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Kahrarian M. - Vafaei-Shoushtari R. - Soleymannezhadyan E. - Shayan Mehr M. - Shams B.: A faunistic study on Entomobyridae (Collembola) in Kermanshah (Iran)
Natura Somogyiensis 24 17-24 Kaposvár, 2014 A faunistic study on Entomobyridae (Collembola) in Kermanshah (Iran) ^Morteza Kahrarian*, 2Reza Vafaei-Shoushtari, 3Rafael Jordana 4Ebrahim SOLEYMANNEZHADYAN, 5MASOUMEH SHAYAN MEHR & 2BAHMAN SHAMS 'Department of Agronomy, Kermanshah Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kermanshah, Iran * Corresponding author: e-mail: mkahrarian@iauksh.ac.ir 2Entomology Department, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran. e-mail:oriusl 31 @yahoo.com department of Zoology and Ecology, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain, e-mail: rjordana@unav.es 4Ahvaz Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran, e-mail: soley322@rocketmail.com department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Sari, Iran, e-mail: Shayanm30@yahoo.com Kahrarian, M, Vafaei-Shoushtari, R., Soleymannezhadyan, E., Shayan Mehr, M., Jordana, R. & Shams, B.: A faunistic study on Entomobyridae (Collembola) in Kermanshah (Iran). Abstract: In this study, we have investigated Entomobyridae fauna in different regions of Kermanshah during 2012. Totally 10 species, 5 genera, 3 subfamilies were found. The specimens were extracted by Berlese funnel from soil, leaf litter and grassland. 1 genera and 6 species, are new records for Iranian fauna. The general and Iranian distributions beside of short morphological information on species according to Jordana (2012) were given. Keywords: Collembola, Entomobyridae, Iran, Kermanshah. Introduction Collembola are one of most abundant soil animals in most terrestrial ecosystems. Among Collembola, Entomobyridae species are easily recognized by an enlarged fourth abdominal segment and well developed furcula. Some species in this family may be heavily scaled and can be very colorful. Iranian Collembola fauna were not investigated in many parts of Iran. Recently, some researchers have studied the biodiversity of springtails locally (Morawej et. al., 2007; Nematollahi et. al., 2009, Yahyapour 2012, Kahrarian et. al., 2012 and 2013, Daghighi 2012). Kermanshah is one of Iranian province which located in the middle of the western part of Iran. The preliminary investigation on springtails in Kermanshah was made by Kahrarian et. al., (2012). They reported 6 families, 15 genera and 9 species from different regions of Kermanshah.
