Hemisotoma quadrioculatus Martynova, 1967

Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Mirab-Balou, Majid & Kaprus, Igor, 2017, New additions to Iranian Collembola (Entognatha: Hexapoda) from Ilam Province (western Iran), Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (4), pp. 744-748 : 745

Hemisotoma quadrioculatus Martynova, 1967 (Family Isotomidae ) ( Figure 2 )

Material studied. IRAN, 16 specimens, Ilam Province: soil under oak trees ( Quercus brantii ), Arghavan Forest Park (33°38′57.694″N, 46°26′54.900″E, alt. 1517 m), Ilam, May 2014, leg. M. Mirab-Balou.

Ecology: The species was recorded for the first time from soil inside cracks in rocks in Tadjikistan ( Potapov, 2001), and no information about its ecology is available.

Distribution: Middle Asia, Tajikistan, Ganzhino, Aruk-Tau Range ( Potapov, 2001).

Remarks. The species was recorded as Cryptopygus quadrioculatus in the Isotomidae key written by Potapov (2001), but the genus Cryptopygus Willem, 1902 was changed to Hemisotoma Börner, 1903 according to Rusek (2000) ( Shayanmehr et al., 2013). It belongs to the thermophiles group ( Potapov, 2001).

Figures

Figure 2. Hemisotoma quadrioculatus (a): General characters; (b): With 2+2 Ommatidia and postantennal organ (PAO) constricted; (c): Mucro with 2 teeth.