Isotomiella minor (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 : 160

Isotomiella minor (Schäffer, 1896)

Material examined: 5 specimens, Darkesh-Jozak forest , 37°26′43″N, 56°47′21″E, 1540 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Oak trees ( Quercus castaneifolia ), Februrey 2019 ; 6 specimens, Golil-Sarany rangeland, 37°50′38″N, 57°51′51″E, 1972 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Juniper trees ( Juniperus excelsa ), Februery 2019 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species has already been reported from soil ( Quercus sp. , Prunus sp. , Pinus sp. ), and leaf litter in Mazandaran ( Sari, Nowshahr ; Noor, Forest of Sisangan), Guilan (Rasht), East Azarbaijan, Tehran, Kermanshah (Shabankareh village, Patagh), Golestan (Kordkuy, Palangpa forest), Kerman (Koohpayeh village) and Lorestan by Cox (1982), Moravvej et al. (2007), Yahyapour (2012), Daghighi (2012), Ghahramaninezhad et al. (2013), Daghighi et al. (2013a, 2013b), Yoosefi Lafooraki (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2014), Amiri & Kahrarian (2015), Arbea & Kahrarian (2015), Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al. (2015), Hosseini et al. (2016), Ghasemi Cherati (2017), Abdolalizadeh et al. (2019), Moradi et al. (2018) and Kahrarian (2019).

General distribution and ecology: Holarctic. Common species in different habitat, apparently with a preference for humid forest soils rather than high mountains ( Fjellberg, 2007).