taxonID	type	description	language	source
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	description	Figs 1 − 15, Tab. 1 a & b	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Iran, Mazandaran Province, Tonekabon county, Dohezar forest, 36 º 40 ʹ 21.7 ʺ N, 50 º 49 ʹ 28.5 ʺ E, 443 m a. s. l. Type material. Holotype: female on slide in MNCN. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Tonekabon county, Dohezar forest, 10 November 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg. Paratype: juvenile on slide in SANRU, same data as for holotype.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species was named after the type locality, Dohezar forest.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Habitus typical of the genus Cryptonura. Body without pigment, 2 + 2 eyes darkly pigmented. Dorsal tubercles present and well developed, roundish in shape. Buccal cone rather long, labrum ogival. Head with tubercles Af and Cl separated. With chaetae A, B, C, D and E. Chaeta O absent. Tubercles Dl and (L + So) on head with 5 and 8 chaetae respectively. Tubercle Di on Th I with 1 chaeta. Tubercles De on Th II and III with 2 + s and 3 + s chaetae respectively. Tubercles L on Abd III and IV with 3 and 6 chaetae respectively. Macrochaetae Ml relatively long. Cryptopygy present, poorly developed. Claw without inner tooth.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	description	Description. Habitus typical of the genus. Head and tergite tubercles weakly developed, differentiated in small bosses, with tertiary granulation. Body length (without antennae): 1.6 mm in the holotype. Body without pigment. 2 + 2 eyes relatively small (diameter of ocellus slightly longer than diameter of alveolus Ocp), darkly pigmented. Chaetal morphology. Dorsal ordinary chaetae of five types: Macrochaetae Ml relatively long, strongly thickened, almost cylindrical, arclike or straight, narrowly sheathed, apically rounded; lateral macrochaetae longer, less serrated and thinner apically; short macrochaetae Mc and Mcc thickened, straight and blunt; macrochaetae densely covered by minute denticles. Mesochaetae smooth or feebly serrated and pointed. Smooth microchaetae shorter, acuminate and thin. S-chaetae of tergites thin, smooth and longer than closest Mc (Fig. 4). Ventral side of head: Vi = 6, Ve = 11 (4 Vea, 3 Vem and 4 Vep). Antenna: Ant I, II with 7, 10 - 11 chaetae. Ant III with 16 ordinary chaetae (5 ve, 3 vc, 4 vi and 4 d), 5 S-chaetae (AIIIO). Ant IV dorsally with the complete set of chaetae (or, 8 S, i, 12 mou, 3 brs). Ant IV ventrally with the complete set of chaetae (3 brs, 2 iv; ap: 7 bs, 4 miA; ca: 2 bs, 3 miA; cm: 3 bs, 1 miA; cp: 8 miA, 1 brs). Antennae. Antennae shorter than head. Chaetotaxy of antennae as in Tab. 1 a and in Figs 8 − 9. Ant I with 7 chaetae: 2 long (Ml) and three shorter (Mc) thick and ciliate, others smooth. Ant II with 10 − 11 chaetae: 2 long thick and ciliate setae (Ml), and others smooth. Ant III and IV dorsally fused. Ant III with 16 ordinary chaetae (group d with 4 chaetae) and 5 S-chaetae of AIIIO, guard chaetae Sgv longer and slender than Sgd. Eight subequal S-chaetae (S 1 – S 8) on Ant IV, S 1 thinner and S 4 slighlty stouter than others (Fig. 1); Ant IV organite as a very small rod, almost entirely burried in the integument; apical bulb simple or feebly lobed, fused to Ant IV tip. Mouthparts. Buccal cone elongated. Labrum pointed, with ventral sclerifications ogival as in Fig. 5. Labrum with 0 / 2, 2 smooth chaetae