An introduction to Iranian Collembola (Hexapoda): an update to the species list

By

Shayan Mehr, Masoumeh
Yahyapour, Elliyeh
Kahrarian, Morteza
Yoosefi Lafooraki, Elham

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2013

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

335

Pages

69-83

Subjects

Checklist , Iran , Springtails , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.335.5491

 

Abstract

The Collembola fauna of Iran is little known and no comprehensive examination of this group of Hexapoda is available for this region. The only notable work on Collembola was carried out by Cox (1982). Recently, studies on the Collembola fauna have started in several regions. In this paper, publications by different researchers are documented and the species that have been found in different regions of Iran until January 2013 are listed. At present, 112 species, belonging to 18 families and 57 genera are known from Iran.