Hypogastrura martiani Skarżyński

Kahrarian, Morteza, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Skarżyński, Dariusz, Konikiewicz, Marta, Soleymannezhadyan, Ebrahim, Mehr, Masoumeh Shayan & Shams, Bahman, 2013, A new species and new records of the genus Hypogastrura Bourlet, 1839 (Collembola, Hypogastruridae) from Iran, Zootaxa 3709 (1), pp. 89-94 : 93

Hypogastrura martiani Skarżyński & Kaprus’, 2009

? H. tullbergi: Cox 1982: 41

Material examined. 13 females, 5 males, soil and litter, Zagros Mountains, walnut orchard near Aziz abad village (N34°31’ E47°59’ / 1500 m a.s.l.), Kangavar County, Kermanshah Province, Iran, 6.xii.2012, leg. M. Kahrarian; 3 females, 2 males, litter and soil, oak forest, Zagros Mountains, southern slope of the Koor Koor mountain, near Chahar zebar-e-oliya village (N34°13’ E46°40’ /1600 a.s.l.), Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran, 16.i.2013, leg. M. Kahrarian; 3 females, 2 males, soil and litter, Zagros Mountains, walnut and plum orchard near Safi abad village (N34°47’ E46°31’ / 898 m a.s.l.), Javanrud County, Kermanshah Province, 20.xii.2012, leg. M. Kahrarian.

Note. H. martiani , a member of the viatica group, was recently described from Southern Ukraine (Skarżyński & Kaprus’ 2009) and until now it was known only from Crimea coast. Cox (1982) mentioned a related species H. tullbergi from Iran, but in the light of Najt et al. (1984) revision, this record seems to be erroneous as the range of distribution of this species is restricted to the Arctic. Consequently record of H. tullbergi from Iran can be referred to H. martiani or some other species of the viatica group. Unfortunately we had no occasion to study specimens collected by Cox and its taxonomic status remains unclear.