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Published on: December 14, 2013
An annotated checklist of the Collembola (Hexapoda) from Iran
Mahmood Mehrafrooz Mayvan1, Penelope Greenslade2, Hussein Sadeghi-Namaghi3
1Department of Plant Protection; Faculty of Agriculture; Ferdo wsi University of Mashhad; Mashhad; Razavi Khorasan; Iran. mahmood_mehrafrooz@yahoo.com.
Abstract:
Based on available literature sources, we have listed the genera and species of springtails (Collembola) of Iran located in Southwest Asia. In total, 301 named species of Collembola are listed in catalogue. This includes 286 described species in 109 genera from 20 families recorded from Iran. Of them, 15 species are also considered as dubious species. It also includes 15 genera whose species are still unknown. Information about biology, geographical distribution, ecology, authorship records for different provinces, and bibliographical data of Iranian Collembola are included.

