Mayors for Peace Gratefully Welcomes the Following New Members 52 New Cities Have Joined Mayors for Peace

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Mayors for Peace Gratefully Welcomes the Following New Members 52 new cities have joined Mayors for Peace. Thus, the Conference involves 6,374 cities in 160 countries and regions around the world. As of November 1, 2014 No Country City/Municipality Mayor 1 Iran Anabad Mr. Abolfazl Rezaee 2 Iran Arateh Mr. Seyed Mohammad Sadeghian 3 Iran Asadiyeh Mr. Reza Adineh 4 Iran Ayask Mr. Ali Masoudi 5 Iran Bajestan Mr. Morteza Raeis Mirzagholi 6 Iran Bakharz Mr. Abdolghader Eskandari 7 Iran Boshrooyeh Mr. Hossein Hosseinpour Avval 8 Iran Dargaz Mr. Reza Davari 9 Iran Deyhook Mr. Abolfazl Alavitabasi 10 Iran Dolatabad (Zaveh) Mr. Mohammadmahdi Alian 11 Iran Esfeden Mr. Hamed Khazaee 12 Iran Eshghabad Mr. Mahmood Maleki 13 Iran Ferdows Mr. Hamid Hallajmoghaddam 14 Iran Feyzabad Mr. Hossein Pouryousef 15 Iran Ghohestan Mr. Mohsen Alizadeh 16 Iran Hajiabad (South Khorasan) Mr. Ehsan Karimdadi 17 Iran Joghatay Mr. Hamid Salehi 18 Iran Kalat Mr. Ramezan Parvaneh 19 Iran Karaj Mr. Ali Torkashvand 20 Iran Khalilabad Mr. Seyedreza Alavi 21 Iran Kharv Mr. Ahmad Bandei 22 Iran Khezry Dasht-e Bayaz Mr. Moshirolhagh Abedi 23 Iran Khousf Mr. Mohammad Reza Gholasimood 24 Iran Mohr Mr. Saeid Eskandari 25 Iran Mood Mr. Morteza Sadegh Bakhteari 26 Iran Nashtifan Mr. Ebrahim Ghasemi 27 Iran Nasrabad Mr. Javad Heydari 28 Iran Neghab Mr. Rahmatalah Mohammadkhah 29 Iran Nehbandan Mr. Mohammad Hosein Madih 30 Iran Nodooshan Mr. Seyed Hadi Moosavi 31 Iran Ravar Mr. Malek Azhdari 32 Iran Royan Mr. Ahmad Tavakkoli 33 Iran Salehabad (Razavi Khorasan) Mr. Gholam Farhadynia 34 Iran Sangan Mr. Ardeshir Riahi 35 Iran Sarayan Mr. Ghasem Tavakkoli 36 Iran Sarbishe Mr. Hossien Zenali 37 Iran Se Ghale Mr. Mehdi Motallebipour 38 Iran Shandiz Mr. Javad Rajabzadeh 39 Iran Shoghan Mr. Hossin Hasani No Country City/Municipality Mayor 40 Iran Shoosf Mr. Mohammad Mohammadi 41 Iran Sorkhroud Mr. Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Mosavi Nezhad 42 Iran Tabas Masina Mr. Abdol Wadood Mohamad Parast 43 Iran Zohan Mr. Mohammad Norouzi 44 Italy Breganze (VI) Ms. Piera Campana 45 Italy Este Mr. Giancarlo Piva 46 Japan Chippubetsu Mr. Takeshi Kamiyabu 47 Japan Ginoza Mr. Atsushi Toma 48 Japan Higashimatsushima Mr. Hideo Abe 49 Japan Oyodo Mr. Morimasa Okashita 50 Japan Tenkawa Mr. Yasunori Morimoto 51 Japan Tokashiki Mr. Masashige Zamami 52 Spain (Catalunya) Vallromanes Mr. David Ricart i Miró.

