Biography

  • I achieved a Bachelor's degree in Plant Protection from the College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University, Erbil, and I was appointed directly after graduation as a laboratory assistant in the Plant Protection Department,  College of Agriculture, Salahaddin University.
  • I got a Master of Science in Plant Protection (Entomology) in 2011 at Salahaddin University, Erbil. Then worked as an assistant lecturer in the department.
  • After four years of academic service,  I got an opportunity to gain a Ph. D. degree in Insect Molecular and Taxonomy at the Department of Biology, Salahaddin University in 2021.
  • Now I'm continuing with my functional service and working in the Plant Protection department as the head of the department.

 

Pshtiwan A. Jalil

15 May 2025

Quality Assurance, 2025

 

  • Research Interest

Entomology, Insect Biology, Insect Ecology, Insect Physiology, Insect Structure & Anatomy, Insect Taxonomy, Insect Molecular, Insect Systematics, Insect Biodiversity, Buprestidae, Flat-headed borers, Metallic Wood Borers, Cerambycidae, Longhorn beetles. 

 

  • Publications

1- Abdul-wahid, A. Imran, and Jalil, P. A. (2014). Host preference and population density of the small cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae L. 1758 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, 42 (1): 202-208, ISSN: 1815- 316x, www.j-mesopotamia.com 

2- Jalil, P. A., and Wand, K. Ali (2019). Re-description of the Last Instar Larvae of Capnodis tenebrionis (Linnaeus, 1760) (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) Depending on Scanning Electron Microscope. Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. 15 (4): 413 – 424. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.4.0413 

3- Jalil, P. A., and Wand, K. Ali (2020). New Description of the Larval Stage of Latipalpis (Palpilatis) Johanidesi Niehuis, 2002 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) From Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Bull. Iraq nat. Hist. Mus. 16 (1): 15- 25. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2020.16.1.0015 

4- Jalil, P. A., and Wand, K. Ali (2020). Morphology of the Larva of Sphenoptera (Tropeopeltis) servistana Obenberger, 1929 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Biologia. 75 (7): 1- 9. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-020-005347 

5- Jalil, P. A., and Wand, K. Ali (2020). Addenda to The Knowledge of Buprestidae Fauna in Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region- Iraq. Pakistan Entomologist, 42(1): 1-10. https://www.pakentomol.com/issues.php?id=37 

6- Jalil, P. A., And Wand, K. Ali (2021). Morphology and Molecular Identification of the Larval Stage of Two Species from the genus Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 16 (4): 557-570. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2021.16.4.0557 

7- Khidhir, Abdul-Qadir S.; Pshtiwan A. Jalil (2022). Description of the Predator Bush Cricket, Saga Ephippigera Fischer Von. Waldheim, 1846 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) From Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region- Iraq. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 17 (1): 15-26. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.1.0015 

8- Kadir, N. B. and Jalil P. A. (2024). Evaluating the effect of selected plant extracts on Citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (RISSO) (Homoptera: Pseudococcidae) attacked different Citrus cultivars in Kurdistan Region. ZANCO Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 36(1);105-111. OI http://dx.doi.org/10.21271/ZJPAS.36.1.10 

9- Jali, P. A. (2024) FIRST MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME REPORT OF TRICHOFERUS FISSITARSIS SAMA, FALLAHZADEH AND RAPUZZI 2005 (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) WITH MORPHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS. Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 21(2): 354-365. DOI-Cross ref: 10.32649/ajas.2023.142348.1067 

10- Jalil, P. A., Ali, K. A. and Amin, A. M. (2024). The Effect of Some Plant Extracts on the Larval Stage of Fig Leaf Moth, Ocnerogyia amanda (Strg.) (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1252 (2023) 012024. doi:10.1088/1755 1315/1252/1/012024 

11-N. A. M., K. M. T., H. M. Muhammad and P. A. Jalil (2024) MOLECULAR STUDY OF THE RED-LEGGED HAM BEETLE NECROBIA RUFIPES (DE GEER, 1775) (COLEOPTERA: CLERIDAE) FROM THE ERBIL PROVINCE OF THE KURDISTAN REGION, IRAQ. Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences 22 (2), 925-941

12- P. A. Jalil, W. K. Ali and M. .A Ahmed (2024) Molecular Identification and Morphology of the Larva of Fig Stem Borer, Trichoferus fissitarsis Sama, Fallahzadeh and Rapuzzi, 2005 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Kurdistan. Passer Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 6 (2), 586-591

Teaching

1- Insect Biology- Fourth Year Students

2- Principles of Plant Protection- First Year Students

3- Agricultural Extension- Second Year Students

4- Research Methodology- Fourth Year Students

Research Interest

 

Publications

 

Teaching