of different sizes, prelabral chaetae absent (Fig. 15). Labium with 11 chaetae: a 1, a 2, p 2, E, F, G, b, c, d, e and f. Labial papillae x not detected (Fig. 5). Maxilla styliform, mandible thin tridentate. Dorsal chaetotaxy and tubercles. Chaetotaxy of head as in Tab. 1 a and Figs 1 and 11 − 12, with 12 chaetal groups: Cl, Af, 2 Oc, 2 Di, 2 De, 2 Dl, 2 (L + So); tubercles Cl and Af separate (Fig. 12); chaeta A distinctly shorter than B chaeta; chaeta D free; O absent; tubelem BE present; tubercle Dl with 5 chaetae, chaeta Dl 6 absent (Fig. 11); tubercle (L + So) with 8 chaetae, chaetae L 2 and L 3 absent (Fig. 11). Chaetotaxy of Th and Abd as in Tab. 1 b and in Figs 1 – 2, 7 and 13 – 14. Number of tubercles from Th I to Abd VI on half notum is: 3,4,4 / 4,4,4,4,2,1. S-chaetotaxic formula on Th I to Abd V as 0,2 + ms, 2 / 1,1,1,1,1; body s-chaeta thin and smooth, slightly longer than closest Mc (Fig. 13). Tubercles Di on Th I with 1 chaeta; tubercles Di on Th II – III with 3 chaetae, chaetae Di 3 free (Fig. 7); chaetae De 2 on Th II – III and De 3 on Th III and Abd I – III connected with tubercle De (Fig. 13); tubercle L on Abd III and IV with 3 and 6 chaetae respectively; tubercles Di on Abd V with chaetae Di 3 as mi, Di 2 as Mc or mi and Di 1 as Ml (Fig. 14). Cryptopygy poorly developed; Abd VI hardly visible from dorsal side (Figs 2 − 3). Ventral chaetotaxy. On head, groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 4,3,4 chaetae respectively; group Vi with 6 chaetae (Fig. 10). On Abd IV, furcal vestige with 5 chaetae, devoid of mi but with a small posterior area of primary granulation. Ventral chaetae Vl and L' on Abd V present (Fig. 3). Legs. Chaetotaxy of legs as in Tab. 1 b. Tibiotarsi with chaetae B 4 and B 5 short. Claw without inner tooth (Fig. 6). Ratios. Chaetae A: B: Ocm: Ocp: Di 1 on Abd IV: Di 1 on Abd V: Claw III = 12: 30: 27: 20: 50: 36: 10.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDEFFB2B5B77CF7FBB8FAE0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Within the genus Cryptonura, C. dohezarensis sp. nov. most closely resembles C. persica Smolis et al. 2012 from Iran. Both taxa have similar chaetotaxy of central area of the head (chaetae A, C and D present), maxilla and mandible shape, the number of chaetae Di on Th I, similar dorsal chaetotaxy of abdomen (see Tab. 5). However, they clearly differ in the body colour (in C. dohezarensis, white; in C. persica, blue), the shape of dorsal tubercles (in C. dohezarensis, rounded; in C. persica, triangular), the fusion of Cl and Af tubercles on head (in C. dohezarensis, separate; in C. persica, fused) and the number of Di chaetae on Th II – III (in C. dohezarensis, 3; in C. persica, 2). C. dohezarensis sp. nov. is also similar to two species without body pigment and with rounded dorsal tubercles: C. anthrenoidea (Ellis, 1976) from Greece and C. jubilaria Smolis, 2002 from Poland. Nevertheless, the new species can be easily distinguished from them by the number of L + So chaetae on head (in C. dohezarensis, 8, in C. anthrenoidea and C. jubilaria, 7), the number of L chaetae on Abd IV (in C. dohezarensis, 6, in C. anthrenoidea and C. jubilaria, 5) and a combination of characters: unguis without inner tooth, mandible with 3 teeth, 6 Vi ventral chaetae on head, chaetae C, D and E present on head, 3 Di chaetae on Abd V and 5 De + Dl + L ordinary chaetae on Abd V. The main diagnostic characters of these species are summarized in Tab. 5.