A contribution to the study of Collembola (Arthropoda; Hexapoda) of Khuzestan in south-western Iran

Ramezani, Leila; Moravvej, Seyed-Abbas; Mossadegh, Mohammad Saeed

doi:10.52547/jibs.6.2.205

A contribution to the study of Collembola (Arthropoda; Hexapoda) of Khuzestan in south-western Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Leila Ramezani ¹

Seyed-Abbas Moravvej ²

Mohammad Saeed Mossadegh ²

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Khuzestan, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz, Ahwaz, Iran

10.52547/jibs.6.2.205

Abstract

During a faunistic study on the springtails (Collembola) of Khuzestan in south-western Iran, eight species including three Hypogastruridae, four Isotomidae and one Sminthuridae were collected and identified. Acherontiella and Acherontiella bougisi Cassagnau et Delamare Deboutteville, 1955 (Hypogastruridae), Ballistura tuberculata (Stach, 1947) (Isotomidae) and Sminthurus wahlgreni Stach, 1920 (Sminthuridae) are new for Iran while Hypogastrura manubrialis (Tullberg, 1869) (Hypogastruridae), Isotomurus palustris (Müller, 1776) and Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896) (Isotomidae) are new for Khuzestan fauna

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Keywords

Collembola

fauna

new records

Iran

Khuzestan

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