Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896)

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 : 161-162

Parisotoma notabilis (Schäffer, 1896)

Material examined: 10 specimens, Darkesh-Jozak forest , 37°25′14″N, 56°40′30″E, 1325 m a.s.l, collected from soil under maple trees ( Acer monspessulanum sub sp. turcomanicum), June 2018 ; 5 specimens, Golil-Sarany rangeland, 37°48′17″N, 57°56′22″E, 1591 m a.s.l, collected from soil under barberry plants ( Berberis integerrima ), June 2018 ; 9 specimens, Gelyan village , 37°18′07″N, 57°55′33″E, 1188 m a.s.l, collected from soil of alfalfa field, June 2018 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species has already been reported from soil and leaf litter in different habitats in East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Zanjan, Tehran, Guilan (Rasht), Mazandaran (Noor, Royan, Kodirsar), Kermanshah (Shabankareh village, Patagh), Golestan (Kordkuy, Palangpa forest, Golestan National Park), Khuzestan, Kerman (Shahdad, Sirch village, Mahan, Sekonj village, Koohpayeh village) and Lorestan by Cox (1982), Moravvej et al. (2007), Kahrarian et al. (2012), Daghighi (2012), Daghighi et al. (2013a, 2013b), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2014), Amiri & Kahrarian (2015), Arbea & Kahrarian (2015), Hosseini et al. (2016), Ramezani & Mossadegh (2017), Khanahmadi (2018), Moradi et al. (2018), Abdolalizadeh et al. (2019) and Kahrarian (2019).

General distribution and ecology: Cosmopolitan. This species is a common and widely distributed species ( Fjellberg, 2007; Babenko et al., 2019).