Abstract

Three new species of Collembola belonging to genus Megalothorax Willem, 1900 (new genus for Iran) are recorded for the fauna of Iran. M. willemi Schneider & D´Haese, 2013 and M. perspicillum Schneider & D´Haese, 2013 have recently described and known from Belgium and France respectively. In this survey they were collected from Mazandaran province in northern Iran and are first record for the Middle East (and the second record in the world). Also M. incertus Börner, 1903 is recorded for the first time from Iran. The specimens were found in the soil, litter and dead wood from four localities in Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forests.

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