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	description	Figs 16 − 25, Tab. 2 a & b	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Iran, Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Abmal forest, 36 º 42 ʹ 52 ʺ N, 53 º 06 ʹ 00 ʺ E, 10 m a. s. l. Type material. Holotype: female on slide in MNCN. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Abmal forest, 23 April 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg. Paratypes: 4 females, 1 male and 3 juvenile on slide in MNCN (4 paratypes) and SANRU (4 paratypes), same data as holotype.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species was named after the type locality, Abmal forest.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Habitus typical of the genus Cryptonura. Colour of the body bluish-gray, 2 + 2 eyes darkly pigmented. Dorsal tubercles present and well developed, triangular in shape. Buccal cone rather long, labrum ogival. Head with chaetae B, C and E. Chaetae A and O absent. Tubercles Af and Cl fused. Tubercles Dl and (L + So) on head with 6 and 9 chaetae respectively. Tubercle Di on Th I with 1 chaeta. Tubercles De on Th II and III with 2 + s and 3 + s chaetae respectively. Tubercles L on Abd III and IV with 4 and 8 chaetae, respectively. Macrochaetae Ml relatively long. Cryptopygy present, poorly developed. Claw without inner tooth.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	description	Description. Habitus typical of the genus. Head and tergite tubercles well developed. Body length (without antennae): 1.8 – 2.8 mm ♀, 2.1 mm ♂ (holotype ♀: 2.4 mm). Colour of the body bluish-gray. 2 + 2 eyes relatively small (diameter of ocellus equal to diameter of alveolus Ocp), darkly pigmented (Fig. 16). Chaetal morphology. Dorsal ordinary chaetae of five types: Macrochaetae Ml relatively long, strongly thickened, almost cylindrical, arclike or straight, narrowly sheathed, apically rounded; lateral macrochaetae longer, less serrated and thinner apically; short macrochaetae Mc and Mcc thickened, straight and blunt; macrochaetae densely covered by minute denticles. Mesochaetae smooth or feebly serrated and pointed. Smooth microchaetae shorter, acuminate and thin. S-chaetae of tergites thin, smooth and shorter than closest Mc. Antennae. Antennae shorter than head. Chaetotaxy of antennae as in Tab. 2 b and in Figs 21 − 22. Ant I with 7 chaetae: 2 long (Ml) and 3 shorter (Mc) thick and ciliate, others smooth, and few subcuticular reticulations. Ant II with 12 chaetae: 3 long (Ml) and one shorter (Mc), thick and ciliate chaetae, and others smooth. Ant III and IV dorsally fused, with subcuticular reticulation. Ant III with 16 ordinary chaetae (group d with 4 chaetae) and 5 S-chaetae of AIIIO, guard chaetae Sgd and Sgv slightly shorter and slender than S-chaetae of Ant IV. Eight subequal S-chaetae (S 1 – S 8) on Ant IV, S 1 thinner than others (Fig. 21); Ant IV organite as a very small rod, almost entirely burried in the integument; apical bulb poorly developed, trilobed, fused to Ant IV tip. Ventral side of head: Vi = 6, Ve = 10 - 11 (4 Vea, 3 Vem and 3 - 4 Vep). Antenna: Ant I, II with 7, 12 chaetae. Ant III with 16 ordinary chaetae (5 ve, 4 vc, 3 vi and 4 d), 5 S-chaetae (AIIIO). Ant IV dorsally with the complete set of chaetae (or, 8 S, i, 12 mou, 3 brs). Ant IV ventrally with the complete set of chaetae (3 brs, 2 iv; ap: 6 bs, 5 miA; ca: 3 bs, 3 miA; cm: 3 bs, 1 miA; cp: 7 miA, 1 brs). Mouthparts. Buccal cone elongated. Labrum pointed, with ventral sclerifications ogival. Labrum chaetotaxy with 