Copy Link

Recommended publications

Assessment of Agricultural Water Resources Sustainability in Arid Regions Using Virtual Water Concept: Case of South Khorasan Province, Iran
water Article Assessment of Agricultural Water Resources Sustainability in Arid Regions Using Virtual Water Concept: Case of South Khorasan Province, Iran Ehsan Qasemipour 1 and Ali Abbasi 1,2,* 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948974, Iran; [email protected] 2 Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected]; Tel.: +31-15-2781029 Received: 30 December 2018; Accepted: 22 February 2019; Published: 3 March 2019 Abstract: Cropping pattern plays an important role in providing food and agricultural water resources sustainability, especially in arid regions in which the concomitant socioeconomic dangers of water shortage would be inevitable. In this research, six indices are applied to classify 37 cultivated crops according to Central Product Classification (CPC). The respective 10-year data (2005–2014) were obtained from Agricultural Organization of South Khorasan (AOSKh) province. The water footprint concept along with some economic indicators are used to assess the water use efficiency. Results show that blue virtual water contributes to almost 99 percent of Total Virtual Water (TVW). In this occasion that an increasing pressure is exerted on groundwater resources, improper pattern of planting crops has to be beyond reproach. The improper cropping pattern in the study area led to the overuse of 346 × 106 m3 of water annually. More specifically, cereals cultivation was neither environmentally nor economically sustainable and since they accounted for the largest share of water usage at the province level, importing them should be considered as an urgent priority.
[Show full text]
Analytical Report on the Status of the Target Villages, Nov 2014.Pdf
Analytical Report on the Status of the target Villages November 30th, 2014 Introduction Saffron value chain development program has been implemented since the end of year 2013 with the aim of promoting production and obtaining the maximum value added of saffron by the beneficiaries of this industry in various sectors of agriculture, processing and export of saffron with the cooperation of Agriculture Bank of Iran through United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). In the agricultural and production sector, according to studies carried out, there is no optimum performance and efficiency in comparison with the international standards and norms; in addition the beneficiaries of this sector do not obtain appropriate value from activities made in this sector. To this end, in one of the executive parts of this program, under improving the efficiency of saffron production, 20 villages in two provinces of southern and Razavi Khorasan were selected. The Characteristics of these villages, being as the center as well as being well known regarding the production of saffron, were the reasons of choosing these areas. Also, in all these villages, local experts and consultants, who have been trained by the executive project team and have been employed under this program will make technical advices to the farmers and hold different training courses for them. The following report is part of the data collected and analyzed by these consultants in 16 selected villages up to the reporting date. These reports, training courses, and technical advices, are an attempt to improve the manufacturing process, and increase production efficiency and product quality in the production of saffron.
[Show full text]
In the Name of God Geological Survey of Iran Technology and Planning
In the Name of God Geological survey of Iran Main activities of Geological survey of Iran At First six months 1386 Technology and planning management 1386 1 Six months performance report Introduction: The exploration and geology is a general word that it has play the basic role at different culture and economic and even political aspects in countries from for post. Hence New days in many countries of the world such and Iran, it has been paid a. special attention to review the exploratory and geology, and in order to expand this section. The wide exclusive œ researches centers have been established and they are activing that sometimes it's importance and valid is very much (Like Us Geology organization. USGS and France Geology organization, BRGM). In Iran, like many countries of the world, based on the following note, Article of the mine and industry affairs concentration Act enacted 12/5/79 , The exploration, geology studies and the mining reserves and sources identification is the charge of the government sovereignty which on the basis of the enactment No: 1/12/1039b of administrative supreme council, the doing this is considered as main task of state civil mining exploration and geology organization related to mines and industries ministry, so that it can act in the field of the identification and use of mining potential power and advantages and also economic infrastructures. It is said that in current years, the use of new technologies and the revision in the puts structure of the geology organization has been put at the working instruction based on legal recommendations (Article for concentration Act and Articles of fourth program Act) and with a new research managements establishment, part of the exploratory and geology reviews, The basic evolutions have curried out in other earth sciences applied fields such as geology telecommunication, marine geology, earth sciences database establishment and etc.
