Persanura hyrcanica, a new genus and species of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Iran, with a key to genera of the tribe Neanurini

Mahmood Mehrafroz Mayvan; Masoumeh Shayanmehr; Adrian Smolis; Dariusz Skarżyński

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.4

Persanura hyrcanica, a new genus and species of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Iran, with a key to genera of the tribe Neanurini

Zootaxa. 2015 Feb 13;3918(4):552-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.4.

Authors

Mahmood Mehrafroz Mayvan¹, Masoumeh Shayanmehr¹, Adrian Smolis², Dariusz Skarżyński²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Crop Sciences, Sari University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Iran; Email: unknown.
² Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland; Email: unknown.

PMID: 25781109
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.4

Abstract

Persanura hyrcanica, a new genus and species of Neanurini from Iran is described and illustrated. It has a unique suite of morphological characters: labrum with only 4 chaetae, fusion of tubercles So and L on head, tubercle Di on th. II-III with 2 chaetae and separation of tubercles Di on abd. V. The erected genus is closely related to Neanura MacGillivray, 1893, Kalanura Smolis, 2007 and Xylanura Smolis, 2011. An updated key to genera of the tribe Neanurini is given.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Arthropods / anatomy & histology
Arthropods / classification*
Arthropods / growth & development
Body Size
Female
Iran
Male
Organ Size