PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 43 June – 2011 Number 3
C O N T E N T S
Microbiology
FREED, S., JIN, F-L. AND REN, S-X. Phylogenetics of entomopathogenic fungi isolated from the soils of different ecosystems .................................................... 417
MEHMOOD, K., SHOUKAT, S., HAMEED, Z.,
HUSSAIN, M., AHMED, S., SHAH, A.A.,
HAMEED, A. AND HASAN, F. Evaluation of various strategies for isolation and culturing of
Helicobacter pylori ..................................................... 427
RAHOO, A.M., MUKHTAR, T., GOWEN S.R. AND
PEMBROKE, B. Virulence of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus bovienii and Photorhabdus luminescens against Galleria mellonella larvae .......... 543
BANO, A.S. AND QAZI, J.I. Soil buried mild steel corrosion by Bacillus cereus -SNB4 and its inhibition by Bacillus thuringiensis -SN8 ..................... 555
KHAN, I., YAQUB, A., AWAIS, M., ASIM, H.,
JAMSHED, R. AND FARIDI, I.A. Monitoring of fecal coliforms in drinking water sources of tehsil
Mardan, Pakistan (S.C.) ................................................ 600
Molecular Biology / Bioinformatics / Biotechnology
ANJUM, I.F., MIR, A. AND RIAZ, N.
In silico analysis of genes implicated in Alopecia areata ....................... 437
ARSHAD, M. AND SUHAIL, A. Field and laboratory performance of transgenic Bt cotton containing
Cry1Ac against beet armyworm larvae
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) ............................................. 529
SHAKOORI, F.R., ZAFAR, M.F., FATEHULLAH, A.,
REHMAN, A. AND SHAKOORI, A.R. Response of glutathione level in a protozoan ciliate,
Stylonychia mytilus, to increasing uptake of and tolerance to nickel and zinc in the medium ................. 569
YUNUS, F.N., MAKHDOOM, R. AND RAZA, G.
Synergism between Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa against Earias vitella
(Lepidoptera) ................................................................ 575
IJAZ, M., KHAN, M.S. KHAN, M.A., AVAIS, M., ALI,
M.M. AND SALEEM, M.H.
Molecular identification and haematological values of strangles ( Streptococcus equi ) affected mules in
Pakistan ........................................................................ 587
ALI, N.M., SHAKOORI R.F. AND SHAKOORI, A.R.
Improvement in methionine production by local bacterial isolates .......................................................... 611
Marine Biology
Biochemistry / Physiology
NASEER, U., TAHIR, M., LONE, K.P., MUNIR, B.
AND SAMI, W. Effect of folic acid on vitamin A induced cardiac teratogenicity in albino mice ............. 461
AKRAM, A.M., ALI, R., ROOHI, N. AND ILYAS, A.
Quantitative profiling of serum protein fractions in young obese human ..................................................... 489
Entomology
QADRI, S.S. AND AHMAD, I.
Dysdercus evanescens
Distant. (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and its phylogenetic relationships ........................................... 469
AHMAD, I. AND QADRI, S.S. Redescription of
Dysdercus melanoderes Karsch (Hemiptera:
Pyrrhocoridae) with reference to its unknown male genitalia and its phylogenetic relationships ................. 473
AKHTER, M.A., DRUMONT, A., RIZVI, S.A. AND
AHMED, Z. Notes on species of cardiophorinae
(Candèze, 1860) from Pakistan with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and new records ......................................................................... 477
ZAHID, M. AND AHMAD, I. A revision of Myrocheine genus Ennius Stål with special reference to redescription of E. monteironis Distant (Hemiptera:
Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) and their phylogenetic relationships ................................................................ 549
AKHTER, M.A,. PLATIA, G., RIZVI, S.A. AND
AHMED, Z. A new species of Melanotus
(Eschscholtz, 1829) with notes on other species of the genus from Pakistan (Coleoptera: Elateridae) ........ 581
Pest & Pest Control
SATTAR, M. AND ABRO, G.H. Mass rearing of
Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera:
Chrysopidae) adults for integrated pest management programmes ................................................................ 483
MANZOOR, F., CHAUDHARY, M., SHEIKH, N.,
KHAN, I.A. AND KHAN, T. Diversity and proportion of termite species in garden trees and wheat crop in district Bhakkar, Pakistan ..................... 537
Ecology
AMANAT, Z. AND QURESHI, N.A. Ovarian maturation stages and size at sexual maturity of Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards, 1937) in the lagoon water of Sonmiani Bay, Balochistan ........................... 447
DABBAGH, A-R. AND KAMRANI, E. Preference of substrate and shelter type by the snapping shrimp,
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 (Crustacea:
Caridea: Alpheidae) (S.C.) ........................................... 606
SAYGI, H. AND ŞENOL, Ş. Using cox regression model with time dependent explanatory variable for survival analysis of common sole, Solea solea L. ........ 497
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Biodiversity / Wildlife
ZHIJUN, H., MINGWEI, X., HONGLIANG, C. AND
YUPING, H. Phylogenetic position analysis of an
Isospora isolated from Siberian tiger in eimeriid coccidian based on 18S rDNA sequence ..................... 505
YI-QUN W. AND NAI-FA, L.