0 / 2,2 smooth chaetae of different sizes, prelabral chaetae absent. Labium with 11 chaetae: a 1, a 2, p 2, E, F, G, b, c, d, e and f. Labial papillae x not detected. Maxilla styliform (Fig. 19), mandible thin with four teeth, being two basal stronger, unequal teeth and two smaller, subequal apical teeth (Fig. 18). Dorsal chaetotaxy and tubercles. Chaetotaxy of head as in Tab. 2 a and Figs 16 and 24, with 11 chaetal groups: Cl + Af, 2 Oc, 2 Di, 2 De, 2 Dl, 2 (L + So). Tubercles Cl and Af fused (Fig. 24); chaetae A and O absent; tubercle Dl with 6 chaetae, chaeta Dl 6 as mi (Fig. 23); tubercle (L + So) with 9 chaetae. Chaetotaxy of Th and Abd as in Tab. 2 b and in Figs 16 – 17 and 25. Number of tubercles from Th I to Abd VI on half notum is: 3,4,4 / 4,4,4,4,2,1. S-chaetotaxic formula on Th I to Abd V as 0,2 + ms, 2 / 1,1,1,1,1; body s-chaeta thin and smooth, distinctly shorter than closest Mc (Fig. 25). Tubercles Di on Th I with 1 chaeta; tubercles Di on Th II – III with 3 chaetae; chaetae De 2 on Th II – III and De 3 on Th III connected with tubercle De (Fig. 25); chaetae De 3 on Abd I – III connected with tubercle De (Fig. 3); tubercle L on Abd III and IV with 4 and 8 − 9 chaetae, respectively; tubercles Di on Abd V with chaetae Di 2 as Mc and Di 3 as Mcc. Cryptopygy poorly developed; Abd VI hardly visible from dorsal side (Figs 17 and 20). Ventral chaetotaxy. On head, groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 4, 3, 3 − 4 chaetae, respectively; group Vi with 6 chaetae (Fig. 23). On Abd IV, furcal vestige with 5 − 6 chaetae, devoid of mi but with a small posterior area of primary granulation. Ventral chaetae Vl and L' on Abd V present (Fig. 20). Legs. Chaetotaxy of legs as in Tab. 2 b. Tibiotarsi with chaetae B 4 and B 5 short. Claw without inner tooth. Ratios. Chaetae A: B: Ocm: Ocp: Di 1 on Abd IV: Di 1 on Abd V: Claw III = −: 34: 31: 24: 54: 47: 10	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFDAFFBFB5B77C9DFB84FB70.taxon	discussion	Remarks. C. abmalensis sp. nov. seems to be closest to C. maxima and C. persica described from the northern part of Iran (Smolis et al. 2012). All three species have blue body colour, triangular dorsal tubercles and a similar chaetotaxy of central area of the head (C and D chaetae present), one Di chaeta on Th I, 2,2,3 / 3,3,3 De ordinary chaetae on Th I – Abd III, respectively, and 3 Di chaetae on Abd V. However, these species differ in another set of characters: number of mandibular teeth (in C. abmalensis sp. nov., four teeth; in C. maxima and C. persica, three), the fusion of Cl and Af tubercles on head (in C. abmalensis sp. nov. and C. persica, fused; in C. maxima, present), the presence of A chaetae on head (in C. abmalensis sp. nov., absent; in C. maxima and C. persica, present), the number of Dl and L + So chaetae on head (in C. abmalensis sp. nov., 6 and 9, respectively; in C. maxima, 6 and 10; in C. persica, 5 and 8), the number of Di chaetae on Th II – III (in C. abmalensis sp. nov. and C. maxima, 2; in C. persica, 3), the number of L chaetae on Abd IV (in C. abmalensis sp. nov. and C. maxima, 8 – 9; in C. persica, 6 – 7) and the number of De + Dl + L ordinary chaetae on Abd V (in C. abmalensis sp. nov. and C. persica, 5; in C. maxima, 6 – 7). The main diagnostic characters of these species are summarized in Tab. 5.