardani K (2010) Metarhizium anisopliae (Ascomycota:
Hypocreales): An effective alternative to chemical acaricides against different developmental
stages of fowl tick Argas persicus (Acari: Argasidae). Vet Parasitol 172:305–310
Pritchard J, Kuster T, Sparagano O, Tomley F (2015) Understanding the biology and control of the
poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae: a review. Avian Pathol 44(3):143–153
Proctor HC, Smith IM, Cook DR, Smith BP (2015) Subphylum Chelicerata, class Arachnida. In:
Thorp J, Rogers DC (eds) Ecology and general biology: Thorp and Covich’s freshwater
invertebrates. Academic, pp 599–660
Rajendran R, Prasad RS (1992) Influence of mite infestation on the longevity and fecundity of the
mosquito Mansonia uniformis (Diptera: Insecta) under laboratory conditions. J Biosci 17
(1):35–40
Rami A, Raz A, Zakeri S, Dinparast Djadid N (2018) Isolation and identification of Asaia sp. in
Anopheles spp. mosquitoes collected from Iranian malaria settings: steps toward applying
paratransgenic tools against malaria. Parasit Vectors 11(1):367–374
Reithinger R, Davies CR, Cadena H, Alexander B (1997) Evaluation of the fungus Beauveria
bassiana as a potential biological control agent against Phlebotomine sand flies in Colombian
coffee plantations. J Invertebr Pathol 70(2):131–135
16 Biocontrol for Arthropods of Medical and Veterinary Importance in Iran
597