New records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) for Iran from Mazandaran forests

Abstract

Specimens of springtails were collected from soil and leaf litter in the forests of Mazandaran province, north of Iran during 2016-2017. Three species were recorded in this country for the first time, Xenylla szeptyckii Skarżyński, Piwnik & Porco, 2018 (Hypogastruridae), Friesea espunaensis Arbea & Jordana, 1993 (Neanuridae) and Tomocerina minuta (Tullberg, 1877) (Tomoceridae). Detailed descriptions of these species are provided based on the materials collected from Mazandaran province, Iran.

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

“…More than half of these species (ca 107 species) were reported from Hyrcanian forests (Shayanmehr & Yahyapour, 2019). The number of published endemic species from these forests is on the rise (Shayanmehr et al, 2013;Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al, 2015;Yahyapour et al, 2020aYahyapour et al, , 2020bYahyapour et al, , 2021Yoosefi Lafooraki et al, 2020aGhasemi Charati et al, 2021). However, many species remain unknown in various areas of these forests, especially in the UNESCO-listed areas (IUCN Evaluation Report, 2023).…”

Springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) of Savadkuh (Mazandaran) with the description of a new species of Isotomurus Börner (Entomobryomorpha, Isotomidae)

“…This checklist was once more updated in 2020 with 232 Collembola species (Shayanmehr et al, 2020b). Subsequently, 35 new records and 24 new species of Collembola have been described from different regions of Iran (Vargovitsh & Kahrarian, 2020;Shayanmehr et al, 2020aShayanmehr et al, , 2022Shayanmehr et al, , 2023Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al, 2021, 2022Smolis & Skarżyński, 2020;Yahyapour et al, 2020aYahyapour et al, , 2020bYahyapour et al, , 2021Yahyapour et al, , 2022Bakhshi et al, 2022;Vahedi Moghadam et al, 2022; Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2024  10 (1) Yoosefi Lafooraki et al, 2020a, 2020c, 2023bAhmadi et al, 2023;Rabieh et al, 2023). Collembola species which are known as biological indicators play important roles in soil decomposition and nutrient circularity and are considered useful tools to determine soil fertility.…”

Three new records of Collembola (Hexapoda) from Birjand (South Khorasan, Iran)

“…So that in 2020, 232 species of them were reported from the country (Shayanmehr et al, 2020). Subsequently 12 new records and 20 new species of Collembola have been described from different regions of Iran (Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al, 2021Shayanmehr et al, 2019Shayanmehr et al, , 2022Smolis & Skarżyński, 2020;Yoosefi Lafooraki et al, 2020a, 2020bYahyapour et al, 2020Yahyapour et al, , 2021Yahyapour et al, , 2022. Collembola fauna is not known in eastern Iran.…”