Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok X. - Natura Somogyiensis 25. (Kaposvár, 2014)

Kararian M. - Vafaei-Shoushtari R. - Soleimannejadian E. - Shayanmehr M. - Shams-Esfanabad B.: Tullbergiidae fauna (Collembola) in Kermanshah province (Iran) with addition og new records

24 Natura Somogyiensis Axenyllodes monoculatus (Jordana & Ardanaz, 1981) Family: Odentellidae Examined material'. 22 exx, soil and leaf litter under oak trees (Q. infectoria), Patagh area, Sar-e-pol-e-Zahab county, Kermanshah, Iran, November, 2013 and March, 2014; 1 ex, soil and leaf litter under elm trees (Ulmus spp.), Ghaleh shahin village, Sar-e-pol-e- Zahab county, Kermanshah, Iran. April, 2014. Distribution'. This species was reported in a few countries e.g. from Spain (Jordana and Ardanaz 1981) and seems to be a new for Asia. Description: body elongated with yellowish-white color; strong granulation homoge­neously distributed throughout body, forming symmetrical drawings dorsally on each segment. All segments of the body covered with relatively short hairs; thorax I with a row of hairs, thorax II and III with three rows and abdominal segments with two rows of hairs (Fig. 3d). Antenna conical, typical of genera, with strong granulation. Ant. IV retractable bulb terminated with 5 sensory hairs thickened and a small sensilla between two of these special hairs. Ant. Ill with two small mallets within hairs guard fossa and two cylindrical and curved inward (Fig. 3a). antennal I and II without distinct hairs, with increased granularity and decrease the number of hairs from previous. PAO structure very close to the eye within a simple structure with three lobes (Fig. 3b). Unguis short, without lateral or internal teeth. Empodium present (Fig. 3d). Ventral tube with 4 +4 Fig. 3: Axenyllodes monoculatus. a) Ant. Ill and IV. b) PAO and simple eye. c) general aspect of thorasis segments, d) tibiotarsus and unguis, e) furca and f) venteral tube (Jordana & Ardanaz 1981)

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