Sminthurus viridis Linnaeus, 1758

– Podura viridis Linnaeus, 1758: 608 .

KH: Farrahbakhsh 1961; NK: Mehrafrooz Mayvan et al. 2021; KS: Ghahramaninezhad et al. 2013; Kahrarian 2015, 2019; LO: Moradi et al. 2018, 2019; MAZ: Yoosefi Lafooraki & Shayanmehr 2013a, b; Yoosefi Lafooraki 2014.

Ecology and habitat in Iran: soil of alfalfa and wheat crops.

Remarks: this species can be known as a pest on alfalfa plant.

General distribution: cosmopolitan (Fjellberg 2007).