Nest-site characteristics of the blue-eared pheasant in Northwest China ............... 562
KARAKAŞ, R. Contribution on the status and distribution of shrike species in South-Eastern
Anatolia, Turkey (S.C.) ................................................ 593
BANO, A., MOAZZAM, M., AYUB, Z. AND
SIDDIQUI, G. First report of Siphonaria (Mollusca:
Gastropoda) species from the rocky coasts off
Karachi, Pakistan (northern Arabian sea) (S.C.) ........... 602
Toxicology / Teratogenesis
NAEEM, K., AHMAD, N. AND ASMATULLAH.
Embryotoxicity of orally administered misoprostol to pregnant mice ........................................................... 511
Palaentology
SIDDIQUI, P.J.A., ALI, A., BROMFIELD, K., IQBAL,
P. AND SHOAIB, N. Identification of fossil corals inhabiting an uplifted area of Ras Gunz near Jiwani,
Balochistan, Pakistan ................................................... 523
Fisheries
CHUGHTAI, M.I. AND AWAN, A.R. Growth performance of monosex and mixed-sex tilapia
( Oreochromis niloticus ) in brackish water by using salt-tolerant roughages as supplementary food
(S.C.) ............................................................................ 596
Parasitology
HECKMANN, R.A., KHAN, A. AND AMIN, O.M.
Juveniles of genus Oligacanthorhynchus Travassos,
1915 (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Southwell & Macfie, 1925) from snakes in Karachi,
Pakistan (S.C.) .............................................................. 604
Animal Diseases / Virology
SHABBIR, M.Z., RABBANI, M., AHMAD, A.,
YAQUB, T., MUHAMMAD, K. AND REHMAN,
Z. Detection of rabies virus from equines showing nervous signs (S.C.) ...................................................... 608

NUMBER 1
Environmental Pollution and Biotechnology
AFTAB, U., KHAN, M.R., MAHFOOZ, M.,
ALI, M., ASLAM, S.H. AND REHMAN,
A. Decolourization and degradation of textile azo dyes by Corynebacterium sp. isolated from industrial effluent ...................... 1
Pest & Pest Control
BALOCH, M.S. AND ABDULLAH, K. Effect of planting techniques on incidence of stem borers ( Scirpophaga spp.) in transplanted and direct wet-seeded rice .......... 9
SARWAR, M., AHMAD, N. AND TOFIQUE,
M. Impact of soil potassium on population buildup of aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) and crop yield in canola ( Brassica napus
L.) field .......................................................... 15
GHAFOOR, A., HASSAN, M., ALVI, Z.H.
AND KOUSAR, S. Impact of different varieties of stub cotton on population dynamics of whitefly at Faisalabad,
Pakistan ......................................................... 25
NADEEM, S., HAMED, M. AND
SHAFIQUE, M. Feeding preference and developmental period of some storage insect species in rice products ....................... 79
SYED, T.S., ABRO, G.H., KHANUM, A.
