Tullbergiidae fauna (Collembola) in Kermanshah province (Iran) with addition of new records

Kahrarian, Morteza and Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza and Soleimannejadian, Ebrahim and Shayanmehr, Masoumeh and Shams-Esfandabad, Bahman (2014) Tullbergiidae fauna (Collembola) in Kermanshah province (Iran) with addition of new records. NATURA SOMOGYIENSIS (25). pp. 15-20. ISSN 1587-1908, ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)

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Abstract

In this study, the fauna of Tullbergiidae was investigated in different regions of Kermanshah province during 2012-2014. The specimens were collected from the surface layer of soil and leaf litter. Totally 6 species and 3 genera were found. The species Metaphorura denisi (Bagnall, 1935), M. macrochaeta (Rusek, 1976), M. italica (Thibaud, 1996), M. hylophila (Rusek, 1982) and Fissuraphorura duplex (Lucianez & Simon, 1992) are new for the fauna of Iran; it is also the first time that the genera Fissuraphorura (Rusek, 1991) is reported for the fauna of Iran. More ever the species Fissuraphorura duplex is reported for the first time from Asia.

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