New additions to Iranian Collembola (Entognatha: Hexapoda) from Ilam Province (western Iran)

Abstract

Meanwhile, the number of Collembolan species in Asia, as well as in countries neighboring Iran, is not clear. There are no reliable checklists of species for most of these countries. The only checklist known for Collembola in Turkey also suggests that the fauna of Collembola in this country is poorly known (Sevgili and Özata, 2014; Özata et al., 2016). Ilam Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and borders Iraq. Although this city is surrounded by the Zagros Mountains, its climate is also affected by deserts in the west and south. This region presents a highly variable annual weather profile. Heavy showers or snow in the winter and dusty, brutally hot, dry weather in the summer are normal for this region (meteorological information for Ilam: http://www.irimo.ir). The different climatology and habitat diversity of Ilam Province compared to

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

“…East is ascribed to Brown (1926) (Shayanmehr et al, 2013;Qazi & Shayanmehr, 2014a, 2014bKahrarian & Arbea, 2013;Yoosefi-Lafooraki & Shayanmehr, 2014;Kahrarian et al, 2014Kahrarian et al, , 2015Ahmadi-Rad & Kahrarian, 2015;Amiri & Kahrarian, 2015;Arbea & Kahrarian, 2015a, 2015bBalvasi et al, 2015;Mehrafrooz-Mayvan et al, 2015;Potapov et al, 2015;Hosseini et al, 2016;Shayanmehr & Zamani, 2016;Alijani-Ardeshir et al, 2017;Arbea & Kahrarian, 2017;Shayanmehr et al, 2017;Ramezani & Mossadegh, 2017). In Iran from Entomobryidae 42 species (Shayanmehr et al, 2018) and from Tomoceridae only two species were recorded until yet (Shayanmehr et al, 2013).…”