AND SATTAR, M. Effect of host plants on the biology of Earias vittella (Fab)
(Noctuidae: Lepidoptera) under laboratory conditions .................................................... 127
IQBAL, J., HASAN, M., ASHFAQ, M., SAHI,
S.T. AND ALI, A. Studies on correlation of Amrasca biguttula biguttula (Ishida) population with physio-morphic characters of okra, Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Monech ............................... 141
Parasitology
BILQEES, F.M., KHATOON, N. AND
NAWAZ, Y. Conica trilobata n.gen, n.sp.
(Trematoda: Hemiuridae: Dinurinae) from the fish, Otolithus argenteus, of Karachi coast .............................................................. 21
MAHMOOD, R., WAGCHOURE, E.S.,
RAJA, S., SARWAR, G. AND ASLAM,
M. Effect of thymol and formic acid against ectoparasitic brood mite
Tropilaelaps clareae in Apis mellifera colonies ......................................................... 91
GANTAIT, V.V., BHATTACHARYA, T.
AND CHATTERJEE, A. Description of
Makatinus siddiqii , new species
(Dorylaimida:
Aporcelaiminae)
Aporcelaimidae: from Paschim
Medinipur, West Bengal, India with key to its world species .......................................... 171
SINGH, H.S. AND CHAUDHARY, A. A new record of Cornudiscoides proximus
Gussev, 1976, a freshwater monogenean and its phylogeny, inferred from partial sequence of 28S rDNA ................................ 183
GUPTA, R., JOHRI, S., CHANDRA, S. AND
SAXENA, A.M. A discussion of the trematode genus Pleorchis Railliet, 1896
(Digenea: Pleorchiidae Poche, 1926) with description of two new species from the intestine of marine fishes from the Indian ocean ........................................... 191
Animal Diseases / Human Diseases / Virology
AIN, Q., AHMAD, L., HASSAN, M., RANA,
S.M. AND JABEEN, F. Prevalence of βthalassemic patients associated with consanguinity and anti-HCV - antibody positivity – A cross sectional study ............... 29
DURRANI, A.Z., YOUNUS, M. KAMAL, N.
MEHMOOD, N. AND SHAKOORI, A.R.
Prevalence of ovine Theileria species in
District Lahore, Pakistan ............................... 57
MEHMOOD, M.D., MUHAMMAD, K.,
RABBANI, M., HANIF A., AND
HUSSAIN, I. In process quality control factors affecting efficacy of hydropericardium syndrome virus vaccine ... 73
AWAN, A.R., BABAR, M.E., ALI, A.,
AWAN, Z., SALEEM Z., AND
ZAHOOR, Y. Phylogenetics and evolutionary association of hepatitis B virus isolated from Pakistan ........................ 155
Entomology
BASHIR, M.H., AFZAL, M., ASHFAQ, M.,
RAZA, A.B.M. AND KAMRAN, M.
Record of one new species of the genus
Cunaxa (Acari: Cunaxidae) from rice husk ... 37
WANG, X. AND REN, S. The genus
Chilocorellus Miyatake, 1994
(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Laos, with description of a new species ................ 123
BODLAH, I., NAEEM, M. AND
RAKHSHANI, E. First record of
Binodoxys basicurvus Shujauddin, 1973
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from the Punjab Province of Pakistan
(S.C.) ........................................................... 202

Animal Physiology
ANSARI, M.S., RAKHA, B.A., ULLAH, N.,
ANDRABI, S.M.H., KHALID, M., AND
AKHTER, S. Effect of l-cysteine in triscitric egg yolk extender on post-thaw quality of Nili-Ravi buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) bull spermatozoa ............................. 41
ANSARI, M.S., RAKHA, B.A., ULLAH, N.,
ANDRABI, S.M.H. AND AKHTER, S.
Glutathione addition in tris-citric egg yolk extender improves the quality of cooled buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) bull semen ........... 49
JAHAN, S., AHMED, S., SHAH, N.A. AND
HIZBULLAH. Role of neuromedin S in plasma testosterone and cortisol concentrations in male adult rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta ) ........................... 147
MUSHTAQ, R., MUSHTAQ, R. AND KHAN,
Z.T. Effects of natural honey on lipid profile and body weight in normal weight and obese adults: A randomized clinical trial .............................................................. 161
Palaeontology
KHAN, M.A., AKHTAR, M., KHAN, A.M.,
GHAFFAR, A., IQBAL, M. AND
SAMIULLAH, K. New fossil locality in the middle miocene of Lava from the
Chinji formation of the Lower Siwaliks,
Pakistan ......................................................... 61
Biodiversity / Wildlife
WAQAS, U., HASNAIN, S.A., AHMAD, E.,
ABBASI, M. AND PANDRANI, A.
