A new springtail species of the family Arrhopalitidae, Arrhopalites persicus sp. nov., is described from Kermanshah Province in Iran.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA new species, , from Iran and Greece is described. It does not fit the definition of any known species group, but, as it has weakly differentiated blunt Ant. IV sensilla, one tenent hair on tibiotarsi, broad empodial lamellae, and dens with fine granulation and seven setae, it can be compared with some members of the and groups and Yosii, 1972.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSeveral samples belonging to the genus Ctenolepisma Escherich, 1905 collected in western Iran allow us to describe three new species: Ctenolepisma iranicum n. sp., C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe poorly known Neanurini genus Protanura is rediagnosed and briefly compared with Lathriopyga. Protanura papillata Cassagnau & Delamare Deboutteville, 1955, known to date only from Lebanon, is redescribed based on the lectotype and new extensive material from Middle East.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThree new species of Endonura are described from Iran. Endonura dichaeta sp. n.
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 PDFThe 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.
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.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHypogastrura persica sp. nov. is described from the Zagros Mountains (Kermanshah Province, Iran).
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