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	description	Figs 26 − 36, Tab. 3 a & b	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Iran, Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Zare forest (36 º 32 ʹ 44 ʺ N, 53 º 07 ʹ 53 ʺ E, 113 m a. s. l.) and Lulen forest (36 º 14 ʹ 20 ʺ N, 53 º 39 ʹ 10 ʺ E, 115 m a. s. l.). Type material. Holotype: male on slide in MNCN. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Zare forest, 12 April 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg. Paratype: juvenile on slide in SANRU. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Lulen forest, 15 April 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species was named after the type locality, Sari county.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Habitus typical of the genus Cryptonura. Colour of the body bluish-gray, 2 + 2 eyes darkly pigmented. Dorsal tubercles present and well developed, roundish in shape. Buccal cone short, labrum non-ogival. Head with chaetae A, B and D. Chaetae C, E and O absent. Tubercles Af and Cl separate. Tubercles Dl and (L + So) on head with 3 and 8 chaetae respectively. Tubercle Di on Th I with 1 chaeta. Tubercles De on Th II and III with 2 + s and 3 + s chaetae respectively. Tubercles L on Abd III and IV with 3 and 5 chaetae respectively. Macrochaetae Ml relatively long. Cryptopygy present, poorly developed. Claw without inner tooth.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	description	Description. Habitus typical of the genus. Head and tergite tubercles well developed. Body length (without antennae): 1.2 mm ♂. Colour of the body bluish-gray. 2 + 2 eyes relatively small (diameter of ocellus equal to diameter of alveolus Ocp), darkly pigmented (Fig. 26). Chaetal morphology. Dorsal ordinary chaetae of five types: Macrochaetae Ml relatively long, strongly thickened, almost cylindrical, arclike or straight, narrowly sheathed, apically rounded; lateral macrochaetae longer, less serrated and thinner apically; short macrochaetae Mc and Mcc thickened, straight and blunt; macrochaetae densely covered by minute denticles. Mesochaetae smooth or feebly serrated and pointed. Smooth microchaetae shorter, acuminate and thin. S-chaetae of tergites thin, smooth and slightly shorter than closest Mc (Fig. 32). Antennae. Antennae shorter than head. Chaetotaxy of antennae as in Tab. 3 b and in Figs 28 − 29. Ant I with 7 chaetae: 2 long (Ml) and 3 shorter (Mc) thick and ciliate, others smooth. Ant II with 12 chaetae: one long (Ml) and 2 shorter (Mc) thick and ciliate, and others smooth. Ant III and IV dorsally fused. Ant III with 17 ordinary chaetae (group d with 5 chaetae) and 5 S-chaetae of AIIIO, guard chaetae Sgd and Sgv slightly longer and slender than S- chaetae of Ant IV. Eight subequal S-chaetae (S 1 – S 8) on Ant IV; Ant IV organite as a very small rod, almost entirely burried in the integument; apical bulb simple or feebly lobed, fused to Ant IV tip. Mouthparts. Buccal cone short. Labrum non-ogival. Labium with 11 chaetae: a 1, a 2, p 2, E, F, G, b, c, d, e and f. Labial papillae x not detected (Fig. 30). Maxilla styliform (Fig. 35), mandible with five teeth, being two basal stronger, unequal teeth and three unequal apical teeth (Fig. 36). Ventral side of head: Vi = 5, Ve = 10 - 11 (4 Vea, 3 Vem and 3 - 4 Vep). Antenna: Ant I, II with 7, 12 chaetae. Ant III with 17 ordinary chaetae (5 ve, 3 vc, 4 vi and 5 d), 5 S-chaetae (AIIIO). Ant IV dorsally with the complete set of chaetae (or, 8 S, i, 12 mou, 3 brs). Ant IV ventrally with the complete set of chaetae (3 brs, 2 iv; ap: 6 bs, 5 miA; ca: 3 bs, 3 miA; cm: 3 bs, 1 miA; cp: 7 miA, 1 brs). Dorsal chaetotaxy and