Isotomurus afghanicus Yosii, 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 : 404

Isotomurus afghanicus Yosii, 1963

Materials examined: One specimen, Iran Mazandaran province, Neka, Ghormaraz village, Hezarjirib forests, soil and leaf litter, 36º35 ʹ 52 ʺ N, 53º24 ʹ 13 ʺ E, 346 m a.s.1., 9-IV-2020 ; one specimen, 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, leg.: Arash Bakhshi.

Distribution in Iran: This species was collected from soil and leaf litter in Mazandaran (Mahmoodabad, Miandorud, Noor, Forest of Sisangan wildlife refuge, Amol, Neka, Hezarjerib forest) province ( Shayanmehr et al., 2020).

General distribution: Afghanistan ( Potapov, 2001).