New records of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) for Iran from the Bula Hyrcanian forest

Masoumeh Shayanmehr; Elham Yoosefi Lafooraki; Thomas Tully; Cyrille Dhaese; Mehdi Ghajar Sepanlo

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Mar 2024)

New records of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) for Iran from the Bula Hyrcanian forest

Masoumeh Shayanmehr,
Elham Yoosefi Lafooraki,
Thomas Tully,
Cyrille Dhaese,
Mehdi Ghajar Sepanlo

Affiliations

Masoumeh Shayanmehr: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran [1]; Center for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration (CISSC), Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran [2].
Elham Yoosefi Lafooraki: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.
Thomas Tully: Sorbonne Université, UPEC, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences - Paris, IEES, Paris, France.
Cyrille Dhaese: MECADEV, UMR 7179 CNRS MNHN, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France.
Mehdi Ghajar Sepanlo: Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 31 – 42

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The present study reports new records of the Collembola (Arthropoda: Hexapoda) from the Bula Hyrcanian forest located in Mazandaran province, north of Iran. The results show two genera Spatulosminthurus Betsch & Betsch-Pinot, 1984 (Sminthuridae) and Wankeliella Rusek, 1975 (Tullbergiidae) and five species including Anurophorus alpinus Potapov & Stebaeva, 1990 (Isotomidae), Pseudosinella cf. decipiens Denis, 1924 and P. immaculata (Lie Pettersen, 1896) (Entomobryidae), Superodontella tyverica Kaprus, 2009 (Odontellidae), and Wankeliella bescidica Smolis & Skarżyński, 2004 (Tullbergiidae) are new records for Collembola fauna of Iran.

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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