Ten species of whiteflies (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) representing six genera were studied from a collection from different localities in the middle of Iraq. These species are

This article reports the first record of Aenasius arizonensis (Girault, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) parasitizing the recently introduced species of cotton mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsly (Hemiptera, Psedococcidae) infesting Lantana camara L. (Verbeneceae) as well as other ornamental plants in Baghdad province, Iraq. A short morphological description is also presented.

This work provides the updatedchecklistof the mayfly (Ephemeroptera) fauna of Iraq;it consists of 30species belonging to 18genera and 10families. The highest number of species belongs to the familiesof Baetidaeand Heptageniidae, whereas the lowest in Ephemeridae, Leptophlebiidae andPalingeniidae that appeared with only one species for each of them.The current investigation is a contribution to the knowledge regarding thebiodiversity of mayflies, with mentioning the synonyms of the species and correcting the scientific names that found in previous publicationsin Iraq.

The revision provides an updating checklist of Collembola that showed 48 species and 3 subspecies belonging to 28 genera under 10 families and 4 orders from Iraq are presented. This study is a contribution to the data concerning the biodiversity of springtails group; also the synonyms and valid names were given in the current investigations; however, the information about this group is still poorly known, and it is expected that there will be more species that are still undiscovered.

This article reveals the first record of the parasitoid wasp, Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) from Iraq. A total of 27 specimens were emerged from mud nests of sphecoid wasp of Sceliphron sp. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), that collected from a wall at a residential garden in Dohuk province. A short morphological description is presented.