Conservation of green turtle ( Chelonia mydas) at Daran Beach, Jiwani,
Balochistan ..................................................... 85
MAHBOOB, S., GHAZALA, SULTANA, S.,
AL-AKEL, A.S., AL-BALAWI , A., AL-
MISNED, F. AND ZUBAIR, M. Pesticide residues in flesh of Cirrhinus mrigala collected from a commercial farm and
River Chenab at Trimu Head, Jhang ............. 97
MAHMOOD, T., HUSSAIN, I. AND
NADEEM, M.S. Population estimates, habitat preference and the diet of small
Indian mongoose ( Herpestes javanicus ) in
Potohar Plateau, Pakistan ............................ 103
IRSHAD, S. AND MIRZA, Z.B. Ecological and socioeconomic linkages of birds of
Ravi riverine habitats .................................. 113
SAHER, N.U. AND QURESHI, N.A. Relative growth and morphological sexual maturity of Ilyoplax frater (Brachyura:
Ocypodoidea: Dotillidae) from Mangrove area of Korangi Creek ................................. 133
MEHMOOD, A., ANSARI, M.S., HUSSAIN,
T., AKHTER, S., KHAN, S. A.,
HASSAN, S., KHAN, A. A. AND
RAKHA, B.A. Bandicoot rat ( Bandicota bengalensis ): A novel reservoir of pathogenic bacteria at poultry farms,
Rawalpindi/ Islamabad, Pakistan (S.C.) ...... 201
Fisheries / Freshwater Biology
HARLIOĞLU, A.G. The influence of replacing fish meal partially in diet with soybean meal and full-fat soya on growth and body composition of rainbow trout
( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) ................................ 175
Bioinformatics
FARID, A. Research econolyzer: A software for conducting economic analysis of research data (S.C.) ...................................... 205
NUMBER 2
Environmental Pollution
YOUSAFZAI, A.M. AND SHAKOORI, A.R.
Hepatic responses of a freshwater fish against aquatic pollution ............................. 209
Entomology
TAMKEEN, A., MAHMOOD, K.,
MAHMOOD, Z. AND REHMAN, Z.
Grasshopper species composition in
Mirpur Division of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir, Pakistan ....................................... 223
Pest & Pest Control
NAVEED, M., ANJUM, Z.I., KHAN, J.A.,
RAFIQ, M. AND HAMZA, A. Cotton genotypes morpho-physical factors affect resistance against Bemisia tabaci in relation to other sucking pests and its associated predators and parasitoids ........... 229
RIZWANA, S., HAMED, M., NAHEED, A.
AND AFGHAN, S. Resistance in stored rice varieties against angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier)
(Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) ........................... 343
RAZAQ, M., ASLAM, M. AND SHAD, S.A.
Occurrence of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
(Genn.) in chili, Capsicum frutescens L., at Multan, Pakistan (S.C.) ............................ 405
Biodiversity / Wildlife
RAIS, M., KHAN, M.Z., ABBASS, D.,

AKBER, G., NAWAZ R., AND ISLAM,
S. A qualitative study on wildlife of
Chotiari Reservoir, Sanghar, Sindh,
Pakistan ....................................................... 237
Animal Diseases / Virology
MUHAMMAD, K., CHAUDHRY, Z.I.,
RABBANI, M., ALTAF, I., TARIQ,
M.A., AND ANEES, M. In process quality control factors affecting potency of foot and mouth disease virus vaccine .......... 249
AHMAD, A., RABBANI, M., MUHAMMAD,
K., SHABBIR, M.Z., YAQUB, T.,
MUNIR, K., AKHTER, F., AND
CEPICA , A. Prevalence of bovine viral diarrhea virus persistency in 12 holstein cattle dairy herds of Charlottetown,
Canada ......................................................... 255
DURRANI, A.Z., DURRANI, H.Z., KAMAL,
N. AND MEHMOOD, N. Prevalence of cutaneous leishmaniasis in humans and dogs in Pakistan .......................................... 263
KHAN, A., SALEEMI, M.K., KHAN, M.Z.,
GUL, S.T., IRFAN, M. AND QAMAR,
M.S. Hemorrhagic septicemia in buffalo
( Bubalus bubalis ) calves under subtropical conditions in Pakistan .................... 295
Animal Physiology
AKHTER, S., RAKHA, B.A., ANSARI, M.S.,
ANDRABI, S.M.H. AND ULLAH, N.
