Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok X. - Natura Somogyiensis 25. (Kaposvár, 2014)
Qazi F. - Shayanmehr M.: Additional records for Iranian Collembola (Hexapoda: Entognatha) fauna from Tehran province
28 Natura Somogyiensis northern, western and central provinces of Iran. Recently, some researchers have studied the biodiversity of springtails locally (Moravve et al. 2007, Nematollahi et al. 2009, Yahyapour 2012, Kahrarian et al., 2012, Daghighi 2012). Shayanmehr et al. (2013) prepared a checklist of Iranian Collembola which includes 116 species belonging to 18 families and 51 genera. Yoosefi Lafooraki and Shayanmehr (2013) found a new genus and eight new species for Iran from Mazandaran province. Yoosefi Lafooraki and Shayanmehr (2014) recorded a new genus and three new species of order Neelipleona for Iran. Kahrarian et al. (2014) reported 10 species of Entomobriydae from Kermanshah province. Material and methods Species were collected from Tehran region during 2013-2014. Tehran province is the capital of Iran, located on the southern slope of the Alborz Mountains. The specimens were collected in two ways. Some of them were caught by pitfall traps and majority of specimens were extracted from soil, leaf litter and moss by Berlese funnel. The specimens were collected from different habitats. They were preserved in 85% alcohol and then cleared in potassium hydroxide (KOH) for 3-5 minutes that depends on the pigmentation of the specimen. They fixed on the Hoyer medium for preparing microscopic slides. Then were observed using a phase contrast microscope and identified by identification keys. Results Assembled of eleven species of Collembola belonging to four families were collected and identified from Iran. The information on prepared species is introduced in Table 1. The genus Triacanthella and the species, T. intermedia (Dünger & Zivadinovic, 1984) is new for Iranian fauna. Also Hypogastrura vernalis (Carl, 1901), Hypogastrura manu- brialis (Tullberg, 1869), Ceratophysella stercoraria (Stach, 1963), Folsomia penicula (Bagnall, 1939), Folsomides parvalus (Stach, 1922), Entomobrya lindbergi (Stach, 1960), Pseudosinella octopunctata (Boemer, 1901), Heteromurus major (Moniez, 1889), Cyphoderus albinus (Nicolet, 1842), Orthonychiurus cf. folsomi (Schaffer, 1900) are recorded for the first time from Tehran province. Taxonomic descriptions Ceratophysella stercoraria (Stach, 1963) Family: Hypogastruridae Material examined'. 5 specimens, Tehran, Forest park of Kuhsar, in leaf litter andsoil, 15 February 2013. Description: size 1.5 mm in famales, 1.3 mm in males. Colour of the body spotted brownish-violet, paler ventrally. Granulation strong, especially on two last abdominal terga. The middle of abdominal tergum 5 between setae there is a strongly granulated, semicircular swelling of variable size which is slightly protruded beyond hind margin of tergum. Body hairs moderately long, finely serrated, macrochaetae well differentiated, sensilla comparatively long. Ocelli 8 + 8. PAO (post antennal organ) about 2.5-3 times larger than ocelli, with 4 lobes of which the anterior pair larger than the posterior.
