Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835)

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

Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835)

Material examined: 10 specimens, Darkesh-Jozak forest , 37°25′32″N, 56°45′25″E, 1284 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Oak trees ( Quercus castaneifolia ), July 2018 ; 3 specimens, Golil-Sarany rangeland, 37°48′12″N, 57°56′24″E, 1645 m a.s.l, collected from soil under Juniper trees ( Juniperus excelsa ), July 2018 ; 7 specimens, Mayvan village , 37°12′41″N, 58°02′14″E, 1357 m a.s.l, collected from soil of alfalfa field, July 2018 .

Habitat and distribution in Iran: This species ( Fig. 3) had already been reported from soil and leaf litter in Guilan, Mazandaran (Savadkooh, Sari, Babol, Qaemshahr ), Kermanshah (Harsin) and Golestan (kordkouy, Palangpa forest) by Cox (1982), Yoosefi Lafooraki (2014), Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr (2014), Kahrarian et al. (2014), Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al. (2015), Hosseini et al. (2016), Darvish-Motevalli (2016), Alijani-Ardeshir et al. (2017) and Ghasemi Cherati (2017).

General distribution and ecology: This species has a cosmopolitan distribution and it is common in deep forest soil, under the rocks and rotting timber. Less common in meadows ( Fjellberg, 2007).