Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum

Two females of the red-back spider, Latrodectus scelio Thorell, 1870 were first recorded
in Iraq, short description with figure was provided

Hemipteran species of alfalfa plant surveyed in Abu Ghraib, Baghdad during the months of
April, May and October of 2010. The study was registered, eight species belonging to eight
genera and six families. The results showed that Deracoris sp. Kirschbaum,1855 and
Campylomma diversicornis Reuter, 1878 the most abundant species while Lygaeus pandurus
Scop. and Pyrrhocorius apterus (Linnaeus 1758) were the lowest during the study period.

Shiranish Formation (Late Campanian- Maastrichtian) that cropping out north east Iraq, is
studied by microfacies analysis of 52 thin section collected from Hijran Section, about 10 km
west Shaqlawa Town, Governorate of Erbil. According to petrography, mineralogy and
organic contents, rocks are subdivided to crystalline carbonate and microfacies units
(biowackstone, packstone, and mudstone facies). Biowackstone facies have high ratio of the
rock components, while the other facies have low ratio. Microfacies analysis led to relatively
quiet deep marine environment

Acuaria skrjabini Ozerskaya, 1926 and Dispharynx nasuta (Rudolphi, 1819) Stiles and
Hassall, 1920, were found embedded in the mucosa of the gizzards of 26.97% of house
sparrows, Passer domesticus biblicus collected in Baghdad City. Their morphometric and
meristic features were expressed and compared with that reported in other studies.