tubercles. Chaetotaxy of head as in Tab. 3 a and Figs 26 − 27 and 31, with 12 chaetal groups: Cl, Af, 2 Oc, 2 Di, 2 De, 2 Dl, 2 (L + So). Tubercles Cl and Af separate; chaetae C, E and O absent (Fig. 32); tubercle Dl with 3 chaetae; tubercle (L + So) with 9 chaetae. Chaetotaxy of Th and Abd as in Tab. 3 b and in Figs 26 – 27 and 32. Number of tubercles from Th I to Abd VI on half notum is: 3,4,4 / 4,4,4,4,2,1. S-chaetotaxic formula on Th I to Abd V as 0,2 + ms, 2 / 1,1,1,1,1; body s-chaeta thin and smooth, slightly shorter than closest Mc (Fig. 32). Tubercles Di on Th I with 1 chaeta; tubercles Di on Th II – III with 2 chaetae; chaetae De 2 on Th II – III comprised within tubercle De; chaetae De 3 on Abd I – III connected with tubercle De (Fig. 32); tubercle L on Abd III and IV with 3 and 5 chaetae respectively; tubercles Di on Abd V with chaetae Di 2 as Mc or mi and Di 3 absent (Figs 26 − 27 and 33). Cryptopygy poorly developed; Abd VI hardly visible from dorsal side (Figs 26 − 27). Ventral chaetotaxy. On head, groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 3, 3, 1 chaetae respectively; group Vi with 5 chaetae (Fig 30). On Abd IV, furcal vestige with 4 chaetae, devoid of mi but with a small posterior area of primary granulation. Ventral chaeta L' on Abd V absent (Figs. 26 – 27). Male with thick and forked chaetae (male ventral organ) on Abd IV: 2 Vei and 2 Vec (Fig. 34). Legs. Chaetotaxy of legs as in Tab. 3 b. Tibiotarsi with chaetae B 4 and B 5 short. Claw without inner tooth. Ratios. Chaetae A: B: Ocm: Ocp: Di 1 on Abd IV: Di 1 on Abd V: Claw III = 18: 30: 29: 31: 41: 38: 10	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD7FFBBB5B77C2BFA0DFCE8.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Although Cryptonura sariensis sp. nov. is described based only on two specimens (a male and a juvenile), it is a well characterized species. As soon as new material is found, amendments or new information will be made to this taxon in further publications. C. sariensis sp. nov. runs in the most recent key to Cryptonura species (Smolis et al. 2012) to C. anthrenoidea (Ellis, 1976) from Greece. Both species are readily distinguished from most members of the genus by a mandible with 5 (new species) or 6 (C. anthrenoidea) teeth, chaeta C on head absent and tubercle Di on Abd V with 2 chaetae. C. sariensis sp. nov. can be easily separated from C. anthrenoidea by the presence of blue body colour (white in C. anthrenoidea), the absence of inner tooth on unguis (present in C. anthrenoidea) and a reduced body chaetotaxy: 3 Dl chaetae on head, 2 Di chaetae on Th II – III, 1 / 2 / 2 De ordinary chaetae on Th I – III, 2 De ordinary chaetae on Abd I – III and 4 De + Dl + L ordinary chaetae on Abd V (5, 3, 2 / 2 / 3, 3 and 5, respectively, in C. anthrenoidea). The main diagnostic characters of these species are summarized in Tab. 5.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD3FFBBB5B77CF7FA81F9E4.taxon	materials_examined	Material studied. 1 female, 2 males, 1 juvenile. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Sari county, Salardare forest, 29 April 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, 36 º 32 ʹ 59 ʺ N, 53 º 7 ʹ 31 ʺ E, 28 m a. s. l., Eliye Yahyapour leg.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	description	Figs 37 − 48, Tab. 4	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Iran, Mazandaran Province, Kiyasar county, Langar forest, 36 º 14 ʹ 20 ʺ N, 53 º 39 ʹ 10 ʺ E, 1800 m a. s. l. Type material. Holotype: female on slide in MNCN. