Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok X. - Natura Somogyiensis 25. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Kahrarian M.: New records of Poduromorpha for the Iranian springtail fauna (Collembola)
KäHRARIAN ET AL. TULLBERGIIDAE FAUNA (COLLEMBOLA) IN KERMANSHAH 17 Results and Discussion A total of 6 species of Tullbergiidae belonging to 3 genera were identified from Kermanshah by this research. The information of collected species is presented in Table 1. The species Metaphorura denisi (Bagnall, 1935), M. macrochaeta (Rusek, 1976), M. italica (Thibaud, 1996), M. hylophila (Rusek, 1982) and Fissuraphorura duplex (Lucianez & Simon, 1992) are new for the fauna of Iran; it is also the first time that the genera Fissuraphorura (Rusek, 1991) is collected and reported for the fauna of Iran. Remarks on collected species Genus: Metaphorura Stach, 1954 Metaphorura affinis (Stach, 1954) Examined material'. 19 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Quercus infectoria), Shabankareh village, Paveh County, April, November, 2013 and January, 2014; 17 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Chahar zebar-e-oliya area, Kermanshah county, December, 2013 and March, 2014; 1 ex, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Patagh area, Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab county, March, 2014. A common species of the Palearctic region. M. affinis has been reported previously from Iran (Cox 1982, Daghighi 2012, Ghahramani Nezhad et al. 2013). M. affinis is a relatively large member of the subfamily Tullbergiinae. The species is white, blind and possesses an elliptical post-antennal organ with about 20 to 25 simple lobes. There is a tiny needle-shaped empodium on the foot. The most characteristic feature is the presence of a small conical projection on the sixth abdominal segment (abd.6) ventral to the two anal spines (http://wsl.roehampton.ac.uk/collembola). Metaphorura denisi (Bagnall, 1935) Examined material. 35 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Osmanevand area (Patat and Abran village), Kermanshah county, December, 2013 and January 2014; 34 exx, soil and leaf litter under Willow tree ( Salix sp.), Ghaleh Shahin area, Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab County, April, 2014; 18 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Patagh area, Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab county, January and March, 2014; 7 exx, soil and leaf litter under walnut trees (Juglans regia), Sorkheh direh village, Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab County, January, 2014; 6 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Chahar zebar-e-oliya area, Kermanshah county, November, 2013 and March, 2014; 5 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Shabankareh village, Paveh County, April, November, 2013 and January, 2014. It represents the first record of this species in Iran. It is very similar to M. affinis but can be recognized by pseudocellar formula. In M. affinis pseudocellar formula is 11/111/11111 whilst in M. denisi it is 11/122/22221 (Fjellberg 1998). Mesaphorura macrochaeta (Rusek, 1976) Examined material 40 exx, soil and leaf litter under walnut trees {J. regia), Sorkheh direh village, Sar-e-pol- e-Zahab County, January, 2014; 2 exx, soil and leaf litter under Oak trees (Q. infectoria), Shabankareh village, Paveh County, November, 2013 and January, 2014; 1 ex, soil and leaf litter under Elm frees (Ulmus spp.), Harasam village, Eslam abad-e-Gharb County, March, 2014. A cosmopolitan species but it is the first record of this species in Iran. M. macrochaeta can be recognized by the five setae in tibiotarsal 'B' ring, seta a2 present on th.3, distance between pj setae on abd.4 shorter than the distance between the p2 setae, seta m0 on abd.4 absent, 3+3 short setae on abd.5 between the long a4 setae and anal setae 12.