[Show full text]
Seroepidemiological Feature of Chlamydia Abortus in Sheep and Goat Population Located in Northeastern Iran
SHORT Veterinary Research Forum. 2020; 11 (4) 423 – 426 Veterinary COMMUNICATION doi: 10.30466/vrf.2019.101946.2429 Research Forum Journal Homepage: vrf.iranjournals.ir Seroepidemiological feature of Chlamydia abortus in sheep and goat population located in northeastern Iran Zakaria Iraninezhad1, Mohammad Azizzadeh1*, Alireza Taghavi Razavizadeh1, Jalil Mehrzad2, Mohammad Rashtibaf3 1 Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; 2 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran; 3 Veterinary Administration of Khorasan Razavi province, Mashhad, Iran. Article Info Abstract Article history: Chlamydia abortus is a Gram-negative intracellular bacteria responsible for major economic losses due mainly to infection and subsequent induction of abortion in several animal species Received: 16 January 2019 and poses considerable public health problems in humans. This study was conducted to Accepted: 15 April 2019 determine the prevalence of antibody against C. abortus in sheep and goat population of Available online: 15 December 2020 Khorasan Razavi province located in northeastern Iran. Four hundred fifty-two (271 sheep and 181 goats) sera samples from 40 sheep/goat epidemiologic units located in 11 counties were Keywords: selected. Sera were assayed for antibodies against C. abortus using ELISA assay. Out of 452 sheep and goat sera, 44 [9.70% (95.00%CI: 7.10%-12.40%)] were positive for C. abortus Chlamydia abortus antibodies. 28 out of 40 epidemiologic units (70.00%) and 10 out of 11 counties (91.00%), at Goat least one seropositive sample was found. There was no significant difference between the Iran seropositivity of sheep and goats.
[Show full text]
Analyzing Small Town Centralization Effects on Spatial Organization of Rural Settlement (Case Study: Zoshk, Noqondar, Virani Village)
International Journal of Engineering Science Invention ISSN (Online): 2319 – 6734, ISSN (Print): 2319 – 6726 www.ijesi.org ||Volume 4 Issue 2 || February 2015 || PP.34-43 Analyzing small town centralization effects on spatial organization of rural settlement (Case study: Zoshk, Noqondar, Virani village) 1, Mohammad Mahdi Jahani , 2Mohammad Ali Ahmadian , Ali Homaee Far 3 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran PhD student Department of Geography & rural planning, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran (corresponding author) ABSTRACT : Nowadays, unbalancing and inequality of spaces among urban and rural settlements are important subjects of economists and regional programmers. Existing economical divergence, development poles and dispersion of rural regions are the effects of this phenomenon.So accessing to balance and consistent expansion in regional space, establishing regular and ordered sequences are major needs and pay attention to small towns is one of the ways to equilibration this situation.The purpose of research is, studying influence Torqabeh & Shandiz cities on Zosh, Noqondar, Virani villages. The research is applied and method is descriptive –analytic and collecting data is done by documents-library. Indeed, has been studied the effect of centralization mentioned cities on villages. In order to, was used from network analyzed. On the other hand, was used from questioner tool. Finding shows, the relation between urban and rural area is parasitic theory. KEY WORD: Decentralized, small towns, spatial organization, rural settlement, Zoshk, Noqondar I. INTRODUCTION From the late 1950s, an opposing view emerged in a new field of regional planning that was built, in part, on core-periphery and spatial polarization models, which observed that in most developing countries the benefits of economic growth increasingly concentrate in one or a few core urban regions.
[Show full text]
Water-Saving Scenarios Based on Input–Output Analysis and Virtual Water Concept: a Case in Iran
sustainability Article Water-Saving Scenarios Based on Input–Output Analysis and Virtual Water Concept: A Case in Iran Ehsan Qasemipour 1 , Ali Abbasi 1,2,* and Farhad Tarahomi 3 1 Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; [email protected] 2 Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Water Resources Section, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, 2628 CN Delft, The Netherlands 3 Economic Development Department, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran 19938 93973, Iran; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] or [email protected] Received: 3 December 2019; Accepted: 20 January 2020; Published: 22 January 2020 Abstract: The strong desire for achieving self-sufficiency in developing and mostly water-scarce regions has endangered socioeconomic and environmental sustainability. South Khorasan is particularly exposed to such insecurities, largely due to its limited water resource endowments and its comparatively intensive agriculture. In this paper, we apply the water footprint accounting method (WFA) along with a regional input–output (IO) model to analyze the efficiency of the total (direct + indirect) water consumption in different economic sectors and water footprint of the region in 2011. Results show that agriculture is responsible for more than 95% of water consumption in the area, while it accounts for just 27% of value-added. Additionally, this sector has the largest contribution to water footprint composition (92%) when compared to other sectors. Three water-saving scenarios are simulated by the use of IO economic model and water footprint accounting method. Applying the proper cropping pattern has the greatest impact on water conservation with 348.46 Mm3 per year.