Storage of Nili-Ravi buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) semen in skim milk extender supplemented with ascorbic acid and αtocopherol .................................................... 273
NADEEM, M.S., MAHMOOD, T., ASIF, M.
AND HASSAN, M.M. Annual reproductive success of the Hoopoe Lark
Alaemon alaudipes in Nag Valley (1999-
2001), Kharan, Pakistan .............................. 279
AKHTER, S., RAKHA, B.A., ANSARI, M.S.,
ANDRABI, S.M.H. AND ULLAH, N.
Effect of glucose supplementation in skim milk diluter on motility, plasma membrane and acrosomal integrity of Nili-Ravi buffalo bull spermatozoa stored at 5°C ........................ 291
ANSARI, M.S., RAKHA, B.A. AND
AKHTER, S. Effect of butylated hydroxytoluene supplementation in extender on motility, plasmalemma and viability of Sahiwal bull spermatozoa ......... 311
SEHOLE, M.M., KHALIQUE, A., JABBAR,
M.A., AKRAM, M. AND
MARGHAZANI, I.B. Effect of differently treated rice polishing on layers performance ................................................ 349
FARASAT, T., CHEEMA, A.M. AND KHAN,
M.N. Relationship of thyroid hormones with serum fasting insulin and insulin resistance in euthyroid glycemic anomalies .................................................... 379
Biotechnology
NADEEM, S. NIAZ, B., MUZAMMIL, H.M.,
RANA, S.M., RAJOKA, M.I. AND
SHAKOORI, A.R. Optimising carbon and nitrogen sources for L-glutamic acid production by Brevibacterium strain
NIAB SS-67 ................................................. 285
NADEEM, M.S., NISSAR, A., SHAHID, S.,
IMTIAZ, A., MAHFOOZ, M. ASGHAR,
M.T. AND SHAKOORI, A.R.
Purification and characterization of lactate dehydrogenase from the heart ventricles of river buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis ) .................... 315
Microbiology
IDREES, M., SHAH, M.A., MICHAEL, S.,
QAMAR, R. AND BOKHARI, H.
Antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli strains isolated from food animals in
Pakistan ....................................................... 303
Cell Biology
GUO, Z., LIN, J., CHANG, L., XU, Z. AND
CAI, X. Features of cardiomyocyte division during rat heart development ......... 321
Parasitology
DAS, S.N. AND GHAZI, R.R.
Neodiplostomum karachiensis , new species (Trematoda: Diplostomoidea,
Poirier, 1886) from black kite Milvus migrans in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan ............ 331
SHAZAD, S., ANWAR, S.A., MCKENRY,
M.V., SAHI, S.T., ABID, N. AND
GHAFFOR, B. Meloidogyne incognita infecting two perennial ornamentals .......... 337
MAHMOOD, F., KHAN, M.Z., KHAN, A.,
MUHAMMAD, G. AND JAVED, I.
Lysine induced modulation of toxicopathological effects of cottonseed meal in broiler breeder males .................................... 357
ANWAR, S.A., MCKENRY, M.V. AND
YASIN, S.I. Rice-root nematode,
Hirschmaniella oryzae, infecting rice selections and weed genotypes .................... 373
Toxicology
DIN, S., AKRAM, W., KHAN, H.A.A.,

HUSSAIN A. AND HAFEEZ, F. Citrus waste-derived essential oils: alternative larvicides for dengue fever mosquito,
Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Culicidae:
Diptera) ........................................................ 367
MUSTAFA, A., BUTT, A., TAHIR, H.M.
