Orchesella cincta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 156

Orchesella cincta (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species has already been reported from leaf litter and moss on the rocks in Mazandaran (Babol, Neka, Savadkooh, Forest of Jawarom, Alasht, Serin village, Larijan) and Golestan (Kordkuy, Imam Reza forest, Palangpa forest) by Yoosefi Lafooraki (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2013, 2014), Balvasi et al. (2015), Hosseini et al. (2016) and Yahyapour et al. (2019b).

General distribution and ecology: This species has a Holarctic distribution and usually found in litter around foot of trees, in moss on tree trunks and rocks, sometimes in meadows ( Fjellberg, 2007).