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Kiyasar county, Langar forest, 29 April 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg. Paratypes: 3 females and 1 male on slide in MNCN and SANRU, same data as for holotype. Other material examined. One juvenile specimen. Iran: Mazandaran Province, Babol county, Filband forest, 36 º 22 ʹ 12 ʺ N, 52 º 30 ʹ 45 ʺ E, 1950 m a. s. l., 25 August 2016, soil and leaf litter, Berlese extraction, Eliye Yahyapour leg.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The name refers to Persia (today Iran).	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Habitus typical of the genus Neanura. Dorsal tubercles present and poorly developed. Body bluish grey. Buccal cone short, labrum non-ogival. Head without chaetae E and Ocp. Tubercles Di Th I absent. Th II−III with chaeta Di 3 and De 2 free. Abd I−III with chaetae De 3 free. Tubercle (Di + Di) of Abd V with 3 + 3 chaetae, chaetae Di 3 as mi. Cryptopygy absent. Male ventral organ absent.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	description	Description. Habitus typical of the genus. Head and tergite tubercles poorly developed. Body length (without antennae): 1.17 to 1.58 mm females (holotype female: 1.35 mm), 1.15 mm male. Colour of the body bluish grey. 3 + 3 medium black eyes, in a typical arrangement for the genus (two anterior and one posterior). Chaetal morphology. Dorsal ordinary chaetae of five types: long macrochaetae (Ml), short macrochaetae (Mc), very short macrochaetae (Mcc), mesochaetae and microchaetae (mi). Long macrochaetae relatively thick, slightly arc-like or straight, narrowly sheathed, feebly serrated, apically pointed or rounded. Macrochaetae Mc and Mcc morphologically similar to long macrochaetae, but much shorter. Mesochaetae similar to ventral chaetae, thin, smooth and pointed. Microchaetae similar to mesochaetae, but shorter. S-chaetae of tergites thin, smooth and short, notably shorter than closest Mc. Antennae. Antennae shorter than head. Chaetotaxy of antennae as in Tab. 4 b and in Figs 39 − 40. Ant I with 7 chaetae: 3 long, thick and ciliate (Ml), others smooth, and few subcuticular reticulations. Ant II with 11 chaetae: 4 long, thick and ciliate (Ml), and others smooth. Ant III and IV dorsally fused. Ant III with 18 ordinary chaetae (group d with 5 chaetae) and 5 S-chaetae of AIIIO, guard chaetae Sgv slightly longer and slender than S-chaetae of Ant IV. Eight subequal and moderately thickened S-chaetae (S 1 – S 8) on Ant IV (Fig. 39); Ant IV organite as a very small rod, almost entirely burried in the integument; apical bulb distinct, trilobed, fused to Ant IV tip. Mouthparts. Buccal cone relatively short with labral sclerifications nonogival. Labrum chaetotaxy: 4 / 2, 2 (Fig. 41). Labium with four basal (E, F, G, f), three distal (a 1, a 2, p 2) and four lateral chaetae (b, c, d, e), papillae x absent. Maxilla styliform, mandible thin and tridentate. Dorsal chaetotaxy and tubercles. Chaetotaxy of head reduced, as in Tab. 4 a and Figs 37 and 44, with 11 chaetal groups: Cl + Af, 2 Oc, 2 Di + De, 2 ½ Dl, 2 ½ Dl + L and 2 So). Tubercles Cl and Af fused (Fig. 44). Chaetae E and Ocp absent. Chaetotaxy of Th and Abd as in Tab. 4 b and in Figs 37 – 38 and 45 − 47. Number of tubercles from Th I to Abd VI is: 4,8,8 / 8,8,8,8,3,2. S-chaetotaxic formula on Th I to Abd V as 0,2 + ms, 2 / 1,1,1,1,1. Tubercles Di on Th I not differentiated. Thorax and abdomen with free chaetae. On Th II−III chaetae