Folsomia penicula Bagnall, 1939

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 : 160

Folsomia penicula Bagnall, 1939

Material examined: 5 specimens, Darkesh-Jozak forest , 37°25′17″N, 56°40′29″E, 1255 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Oak trees ( Quercus castaneifolia ), September 2018 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species has already been reported from soil and leaf litter under oak trees ( Quercus sp. ) in East Azarbaijan, Golestan (Gorgan), Guilan (Rasht), Mazandaran (Nowshahr, Kojur, Lashkenar, Bahnamir), Kermanshah (Shikh salaeh village, Ghap Gholi village) and Tehran by Cox (1982), Falahati et al. (2011), Daghighi (2012), Daghighi et al. (2013a, 2013b), Qazi & Shayanmehr (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2014), Arbea & Kahrarian (2015), Ghasemi Cherati (2017) and Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al. (2015).

General distribution and ecology: This species has a Palaearctic distribution and it is abundant in composted leaf litter ( Fjellberg, 2007).