Pachyotoma caucasica (Stach, 1947)

Özata, Muhammet Ali, Sevgili, Hasan & Kaprus, Igor J., 2017, New records of springtail fauna (Hexapoda: Collembola: Entomobryomorpha) from Ordu Province in Turkey, Turkish Journal of Zoology 41 (1), pp. 24-32 : 30

Pachyotoma caucasica (Stach, 1947)

Distribution: Although it is mainly known from the Caucasus, there are some doubtful records from the Italian Alps ( Potapov, 2001). It is a new record for Turkey.

Remarks: This species may be easily distinguished by having a claw with distinct inner tooth and dense with about nine anterior setae. It was collected from a few localities and extracted from debris of Pinus .

Parisotoma notabilis (Schaffer, 1896)

Distribution: As a cosmopolitan species, it is also known from the Turkey-Syria border ( Sevgili and Özata, 2014).

Remarks: This species is well characterized by its dense pale-gray body color, oval and bigger eye spots, and 4+4 postlabial chaetae. The biology of this species is well known ( Potapov, 2001). P. notabilis was common in the study area and was extracted from debris of various trees and mixed forest.

Pseudisotoma sensibilis Tullberg, 1876

Distribution: The distribution range of this species covers the Palearctic, Nearctic, and Oriental regions (Deharveng, 2013), but most of the records belong to Far East Asia, Russia, Japan, and China ( Potapov, 2001). It is a new record for Turkey.

Remarks: We found this species only from the province of Ordu. Potapov (2001) stated that the taxonomic status of the old records from the Palearctic Region was doubtful and should be revised. Very large variation was found in the pigmentation of the species and the color pattern is not a good feature to identify this species. The specimens were collected from the seashore of Ordu and were sampled from the debris of Alnus and moss.

Family Tomoceridae

Pogonognathellus flavescens (Tullberg, 1871)

Distribution: Holarctic Region (Fjellberg, 2007). This is the first record for Turkey.

Remarks: We found two species of the genus Pogonognathellus in Ordu Province. This species may be easily distinguished from P. longicornis by having different teeth arrangement and teeth number on dens. This species was only extracted from debris of Pinus and was found only in one locality in Ordu Province.

Pogonognathellus longicornis (Müller, 1776)

Distribution: Recorded from the Holarctic Region (Fjellberg, 2007) and a new record for Turkey.

Remarks: P. longicornis is common in the province of Ordu from the seashore to high altitudes. This species is very similar to the previous species, but the macrochaetae of the legs are longer than those of P. flavescens . We extracted them from various litters of trees and bushes in the study area. For taxonomic details about this species, see Fjellberg (2007).