A survey on Entomobryomorpha (Collembola) fauna in northern forests of Iran

Elliyeh Yahyapour; Reza Vafaei-Shoushtari; Masoumeh Shayanmehr; Javier Arbea

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Dec 2018)

A survey on Entomobryomorpha (Collembola) fauna in northern forests of Iran

Elliyeh Yahyapour,
Reza Vafaei-Shoushtari,
Masoumeh Shayanmehr,
Javier Arbea

Affiliations

Elliyeh Yahyapour: Islamic Azad University, Arak branch, Agricultural Faculty, Entomology Department, P.O. Box 38135/567, Arak, Iran.
Reza Vafaei-Shoushtari: Islamic Azad University, Arak branch, Agricultural Faculty, Entomology Department, P.O. Box 38135/567, Arak, Iran.
Masoumeh Shayanmehr: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari university of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (SANRU), Mazandaran province, Iran.
Javier Arbea: Ria de solia 3, Ch. 39610 EI Astillero, Cantabria, Spain.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 4
pp. 307 – 316

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Present study was done in forests of northern Iran during 2016 to investigate Entomobryomorpha (Collembola) fauna. Seven genera and nine species belonging to families Tomoceridae and Entomobryidae were found. The genus Pogonognathellus Paclt, 1944 and species P. flavescens (Tullberg, 1871) belonging to Tomoceridae family are recorded for the first time from Iran, also three new records from Entomobryidae of genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 are reported for Mazandaran province fauna.

Published in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

ISSN: 2423-8112 (Online)
Publisher: Tarbiat Modares University
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Science: Biology (General): Life; Science: Zoology; Agriculture; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/

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