The genus Folsomides Stach (Collembola, Isotomidae) in Kermanshah Province (W Iran) with the description of two new species

Abstract

The genus Folsomides Stach, 1922 is represented by four species in the Iranian fauna, two of which are new to the science. Folsomides halshinicus sp. nov. and Folsomides subvinosus sp. nov. are found in Kermanshah Province (Western Iran). The new species belong to the Folsomides angularis (Axelson, 1905) group and they are distinguishable from other congeneric species by the macrochaetotaxy (11/22233 macrochaetae on thoracic II to abdominal V tergites) and the number of chaetae on dens. A table with the diagnostic characters for the identification of Iranian species of Folsomides is given. Some figures of F.vinosus Fjellberg, 1993 from Canary Island was given after study of type specimens.

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).…”

Endonura Cassagnau in Iran, with a key to species of the genus (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae)

“…However, this may be a false picture because many areas of the Palaearctic have been poorly studied by collembologists. Undoubtedly, one of such regions is Central Asia, but in this case the situation is rapidly and positively changing (Arbea and Kahrarian 2015, Kahrarian 2014, Kahrarian et al 2013, Mayvan et al 2015, Shayanmehr et al 2013, Smolis et al 2012). In the present paper, three new non-European Endonura from the western part of Iran are described.…”