Journal Article
A checklist of subterranean arthropods of Iran
Malek-Hosseini, M.J. and Zamani, A.
Record Number:
5362
Year:
2017
Journal:
Subterranean Biology
Pages:
19-46
Volume:
21
Abstract:
Understanding subterranean biodiversity is important, yet vast regions of the world remain poorly explored.
Here, we provide the first step towards cataloguing the subterranean arthropods of Iran. After
review and analysis of the available literature and the examination of samples collected by us from Iranian
caves, we listed 89 cavernicolous species (from 42 caves and 5 karstic springs) belonging to four arthropod
subphyla: Chelicerata (1 class, 4 orders, 36 species), Crustacea (2 classes, 3 orders, 15 species), Hexapoda
(2 classes, 5 orders, 34 species) and Myriapoda (2 classes, 3 orders, 4 species).
Keywords
Cave, fauna, Middle East, Zagros, troglofauna
Times Cited:
8
Relevent Species:
Garra typhlops (Bruun and Kaiser 1944) Farashi, Kaboli, Rezaei, Naghavi, Rahimian and Coad 2014Garra lorestanensis Mousavi-Sabet and Eagderi 2016Garra tashanensis Mousavi-Savet, Vatandoust, Fatemi and Eagderi 2016Garra undescribed species [Kruckenhauser, Haring, Seemann and Sattmann 2011]Garra andruzzii (Vinciguerra, 1924) Colli, Paglianti, Berti, Gandolfi and Tagliavini 2009Garra dunsirei Banister 1987Garra widdowsoni (Trewavas 1955) Hamidan, Geiger and Freyhof 2014Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood 1976) Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati and Freyhof 2016