TY - JOUR ID - 26976 TI - A survey on Entomobryomorpha (Collembola, Hexapoda) fauna in Northern Iran with an identification key JO - Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics JA - IJAB LA - en SN - 1735-434X AU - Yoosefi Lafooraki, Elham AU - Shayanmehr, Masoumeh AD - MSc student of Agricultural Entomology, Sari university of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran province, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari university of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Mazandaran province, Iran Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 101 EP - 117 KW - Entomobryomorpha KW - Iran KW - identification key DO - 10.22067/ijab.v10i2.34344 N2 - Members of order Entomobryomorpha (Collembola) are known by their elongate body and small, setae-less prothorax. In the course of the study the Collembola fauna in Mazandaran province, several soil samples were collected from forests, agricultural fields and gardens in 2011-2013 and the animals were extracted by Berlese funnels. A total of 21 species and 18 genera of order Entomobryomorpha were collected and identified. The family Paronellidae, two genera Cyphoderus Nicolet, 1842 and Sinella Brook, 1882 and the three species, C. albinus Nicolet, 1842 (Paronellidae), S. curviseta Brook, 1882 and Entomobrya lindbergi Stach, 1960 (Entomobryidae), are reported for the first time from Mazandaran province. We also provided an identification key for the collected families and genera which have been reported until now from this province is presented. UR - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_26976.html L1 - https://ijab.um.ac.ir/article_26976_aa81a3ce47b24224bb8213f77f21831a.pdf ER -