Addition to Iranian Springtails fauna and a checklist of the Collembola from Kurdistan province | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 1, 2023, Pages 1-16 PDF (4.21 M) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| DOI: 10.52547/jibs.9.1.1 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Somayeh Ahmadi1; Hamed Ghobari1; Masoumeh Shayanmehr* 2; Kyumars Mohammadi-Samani3; Igor Kaprus4 | ||
| 1Department of Plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Iran. | ||
| 2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (SANRU), Sari, Mazandaran province, Iran. | ||
| 3Department of Forestry, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran. | ||
| 4Department of Ecology, Biological Faculty, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study was conducted in oak forests and the conifer stands in Marivan county located in west of Kurdistan province. The leaf litter and soils samples from these forests were taken during 2016 to 2019 and specimens were extracted by the Berlese funnels. Results of the study led to identification of 39 species of 11 families. The three genera Doutnacia Rusek, 1974 (Tullbergiidae), Heterosminthurus Stach, 1955 (Bourletiellidae) and Calx Christiansen, 1958 (Entomobryidae) and eight species including Willemia virae Kapruś, 1997, Xenylla tullbergi Börner, 1903 (Hypogastruridae), Axenyllodes caecus (Gisin, 1952) (Odontellidae), Thalassaphorura franzi (Stach, 1946) (Onychiuridae), Doutnacia xerophila Rusek, 1974 (Tullbergiidae), Calx kailashi Mandal, 2018, Seira dori Gruia, Poliakov & Broza, 2000 (Entomobryidae) and Heterosminthurus insignis (Reuter, 1876) (Bourletiellidae) are new for Iranian fauna. All species from the present study are reported for the first time from Kurdistan province. Short explanation of each collected species including material examined, distribution and short description and illustration for the new records are given. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| springtails; Northwestern Iran; distribution; new record; Checklist | ||
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