Neoasterolepisma palmonii (Wygodzinsky, 1942)

Molero, Rafael, Tahami, Mohadeseh Sadat, Gaju, Miquel & Sadeghi, Saber, 2018, A survey of basal insects (Microcoryphia and Zygentoma) from subterranean environments of Iran, with description of three new species, ZooKeys 806, pp. 17-46 : 17

Neoasterolepisma palmonii (Wygodzinsky, 1942)

Studied material.

One male, mounted in a slide. Abu Nasr cave, Shiraz Province, Iran. 12.XI.2015. Deposited in UCO, Ref. Z2515.

Distribution and habitat.

This species is new for Iran. It was previously known from Turkey and Israel ( Mendes 1988), so this record represents a significant extension of its geographic distribution. The only specimen available has been collected from the endogean zone of the cave. The only species of this genus recorded previously from a cave is N. caeca Molero-Baltanás, Bach de Roca & Gaju-Ricart, 1999, collected inside a lava cave (Molero et al. 1999) in La Palma (Canary Islands).