Cryptonura sp.

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.8.3.395
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B994F55D-36BD-47CC-90C5-20484A9AD815
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scientific name	Cryptonura sp.
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Cryptonura sp.

Material examined: one specimen, Iran, Mazandaran province, 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., 27-V-2021, leg.: Arash Bakhshi. GoogleMaps

Distribution in Iran: The specimen was collected from soil and leaf litter in Mazandaran province (Behshahr), but its identity remained unknown. Two endemic species, Cryptonura persica Smolis, Falahati & Skarżyński 1, 2012, and Cryptonura maxima Smolis, Falahati & Skarżyński, 2012 have been reported in the last checklist of Iranian Collembola ( Shayanmehr et al., 2020). Three other endemic species, Cryptonura dohezarensis Arbea, Yahyapour & Shayanmehr ; Cryptonura abmalensis Arbea, Yahyapour & Shayanmehr and Cryptonura sariensis Arbea, Yahyapour & Shayanmehr were also added to Iranian Collembola fauna ( Yahyapour et al., 2022a).