Isotoma viridis Bourlet, 1839

Mehrafrooz Mayvan, Mahmood, Sadeghi-Namaghi, Hussein, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh & Greenslade, Penelope, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of Entomobryomorpha (Hexapoda: Collembola) from Northeastern Iran with new records and a key to the species, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 8 (2), pp. 151-174 : 161

Isotoma viridis Bourlet, 1839

Material examined: 8 specimens, Darkesh-Jozak forest , 37°27′01″N, 56°48′46″E, 1573 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Oak trees ( Quercus castaneifolia ), Janury 2019 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species has already been reported from soil and leaf litter in East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Mazandaran ( Sari, Babol ), Kermanshah (Shabankareh, Paveh) and Golestan (Golestan National Park) by Cox (1982), Yahyapour (2012), Amiri & Kahrarian (2015), Alijani-Ardeshir et al. (2017), Khanahmadi (2018) and Kahrarian (2019).

General distribution and ecology: Holarctic. Common and widely distributed in a variety of habitats, both in forest, meadows, seashores and alpine tundra. It is possibly this species tolerates some drier conditions ( Fjellberg, 2007).