[Show full text]
See the Document
IN THE NAME OF GOD IRAN NAMA RAILWAY TOURISM GUIDE OF IRAN List of Content Preamble ....................................................................... 6 History ............................................................................. 7 Tehran Station ................................................................ 8 Tehran - Mashhad Route .............................................. 12 IRAN NRAILWAYAMA TOURISM GUIDE OF IRAN Tehran - Jolfa Route ..................................................... 32 Collection and Edition: Public Relations (RAI) Tourism Content Collection: Abdollah Abbaszadeh Design and Graphics: Reza Hozzar Moghaddam Photos: Siamak Iman Pour, Benyamin Tehran - Bandarabbas Route 48 Khodadadi, Hatef Homaei, Saeed Mahmoodi Aznaveh, javad Najaf ...................................... Alizadeh, Caspian Makak, Ocean Zakarian, Davood Vakilzadeh, Arash Simaei, Abbas Jafari, Mohammadreza Baharnaz, Homayoun Amir yeganeh, Kianush Jafari Producer: Public Relations (RAI) Tehran - Goragn Route 64 Translation: Seyed Ebrahim Fazli Zenooz - ................................................ International Affairs Bureau (RAI) Address: Public Relations, Central Building of Railways, Africa Blvd., Argentina Sq., Tehran- Iran. www.rai.ir Tehran - Shiraz Route................................................... 80 First Edition January 2016 All rights reserved. Tehran - Khorramshahr Route .................................... 96 Tehran - Kerman Route .............................................114 Islamic Republic of Iran The Railways
[Show full text]
Short Fieldwork Report. Human Remains from Kaleh Kub, Iran, 2018
Bioarchaeology of the Near East, 12:76–80 (2018) Short fieldwork report Human remains from Kaleh Kub, Iran, 2018 Pegah Goodarzi1, Mohammad H. Azizi Kharanaghi2, Masashi Abe3, Arkadiusz Sołtysiak*4 1 Institute of Archaeology, University of Tehran, Building No.13, Poorsina St., Qods St., Enghelab St., 14176-53911, Tehran, Iran 2 Department of Prehistory, National Museum of Iran, Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, 30 Tir St., Imam Khomeini St., 113196711, Tehran, Iran 3 Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, 13-43 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, 110-8713 Japan 4 Department of Bioarchaeology, Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland email: [email protected] (corresponding author) ◦ 0 00 ◦ 0 00 e ancient site of Kaleh Kub (33 52 56 E, 58 21 54 N) is located SW of Ayask, a small town in Sarayan county, South Khorasan province, Iran (Figure 1). It covers 7ha of a modern agricultural area (Anani et al. 2014:60). Discovered in 2008, it was first excavated over three seasons (2008, 2009 and 2011) by Sahab Yousefi (Anani 2012). Based on pottery, three occupation phases were defined, from the Late Neolithic and Transitional Chalcolithic (late 6 and early 5 millennium BCE) through Proto- Elamite period (4 millennium BCE) to the Early Bronze Age (late 4 and early 3 millennium BCE) (Azizi Kharanaghi et al. 2018). In the excavated area, the remains of houses and human burials were found together with pottery (including beveled-rim bowls), stone tools, beads, and seals (Yousefi et al.
