Abstract

A checklist of subterranean arthropods of Iran

Highlights

  • Relatively poorly studied in comparison with the epigean ecosystems, subterranean ecosystems show a rather high biodiversity at the global scale

  • We aim to provide the first checklist of Iranian subterranean arthropods, based on the available literature and our unpublished material

  • We compiled faunal lists of subterranean arthropods for Iranian caves based on scattered published literature together with unpublished data from our own collections

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Summary

Introduction

Relatively poorly studied in comparison with the epigean ecosystems, subterranean ecosystems show a rather high biodiversity at the global scale. Over 7000 aquatic subterranean dwellers have been catalogued (Botosaneanu 1986), but such data are not available for the terrestrial subterranean fauna. Culver and Holsinger (1992) proposed a potential biodiversity of about 50,000 to 100,000 obligate terrestrial subterranean species on the basis of nested regional estimates.

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