Key to Isotomidae (Collembola) of Iran and a photographic guide of key characters of species

Authors: ELHAM YOOSEFI LAFOORAKI, JALIL HAJIZADEH, MASOUMEH SHAYANMEHR, REZA HOSSEINI, PIETRO PAOLO FANCIULLI

Abstract: Present work deals with providing an identification key to 60 Iranian species of the family Isotomidae. The photographic support provided here, both light micrographs and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) pictures, can be used as a practical tool for researchers who are not well acquainted with the morphology of Isotomidae.

Keywords: Isotomidae, identification key, scanning electron microscopy, SEM

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