Three new species of Isotomurus Börner are described from northern Iran. Status of studied populations is confirmed as new species by using COI and 28SrRNA markers. The new species belong to species-group characterized by 3,3,1 trichobothria on Abd.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo new species of the genus Pseudachorutes, namely P. hyrcanicus sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFour new species of the subfamily Neanurinae, namely Cryptonura dohezarensis sp. nov., Cryptonura abmalensis sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe materials on the genus Vertagopus Börner from the Caucasus and Iran are revised. Two new species, V. persicus sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFive new species from different tribes of the family Onychiuridae, namely Heteraphorura kaprusi sp. nov. (Hymenaphorurini), Deuteraphorura dashtenazensis sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNew species belonging to the genus is described and illustrated in detail. , from northern Iran, is distinctive due to an exceptionally elongate buccal cone compared to that of most other species of the genus. Other characteristic features of the species are the white body with pigmented eyes, a reduced chaetotaxy of the lateral part of the head, the thorax II-III and abdomen I-III with free chaetae De2 and 3, and abdomen IV with particularly short chaetae Di1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new genus is proposed based on a new species from Iran, Ephemerotoma skarzynskii gen. et sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPersanura hyrcanica, a new genus and species of Neanurini from Iran is described and illustrated. It has a unique suite of morphological characters: labrum with only 4 chaetae, fusion of tubercles So and L on head, tubercle Di on th. II-III with 2 chaetae and separation of tubercles Di on abd.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe Collembola fauna of Iran is little known and no comprehensive examination of this group of Hexapoda is available for this region. The only notable work on Collembola was carried out by Cox (1982). Recently, studies on the Collembola fauna have started in several regions.
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