Folsomides parvulus Stach, 1922

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

Folsomides parvulus Stach, 1922

Material examined: 2 specimens, Golil-Sarany rangeland, 37°50′38″N, 57°51′51″E, 1972 m a.s.l, collected from soil under centaury plants ( Centaurea aucheri ), March 2019.

Habitat and distribution in Iran: It has already been reported from soil under Morus sp. trees, leaf litter and soil of a black cherry garden in East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Kermanshah (Harsin, Chahar Zebar-e-Oliya), Guilan (Rasht), Tehran, Semnan (Mahdishahr), Mazandaran (Savadkooh, Forest of Jawarom, Alasht, Serin village, Babolsar, Qaemshahr, Babol, Sari ), Golestan (Kordkuy, Palangpa forest), Kerman (Mahan, Sekonj village) and Lorestan by Cox (1982), Yahyapour (2012), Kahrarian et al. (2012), Daghighi (2012), Daghighi et al. (2013a, 2013b), Qazi & Shayanmehr (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2013, 2014), Amiri & Kahrarian (2015), Hosseini et al. (2016), Alijani-Ardeshir et al. (2017), Moradi et al. (2018) and Abdolalizadeh et al. (2019).

General distribution and ecology: Cosmopolitan. Usually found on warm sunny slopes with sand/ gravel and thermophilic vegetation ( Fjellberg, 2007).