Deutonura persica Smolis & Shayanmehr & Yoosefi-Lafooraki, 2018

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 : 396-397

Deutonura persica Smolis & Shayanmehr & Yoosefi-Lafooraki, 2018

Materials examined: Four specimens, Iran, Mazandaran province, Neka, Kamshi village, Hezarjirib forests, and leaf litter, 36º31 ʹ 59 ʺ N, 53º33 ʹ 44 ʺ E, 856 m a.s.1., 28-V-2021, leg.: Arash Bakhshi.

Distribution in Iran: The species was first collected from soil and leaf litter in Mazandaran province and identified as D. decolorata (Gama & Gisin, 1964) by Cox (1982), but later it was described as a new species, D. persica based on the specimens collected in Mazandaran province (Neka, Hezarjirib forest) ( Smolis et al., 2018).

General distribution: So far only known from the type locality in Mazandaran province, north of Iran ( Smolis et al., 2018) .

Remarks: the specimens were collected from the mosses on trees leaf litter, and dead wood in a hole of Persian Ironwood in Mazandaran province ( Smolis et al., 2018).