Tomocerus vulgaris (Tullberg, 1871)

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 : 163

Tomocerus vulgaris (Tullberg, 1871)

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 ), February 2019 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species ( Fig. 5D–E) already has been reported from soil in Mazandaran, Guilan, East Azarbaijan, Zanjan, Kermanshah and Golestan by Cox (1982), Shayanmehr et al. (2013), Yoosefi Lafooraki (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki and Shayanmehr (2014), Balvasi et al. (2015), Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al. (2015), Kahrarian et al. (2014, 2015), Hosseini et al. (2016), Alijani-Ardeshir et al. (2017), Ghasemi Cherati (2017) and Khanahmadi (2018).

General distribution and ecology: Cosmopolitan. Common and widely distributed in forest litter, often in damp habitats ( Fjellberg, 2007).