[Show full text]
Mayors for Peace Member Cities 2021/10/01 平和首長会議加盟都市リスト
Mayors for Peace Member Cities 2021/10/01 平和首長会議加盟都市リスト ● Asia 4 Bangladesh 7 China アジアバングラデシュ中国 1 Afghanistan 9 Khulna 6 Hangzhou アフガニスタンクルナ杭州（ハンチォウ） 1 Herat 10 Kotwalipara 7 Wuhan ヘラートコタリパラ武漢（ウハン） 2 Kabul 11 Meherpur 8 Cyprus カブールメヘルプールキプロス 3 Nili 12 Moulvibazar 1 Aglantzia ニリモウロビバザールアグランツィア 2 Armenia 13 Narayanganj 2 Ammochostos (Famagusta) アルメニアナラヤンガンジアモコストス（ファマグスタ） 1 Yerevan 14 Narsingdi 3 Kyrenia エレバンナールシンジキレニア 3 Azerbaijan 15 Noapara 4 Kythrea アゼルバイジャンノアパラキシレア 1 Agdam 16 Patuakhali 5 Morphou アグダム（県）パトゥアカリモルフー 2 Fuzuli 17 Rajshahi 9 Georgia フュズリ（県）ラージシャヒジョージア 3 Gubadli 18 Rangpur 1 Kutaisi クバドリ（県）ラングプールクタイシ 4 Jabrail Region 19 Swarupkati 2 Tbilisi ジャブライル（県）サルプカティトビリシ 5 Kalbajar 20 Sylhet 10 India カルバジャル（県）シルヘットインド 6 Khocali 21 Tangail 1 Ahmedabad ホジャリ（県）タンガイルアーメダバード 7 Khojavend 22 Tongi 2 Bhopal ホジャヴェンド（県）トンギボパール 8 Lachin 5 Bhutan 3 Chandernagore ラチン（県）ブータンチャンダルナゴール 9 Shusha Region 1 Thimphu 4 Chandigarh シュシャ（県）ティンプーチャンディーガル 10 Zangilan Region 6 Cambodia 5 Chennai ザンギラン（県）カンボジアチェンナイ 4 Bangladesh 1 Ba Phnom 6 Cochin バングラデシュバプノムコーチ（コーチン） 1 Bera 2 Phnom Penh 7 Delhi ベラプノンペンデリー 2 Chapai Nawabganj 3 Siem Reap Province 8 Imphal チャパイ・ナワブガンジシェムリアップ州インパール 3 Chittagong 7 China 9 Kolkata チッタゴン中国コルカタ 4 Comilla 1 Beijing 10 Lucknow コミラ北京（ペイチン）ラクノウ 5 Cox's Bazar 2 Chengdu 11 Mallappuzhassery コックスバザール成都（チォントゥ）マラパザーサリー 6 Dhaka 3 Chongqing 12 Meerut ダッカ重慶（チョンチン）メーラト 7 Gazipur 4 Dalian 13 Mumbai (Bombay) ガジプール大連（タァリィェン）ムンバイ（旧ボンベイ） 8 Gopalpur 5 Fuzhou 14 Nagpur ゴパルプール福州（フゥチォウ）ナーグプル 1/108 Pages
[Show full text]
Kaftar Kouh of Ferdous, New Evidence of Paleolithic Population in Southern Khorasan, Iran
Advances in Anthropology, 2019, 9, 111-123 http://www.scirp.org/journal/aa ISSN Online: 2163-9361 ISSN Print: 2163-9353 Kaftar Kouh of Ferdous, New Evidence of Paleolithic Population in Southern Khorasan, Iran Ali Sadraei1, Mehdi Fallah Mehneh2, Mohammad Sheikh3, Bahram Anani4, Zahra Hedayati Minaei5 1Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran 2Torbat Heydarieh University, Torbat Heydarieh, Iran 3Archaeology Department of Torbat Heydarieh University, Torbat Heydarieh, Iran 4Art University, Isfahan, Iran 5University of Neyshabur, Neyshabur, Iran How to cite this paper: Sadraei, A., Meh- Abstract neh, M. F., Sheikh, M., Anani, B., & Minaei, Z. H. (2019). Kaftar Kouh of Ferdous, New The eastern part of Iran, especially Khorasan, has remained in a completely Evidence of Paleolithic Population in unclear and vague state in spite of the fact that Paleolithic studies have been Southern Khorasan, Iran. Advances in the pioneer of archeological research. In the meanwhile, the condition of the Anthropology, 9, 111-123. https://doi.org/10.4236/aa.2019.92009 lower Paleolithic period is wretchedly worse, so that the only evidence of this period is that obtained of two widely-cited sites, namely Kashfroud and Da- Received: March 7, 2019 roungar River (Artian); while in other parts of Khorasan no evidence indi- Accepted: May 24, 2019 Published: May 27, 2019 cating the presence of Pleistocene hominin populations has been published to this date, which is largely questionable and requires a revise on the archaeo- Copyright © 2019 by author(s) and logy of the Paleolithic era in this part of Iran. Kaftar Kkouh site of Ferdous is Scientific Research Publishing Inc.
