Ceratophysella stercoraria (Stach, 1963)

Bakhshi, Arash, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Mohammadi Sharif, Mahmood, Yahyapour, Eliye & Kaprus, Igor, 2022, A faunistic study of springtails (Hexapoda, Collembola) from Hezarjirib forests (Neka, Mazandaran) with three new records of Iran, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (3), pp. 395-410 : 398

Ceratophysella stercoraria (Stach, 1963)

Material examined: 16 specimens, Iran, Mazandaran, Neka, Sika village Hezarjirib forests, leaf litter, 36º24 ʹ 16 ʺ N, 53º33 ʹ 0.047 ʺ E, 1022 m a.s.1., 27-V-2021 , five specimen, Neka, Sekile sahra village, Hezarjirib forests, soil and leaf litter, 36º35 ʹ 18 ʺ N, 53º25 ʹ 38 ʺ E, 440 m a.s.1., 28-V-2021, leg.: Arash Bakhshi.

Distribution in Iran: The species is common in soil and leaf litter in Golestan (the National Park), Kerman, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Lorestan, Mazandaran (Neka) and Tehran provinces ( Shayanmehr et al., 2020)

General distribution: Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, partly Middle Asia ( Thibaud et al., 2004).