Addition to Iranian Springtails fauna and a checklist of the Collembola from Kurdistan province

The study was conducted in oak forests and the conifer stands in Marivan county located in west of Kurdistan province. The leaf litter and soils samples from these forests were taken during ۲۰۱۶ to ۲۰۱۹ and specimens were extracted by the Berlese funnels. Results of the study led to identification of ۳۹ species of ۱۱ families. The three genera Doutnacia Rusek, ۱۹۷۴ (Tullbergiidae), Heterosminthurus Stach, ۱۹۵۵ (Bourletiellidae) and Calx Christiansen, ۱۹۵۸ (Entomobryidae) and eight species including Willemia virae Kapruś, ۱۹۹۷, Xenylla tullbergi Börner, ۱۹۰۳ (Hypogastruridae), Axenyllodes caecus (Gisin, ۱۹۵۲) (Odontellidae), Thalassaphorura franzi (Stach, ۱۹۴۶) (Onychiuridae), Doutnacia xerophila Rusek, ۱۹۷۴ (Tullbergiidae), Calx kailashi Mandal, ۲۰۱۸, Seira dori Gruia, Poliakov & Broza, ۲۰۰۰ (Entomobryidae) and Heterosminthurus insignis (Reuter, ۱۸۷۶) (Bourletiellidae) are new for Iranian fauna. All species from the present study are reported for the first time from Kurdistan province. Short explanation of each collected species including material examined, distribution and short description and illustration for the new records are given.

کلیدواژه ها:

Springtails ، northwestern Iran ، distribution ، new record ، checklist