De 2 and Di 3 as free mi / Mccc (Figs 45 − 46). Abd I−III with chaetae De 3 as free mi (Fig. 38). On Abd I−III, the line of chaetae De 1 − chaeta s parallel to the dorsomedian line (Fig. 38). On Abd V, tubercles Di fused along midline and with 3 + 3 chaetae, chaetae Di 3 as mi (Fig. 47). No cryptopygy, Abd VI well visible from above (Fig. 38). Ventral chaetotaxy (Figs 42 − 43; Tab. 4 b) On head, groups Vea, Vem and Vep with 4, 3, 4 chaetae, respectively; group Vi with 6 chaetae (Fig. 42). On Abd IV, furcal rudiment with 5 − 6 chaetae, devoid of mi but with a small posterior area of primary granulation. On Abd V, chaetae Vl and L’ present (Fig. 43). Legs. Chaetotaxy of legs as in Tab. 4 b. Claw without internal tooth. On tibiotarsi, chaeta M present and chaetae B 4 and B 5 relatively short and pointed (Fig. 48). Ratios. Chaetae A: B: Ocm: Ocp: Di 1 on Abd IV: Di 1 on Abd V: Claw III = 13: 15: 18: −: 19: 23: 10.	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
6C3E87F2FFD2FFA7B5B77ACBFE88FA0E.taxon	discussion	Remarks. Neanura persica sp. nov. is most similar to N. pallida Deharveng, 1979, N. minuta Gisin, 1963 and N. deharvengi Smolis et al., 2018, by the presence of chaetae L’ on Abd V, the absence of chaetae Ocp on the head and tubercles Di on Th I. Besides the unique character of the new species, the fusion of Cl and Af tubercles on the head, these species can additionally be distinguished by the following features: coloration (in N. persica sp. nov., N. deharvengi and N. pallida, whitish to pale bluish; in N. minuta, dark bluish), chaetotaxy of head (in N. deharvengi, chaetae A and C absent; in the other species, present. In N. persica sp. nov. and N. deharvengi, chaetae E absent; in N. pallida and N. minuta, present), number of ordinary chaetae De on Th II and III (in the new species and N. deharvengi, 2,2, respectively; in N. pallida, 2,3; in N. minuta, 3,4), number of ordinary chaetae De on Abd I – III (in N. deharvengi, 2; in the other species, 3), number of chaetae L on Abd IV (in the new species, 6; in N. pallida and N. minuta, 5; in N. deharvengi, 4), number of chaetae Di on Abd V (in N. deharvengi, 2 + 2; in the other species, 3 + 3), number of ordinary chaetae De + Dl + L on Abd V (in N. deharvengi, 5; in the other species, 6) and number of tubercles on Abd V (in the new species and N. deharvengi, 3; in N. pallida and N. minuta, 4). Since the new species described above is characterized by one character unknown in other members of the genus, i. e., the fusion of cephalic tubercles Cl and Af, the currently accepted diagnosis of the genus as proposed by Smolis et al. (2018) is emended here, to include in the genus Neanura the species with the tubercles Af and Cl on head separate or fused. Ventral side of head: Vi = 6, Ve = 11 (4 Vea, 3 Vem, 4 Vep). Antenna: Ant I, II with 7, 12 chaetae. Ant III with 18 ordinary chaetae (5 ve, 4 vc, 4 vi and 5 d), 5 S-chaetae (AIIIO). Ant IV dorsally with the complete set of chaetae (or, 8 S, i, 12 mou, 3 brs). Ant IV ventrally with the complete set of chaetae (3 brs, 2 iv; ap: 8 bs, 5 miA; ca: 2 bs, 3 miA; cm: 3 bs, 1 miA; cp: 8 miA, 1 brs).	en	Yahyapour, Eliye, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Vafaei-Shoushtari, Reza, Arbea, Javier I. (2022): New species and records of Neanurinae (Collembola: Neanuridae) from Mazandaran Province (Northeastern Iran), with a key to Iranian species of the subfamily. Zootaxa 5087 (2): 253-274, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5087.2.2