AND BILAL, M. Susceptibility of wolf spider, Lycosa terrestris (Araneae:
Lycosidae) to chlorpyrifos (S.C.) ................ 403
Anatomy
YIN, J-X., WANG, H-M., RACEY, P. AND
ZHANG, S-Y. Microanatomy of the fishing bat skin ............................................ 387
KHAN, M., ALI, M.M. AND AZEEM, S.
Phallectomy and urethrostomy in a paraphimosed race horse (S.C.) ................... 408
Biochemistry
SAMI, A.J., ANWAR, M.A., REHMAN, F.U.
AND SHAKOORI, A.R. Digestive cellulose hydrolyzing enzyme activity
(endo- β–1, 4- D-glucanase) in the gut and salivary glands of blister beetle, Mylabris pustulata ...................................................... 393
Plant Diseases
MASOOD, A., STOECKLE, B.C., KUEHN,
R. AND SAEED, S. Cross species transfer of microsatellite loci in scolytidae species mostly associated with mango ( Mangifera indica L., Anacardiaceae) quick decline disease (S.C.) ................................................ 411
NUMBER 3
Microbiology
FREED, S., JIN, F-L. AND REN, S-X. Phylogenetics of entomopathogenic fungi isolated from the soils of different ecosystems .................................................... 417
MEHMOOD, K., SHOUKAT, S., HAMEED, Z.,
HUSSAIN, M., AHMED, S., SHAH, A.A.,
HAMEED, A. AND HASAN, F. Evaluation of various strategies for isolation and culturing of
Helicobacter pylori ..................................................... 427
RAHOO, A.M., MUKHTAR, T., GOWEN S.R. AND
PEMBROKE, B. Virulence of entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus bovienii and Photorhabdus luminescens against Galleria mellonella larvae .......... 543
BANO, A.S. AND QAZI, J.I. Soil buried mild steel corrosion by Bacillus cereus -SNB4 and its inhibition by Bacillus thuringiensis -SN8 ..................... 555
KHAN, I., YAQUB, A., AWAIS, M., ASIM, H.,
JAMSHED, R. AND FARIDI, I.A. Monitoring of fecal coliforms in drinking water sources of tehsil
Mardan, Pakistan (S.C.) ................................................ 600
Molecular Biology / Bioinformatics / Biotechnology
ANJUM, I.F., MIR, A. AND RIAZ, N.
In silico analysis of genes implicated in Alopecia areata ....................... 437
ARSHAD, M. AND SUHAIL, A. Field and laboratory performance of transgenic Bt cotton containing
Cry1Ac against beet armyworm larvae
(Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) ............................................. 529
SHAKOORI, F.R., ZAFAR, M.F., FATEHULLAH, A.,
REHMAN, A. AND SHAKOORI, A.R. Response of glutathione level in a protozoan ciliate,
Stylonychia mytilus, to increasing uptake of and tolerance to nickel and zinc in the medium ................. 569
YUNUS, F.N., MAKHDOOM, R. AND RAZA, G.
Synergism between Bacillus thuringiensis toxins
Cry1Ac and Cry2Aa against Earias vitella
(Lepidoptera) ............................................................... 575
IJAZ, M., KHAN, M.S. KHAN, M.A., AVAIS, M., ALI,
M.M. AND SALEEM, M.H.
Molecular identification and haematological values of strangles ( Streptococcus equi ) affected mules in
Pakistan ........................................................................ 587
ALI, N.M., SHAKOORI R.F. AND SHAKOORI, A.R.
Improvement in methionine production by local bacterial isolates .......................................................... 611
Marine Biology
AMANAT, Z. AND QURESHI, N.A. Ovarian maturation stages and size at sexual maturity of Penaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards, 1937) in the lagoon water of Sonmiani Bay, Balochistan ........................... 447
DABBAGH, A-R. AND KAMRANI, E. Preference of substrate and shelter type by the snapping shrimp,
Alpheus lobidens De Haan, 1849 (Crustacea:
Caridea: Alpheidae) (S.C.) ........................................... 606
Biochemistry / Physiology
NASEER, U., TAHIR, M., LONE, K.P., MUNIR, B.