[Show full text]
The Impact of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants on the Economic Income Of
Propósitos y Representaciones Mar. 2021, Vol. 9, SPE(2), e957 ISSN 2307-7999 Special Number: Professional competencies for international university education e-ISSN 2310-4635 http://dx.doi.org/10.20511/pyr2021.v9nSPE2.957 RESEARCH ARTICLES The Impact of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants on the Economic Income of Rural Settlements Case study of Kalat city villages El impacto del cultivo de plantas medicinales en los ingresos económicos de los asentamientos rurales Estudio de caso de los pueblos de la ciudad de Kalat Mansoureh Alipour Khesht PhD Student, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1892-4714 Hamid Jafari Department of Geography, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2007-562X Katayoun Alizadeh Department of Geography, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7875-0977 Received 09-08-20 Revised 10-10-20 Accepted 20-12-21 On line 01-29-21 *Correspondence Cite as: Alipour, M., Jafari, H., & Alizadeh, K. (2021). The effect of Email: [email protected] cultivation of medicinal plants on the economic development of rural settlements Case study: Villages of Kalat city. Propósitos y Representaciones, 9 (SPE2), e957. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20511/pyr2021.v9nSPE2.957 © Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola, Vicerrectorado de Investigación, 2021. This article is distributed under license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) The Impact of Cultivation of Medicinal Plants on the Economic Income of Rural Settlements Case study of Kalat city villages.
[Show full text]
A Study on the Spider Fauna of Dargaz and Kalat Counties in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran (Arachnida: Araneae)
BIHAREAN BIOLOGIST 10 (1): 4-7 ©Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2016 Article No.: e151204 http://biozoojournals.ro/bihbiol/index.html A study on the spider fauna of Dargaz and Kalat Counties in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran (Arachnida: Araneae) Hussein SADEGHI1, Malihe AHMADI2, Alireza ZAMANI3,* and Isa JABALEH2 1. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. 2. Higher education Institute of Jihad-e Daneshgahi, Kashmar Branch. 3. Department of Animal Biology, School of Biology and Centre of Excellence in Phylogeny of Living Organisms in Iran, College of Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran *Corresponding author, A. Zamani, E-mail: [email protected] Received: 08. February 2015 / Accepted: 11. May 2015 / Available online: 01. June 2016 / Printed: June 2016 Abstract. In a survey investigating the spider fauna of Dargaz and Kalat counties in Razavi Khorasan Province of Iran, 13 families and 21 species were recognized, of which three are new to Iran: Minosia simeonica Levy, 1995, Nomisia negebensis Levy, 1995 and Thanatus atratus Simon, 1875. Also, genus Minosia Dalmas, 1921 is recorded for the first time in Iran. Data on collection localities and distribution of each species, as well as diagnostic morphological characters and figures for the newly recorded taxa are provided. Key words: new records, Thanatus, Minosia, Nomisia, Iran. Introduction Spiders (Araneae), with over 45000 recognized species in the world (World Spider Catalog 2015). Reviewing the literature, Zamani et al. (2015a) gave a checklist of spiders of Iran with about 540 species. Considering the geographic position of the country as a land bridge joining the Palaearctic, Afro- tropical and Oriental zones, and its diverse climate condi- tions and the known spider fauna of adjacent countries, it seems that this number must be much higher than known at present.
[Show full text]