Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok X. - Natura Somogyiensis 25. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Kahrarian M.: New records of Poduromorpha for the Iranian springtail fauna (Collembola)
16 Natura Somogyiensis The first study on Tullbergiidae was carried out by Cox (1982). He listed Collembola fauna (70 species belonging to 30 genera in 5 families) from the northwestern and central north provinces of the country, which 3 species of them were belonging to Tullbergiidae (Cox 1982). After that, other Iranian researchers have just added a few species (3 species and one genus) of this family to the Collembolan fauna of Iran (Daghighi 2012, Falahati et al. 2013 and Gharamaninezhad et al. 2013). 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 K ahrarian et al. (2012). They reported 6 families, 15 genera and 9 species which none of them belonged to Tullbergiidae. Data on the Kermanshah fauna of Tullbergiidae are scarce. Prior to this work, only Gharamaninezhad et al. (2013) have studied on this family and reported Metaphorura affinis for fauna of Kermanshah (Gharamaninezhad et al. 2013). Material and methods This study was carried out during 2012-2014. All specimens were collected from a total of 10 sites ranging in elevation from 566 m to 2302 m a.s.l. from the surface layer of soil and leaf litter (Table 1). The samples were retained in white plastic boxes and transferred to the Lab. The species were extracted by Berlese funnel, fixed in 75% ethanol and cleared in a Nesbitt solution and mounted on slides with Hoyer medium. Fjellberg's terminology (1998, 2007) was applied for preliminary description and confirmed by Dr. Igor Kaprus. Abbreviations: Ant. = antennal segment; Abd. = abdominal segment; PAO = postantennal organ; PSO= pseu- docelli; Th. = thoracic tergite. Table 1: Information on the identified species from Kermanshah provinces (Iran) Species Coun ty/arca/Vil la gc IN E Elevation M etaphorura den isi Osmanevand / Patat village 33°57.746' 04 7° 18.723’ 1955 Sar-e-pol-e- Zahab/ Patagh 34°25.773' 046°00.136' 1034 Chahar zebar-e-oliya 34°13.134‘ 046°40.074' 1592 Paveh/Shabankareh village 34°52.978‘ 046°30.760’ 1632 Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab/Ghalehshahin 34°25.590' 045°54.346' 566 Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab/Sorkheh Dirch 34°23.560' 046°03.191' 1290 Metaphorura affinis Chahar zebar-e-oliva 34°13.134' 046°40.074' 1592 Sar-e-pol-c- Zahab/ Patagh 34“25.773' 046°00.136’ 1034 Paveh/Shabankareh village 34°52.978' 046°30.760’ 1632 M esaph orura m a croc ha eta Sare-pol-c- Zahab/ Patagh 34°25.773' 046°00.136' 1034 Paveh/Sh abank areh vil läge 34°52.978' 046°30.760' 1632 Esla ma bad- e- gharb/H ara sam 33°51.399’ 04 6°50.868’ 2302 Mesaphorura italica Sare-pol-e- Zahab/ Patagh 34°25.773' 046°00.136' 1034 Chahar zebar-e-oliya 34°13.134‘ 046°40.074' 1592 Mesaphorura h vlophila Es la ma bad- e- gh ar b/H ara s am 33°51.399’ 046°50.868' 2302 Fissuraphorura du plex Osmanevand/ Cheshmeh Sorkh 33°58.319’ 047°18.018' 1913