AND SAMI, W. Effect of folic acid on vitamin A induced cardiac teratogenicity in albino mice ............. 461
AKRAM, A.M., ALI, R., ROOHI, N. AND ILYAS, A.
Quantitative profiling of serum protein fractions in young obese human ..................................................... 489
Entomology
QADRI, S.S. AND AHMAD, I.
Dysdercus evanescens
Distant. (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) and its phylogenetic relationships ........................................... 469
AHMAD, I. AND QADRI, S.S. Redescription of
Dysdercus melanoderes Karsch (Hemiptera:
Pyrrhocoridae) with reference to its unknown male genitalia and its phylogenetic relationships ................. 473
AKHTER, M.A., DRUMONT, A., RIZVI, S.A. AND
AHMED, Z. Notes on species of cardiophorinae
(Candèze, 1860) from Pakistan with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and new records ......................................................................... 477
ZAHID, M. AND AHMAD, I. A revision of Myrocheine genus Ennius Stål with special reference to redescription of E. monteironis Distant (Hemiptera:
Pentatomidae: Pentatominae) and their phylogenetic relationships ................................................................ 549
AKHTER, M.A,. PLATIA, G., RIZVI, S.A. AND
AHMED, Z. A new species of Melanotus
(Eschscholtz, 1829) with notes on other species of the genus from Pakistan (Coleoptera: Elateridae) ........ 581

Pest & Pest Control
SATTAR, M. AND ABRO, G.H. Mass rearing of
Chrysoperla carnea (Stephens) (Neuroptera:
Chrysopidae) adults for integrated pest management programmes ................................................................. 483
MANZOOR, F., CHAUDHARY, M., SHEIKH, N.,
KHAN, I.A. AND KHAN, T. Diversity and proportion of termite species in garden trees and wheat crop in district Bhakkar, Pakistan ..................... 537
Ecology
SAYGI, H. AND ŞENOL, Ş. Using cox regression model with time dependent explanatory variable for survival analysis of common sole, Solea solea L. ........ 497
Biodiversity / Wildlife
ZHIJUN, H., MINGWEI, X., HONGLIANG, C. AND
YUPING, H. Phylogenetic position analysis of an
Isospora isolated from Siberian tiger in eimeriid coccidian based on 18S rDNA sequence ..................... 505
YI-QUN W. AND NAI-FA, L.
Nest-site characteristics of the blue-eared pheasant in Northwest China ............... 562
KARAKAŞ, R. Contribution on the status and distribution of shrike species in South-Eastern
Anatolia, Turkey (S.C.) ................................................ 593
BANO, A., MOAZZAM, M., AYUB, Z. AND
SIDDIQUI, G. First report of Siphonaria (Mollusca:
Gastropoda) species from the rocky coasts off
Karachi, Pakistan (northern Arabian sea) (S.C.) ........... 602
Toxicology / Teratogenesis
NAEEM, K., AHMAD, N. AND ASMATULLAH.
Embryotoxicity of orally administered misoprostol to pregnant mice ........................................................... 511
Palaentology
SIDDIQUI, P.J.A., ALI, A., BROMFIELD, K., IQBAL,
P. AND SHOAIB, N. Identification of fossil corals inhabiting an uplifted area of Ras Gunz near Jiwani,
Balochistan, Pakistan ................................................... 523
Fisheries
CHUGHTAI, M.I. AND AWAN, A.R. Growth performance of monosex and mixed-sex tilapia
( Oreochromis niloticus ) in brackish water by using salt-tolerant roughages as supplementary food
(S.C.) ............................................................................ 596
Parasitology
HECKMANN, R.A., KHAN, A. AND AMIN, O.M.
Juveniles of genus Oligacanthorhynchus Travassos,
1915 (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae
Southwell & Macfie, 1925) from snakes in Karachi,
Pakistan (S.C.) .............................................................. 604
Animal Diseases / Virology
SHABBIR, M.Z., RABBANI, M., AHMAD, A.,
YAQUB, T., MUHAMMAD, K. AND REHMAN,
Z. Detection of rabies virus from equines showing nervous signs (S.C.) ...................................................... 608

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