Contribution to the genus Entomobrya Rondani, 1861 (Collembola, Entomobryidae, Entomobryinae) from Iran, with description of a new species

Abstract

Herein, a new species of the genus Entomobrya is described from Iran. Entomobrya marmorata sp. nov. was collected from soil habitat in the villages of Azghad and Kang in the Binalud Mountain Range of northeastern Iran. A set of diagnostic characters was used for the differentiation of the new species with a comparison table provided. The blue-violet coloured species is one of the few species with a simplified macrochaetae formula of 1-1-1 in Abd III areas A3, A4, and A5, respectively. A character unique to the Entomobrya species is the serrated morphology of the guard setae on the labial papillae.