Introduction to Springtails (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) fauna from Ilam province (western Iran) with a new record from Sminthuridae

Shayanmehr, Masoumeh; Mirab-balou, Majid; Yoosefi-Lafooraki, Elham; Kaprus, Igor

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.4.399

Introduction to Springtails (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) fauna from Ilam province (western Iran) with a new record from Sminthuridae

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Masoumeh Shayanmehr ¹

Majid Mirab-balou ²

Elham Yoosefi-Lafooraki ¹

Igor Kaprus ³

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ilam University, Iran

³ Department of Biosystematics and Evolution, State Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

10.52547/jibs.5.4.399

Abstract

In order to extend the work on Iranian Collembolan fauna, several samplings from leaf litter and soils conducted in Ilam province (west of Iran). Specimens were collected from different localities and extracted by Berlese funnels. Results from the study lead to identification of 11 species of five families: Onychiuridae (with two genera and two species), Tullbergiidae (with one genus and one species), Hypogastruridae (with one genus and one species), Isotomidae (with four genera and four species) and Entomobryidae (with one genus and one species). Sminthurus muscicolus Betsch, 1977 from Sminthuridae was new for Iranian fauna. All species from the present study reported for the first time from Ilam province. Short explanation of each collected species including the material studied, a distribution and a short description for the new record and some illustrations are given.

Graphical Abstract

Introduction to Springtails (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) fauna from Ilam province (western Iran) with a new record from Sminthuridae

Keywords

Zagros Mountains

Collembola

new record

Ilam province

Iran

20.1001.1.24238112.2019.5.4.5.7

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