University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 49 شناسنامه علمی شماره 49 26586 10.22108/tbj.2021.26586 EN Journal Article 2022 05 10 https://tbj.ui.ac.ir/article_26586_34933343c89680d38caf5ec2396db450.pdf

University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 Geometric Morphometric as an Effective Method in Describing Morphological Patterns: A Case Study of Alburnus sellal Heckel (1843) from Sub-basins of Little Zab and Sirvan Rivers, Tigris Basin ریخت‌سنجی هندسی در جایگاه روشی مؤثر در بیان الگوهای ریختی، مطالعۀ موردی گونۀ شاه‌کولی سلال (Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843) در زیرحوضه‌های رودخانه‌های زاب کوچک و سیروان، حوضۀ تیگریس 1 10 26319 10.22108/tbj.2021.131275.1187 EN Zaniar Ghafouri Ph. D. Student, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Atta Mouludi-Saleh Ph.D. Student, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Soheil Eagderi Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran. Hadi Poorbagher Associate Professor, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Iran. Journal Article 2021 10 30 The present study used the geometric morphometric method to investigate the morphological patterns of Alburnus sellal in the sub-basins of little Zab and Sirvan rivers, Tigris basin. To this end, a total of 110 specimens (60 from the little Zab River (West Azerbaijan province) and 50 from the Sirvan River (Kurdistan province) were caught using an electrofishing device. Using TpsDig2 software, 14 landmark points were defined and digitized on the 2D images of the specimens. The data were analyzed using multivariate principal component analysis (PCA), discriminant function analysis (DFA), and Hoteling t-test. The results of the DFA confirmed the morphological separation of the studied populations. Wireframe based on the consensus body shape separated the two populations based on the head size, body depth, and caudal peduncle length characteristics. The results also showed the habitat-dependent morphological plasticity of A. sellal.

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University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 Phytoplasma Classification Methods روش‌‌های طبقه‌‌بندی فایتوپلاسماها 11 28 26479 10.22108/tbj.2021.130967.1182 EN Maryam Ghayeb Zamharir Associate Professor, Phytobacteriology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology Research, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 10 12 Phytoplasmas are specialized prokaryotes and obligate parasites of plant and insect vectors. Because these organisms are not culturable in vitro, many of the conventional phenotypic tests used for the taxonomy of cultured maillots are not applicable to phytoplasmas. This indicates the importance of molecular and phylogenetic properties in relation to phenotypic properties in determining the taxonomic position of phytoplasmas. In the last decade, methods based on biology and molecular genetics (e.g., comparing the nucleotide sequence of a portion of ribosomal RNA) have made it possible to establish evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships between different isolates of phytoplasmas with each other and with other prokaryotes. The comparison of the nucleotide sequence of a part of the 16S rRNA gene or the 16S-23S and tRNA-Ile gene regions can still be used to analyze a large number of unknown (large-scale) phytoplasmas. Subgroup clustering is done using less conserved regions such as the ribosomal protein-coding gene, the 16S and 23S intergenic, the general cpn60 target gene, the SecA coding gene, the secY gene, the ribosomal protein (rp) gene, and the tuf gene.

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University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 Examining the Molecular Phylogeny of the Egyptian Barbastelle (Barbastella Leucomelas) based on the Mitochondrial COI Gene: A New Report from Iran فیلوژنی مولکولی خفاش‌ گوش‌پهن مصری (Barbastella leucomelas) براساس ژن میتوکندریایی COI: گزارشی جدید از ایران 29 42 26480 10.22108/tbj.2022.131931.1190 EN Aliasghar Zarei Ph. D. Student, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Sohrab Ashrafi Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Afshin Alizadeh Shabani Professor, Department of Environment, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2021 12 20 Phylogenetic inference is a keystone in evolutionary biology research, which provides the foundations for thinking and answering a wide range of questions such as population dynamics and statistical species classification. Barbastelle bats have geographically isolated populations, and the possibility of cryptic species within the distribution range of this genus has been predicted in previous studies. Previously, different populations of Barbastelle bats in Iran have been assigned to two species: Caspian Barbastelle (Barbastella caspica), and European Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus). In the present study, the phylogeny of the Egyptian Barbastelle population in Qazvin province in Iran was investigated. Molecular phylogeny of Egyptian barbastelle, which belongs to the Caspian Barbastelle, was compared with other taxa of this genus based on the mitochondrial COI gene. The results of the study showed that the populations of the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and possibly the populations of central and western Iran could not be classified as Caspian Barbastelle. Rather, from a Phylogenetic point of view and based on the observed genetic similarity, this population was closer to the Egyptian form (Barbastella leucomelas) of this genus.

