Folsomia penicula Bagnall, 1939

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

Folsomia penicula Bagnall, 1939

Materials examined: Nine specimens, 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 19 specimens, 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: It was collected from soil ( Quercus sp. ) and leaf litter under oak in East Azarbaijan, Golestan (Gorgan), Guilan (Rasht), Tehran, Mazandaran (Nowshahr, Kojur, Lashkenar, Bahnamir), and Kermanshah (Shikh Salaeh village, Ghap Gholi village) provinces ( Shayanmehr et al., 2020).

General distribution: It is a widely distributed European species in the Palaearctic ( Arbea & Kahrarian, 2015).