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University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 Flora, Life Form, and a Chorological Study of Bazarjan Region’s Vegetation in Markazi Province معرفی فلور، شکل زیستی و کورولوژی گیاهان منطقۀ بازرجان در استان مرکزی 43 66 26442 10.22108/tbj.2022.131883.1189 EN Mohammad Mohammadi MSc. Graduate, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Farrokh Ghahremaninejad Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Zahra Tavakkoli Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2022 01 19 Bazarjan region includes an area of 31197 hectares in the north of Tafresh city and is between 49˚ 59ʹ to 49˚ 50ʹ east longitude and 34˚ 56ʹ to 34˚ 31ʹ north latitude. The present study aimed to investigate the flora, life form, and the chorological status of vegetation in the Bazarjan region, Markazi. The results of the study of the flora of the region showed that there were 293 species of 61 families and 208 genera in this region. The Brassicaceae and Asteraceae with 41 and 38 taxa were the largest families and Astragalus with 14 and Alyssum with 7 species, respectively, were the largest genera in the region. The life form of the collected plants was studied according to Raunkiaer classification, which showed 37.54 % of the Therophytes, 24.91 % of the Hemicryptophytes, 19.11 % of Chamaephytes, 11.94 % of Geophyte, 4.77 % of Phanerophyte, and a small percentage of Helophyte and Epiphytes. The highest percentage of the geographical distribution of plants in the region was related to Irano-Turanian vegetative elements with 60.4%. After that, 11.26% of the plants in the region were from Irano-Turanian and Europe-Siberian elements, 5.8% of the plants were from Irano-Turanian and Sahara-Sindi, and 4.43% were Iranian-Turanian and Mediterranean. Also, 31 species were endemic to Iran, and 30 species were endangered.

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University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 The Evolutionary Trend of Morphological Characters of Astragalus sect. Alopecuroidei based on Phylogeny of nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnH-psbA Sequences روند تکامل صفات ریخت‌‌شناسی بخش Alopecuroidei از جنس گون برپایۀ تبارزایی توالی هسته‌‌ای ITS و توالی کلروپلاستی trnH-psbA 67 86 26582 10.22108/tbj.2022.132454.1192 EN Farahnaz Javanmardi Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, Iran Journal Article 2022 01 23 Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) with over 2500 species is the largest genus of flowering plants on Earth. Astragalus sect. Alopecuroidei DC. with over 50 species is one of the largest sections of the Old World Astragalus represented by 27 taxa in Iran. In the present study, 26 taxa of sect. Alopecuroidei and Astragalus caraganae of sect. Astragalus, as well as two species of sect. Chronopus as outgroups were selected. Seventeen morphological characters for these 29 taxa were analyzed based on phylogeny of nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnH-psbA. The Maximum Parsimony method was used to construct a phylogenetic tree. The matrix of morphological characters was mapped on the molecular tree using Mesquite version 2.74. The results of the study indicate that, among the previously proposed subsections of Alopecuroidei, subsect, Bibracteolati was monophyletic, but the subsects of Microtropi and Megalotropi were not monophyletic. The evolutionary trend of morphological characters based on molecular phylogeny showed that three characters including the existence of bracteole, length of peduncle, and length of keel limb were synapomorphies for some clades of the Alopecuroidei sect. The other characters indicated the homoplasy (parallelism and reversal) within this section.

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University of Isfahan Taxonomy and Biosystematics 3115-9001 13 49 2021 12 22 A Report on the Fungivorous Thrips Nesothrips lativentris (Karny) in Iran (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) گزارش تریپس قارچ‌‌خوار Nesothrips lativentris (Karny) از ایران (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) 87 90 26583 10.22108/tbj.2022.132869.1194 EN Leila Movahedi MSc Student, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran Leila Ramezani Associate Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran Majid Mirab-balou Associate Professor, Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran Journal Article 2022 02 25 Up to now, five genera and seven species of fungivorous thrips of the Idolothripinae (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) have been recorded from Iran. These include Allothrips, Compsothrips, Megathrips, Nesothrips, and Pseudocryptothrips with 1, 2, 2, 1, and 1 species, respectively. In this study, the second species of the genus Nesothrips Kirkaldy namely N. lativentris (Karny, 1913), collected in Ilam province, is newly recorded for the fauna of Iran. The diagnostic morphological characters and the geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are discussed.

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