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Corresponding author: Ghasem Mohammadi Kashani ( gmkashani@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Stefano Taiti
© 2015 Behjat Eshaghi, Bahram H. Kiabi, Ghasem Mohammadi Kashani.
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Eshaghi B, Kiabi BH, Kashani GM (2015) The agnarid terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Agnaridae) of the province of Qazvin, Iran, with a description of a new species. In: Taiti S, Hornung E, Štrus J, Bouchon D (Eds) Trends in Terrestrial Isopod Biology. ZooKeys 515: 59–66. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.515.9125
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Six species of terrestrial isopods from the province of Qazvin, central Iran, are recorded. Three species, Hemilepistus klugii (Brandt, 1833), Protracheoniscus ehsani Kashani, 2014 and Mongoloniscus persicus Kashani, 2014, were previously reported from the province. Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 and Protracheoniscus major (Dollfus, 1903) are recorded for the first time, and one species, Protracheoniscus sarii sp. n., is described as new. The diagnostic characters of the new species are figured.
Oniscidea , Agnaridae , new species, Qazvin, Iran
Several contributions on the terrestrial isopod fauna of Iran have recently been published (
The family Agnaridae is characterized by possessing monospiracular covered lungs in all five pleopod-exopodites (
The material of the present study was collected throughout the province of Qazvin. The specimens were collected by hand and preserved in 96% ethanol. Some of the specimens were dissected and the body parts were slide-mounted in Euparal (Carl Roth, Karlsruhe). Drawings were made using a camera lucida fitted on a SaIran ZSM-100 dissecting stereomicroscope and on a Nikon Y-IDT compound microscope. The specimens, including the type material of the newly described species have been deposited in the personal collection of the third author (PCGMK), the Zoological Museum, University of Tehran (ZUTC), and the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran (IRIPP).
Qazvin, 36°03.9'N, 50°03.6'E, 15 June 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, two males and two females (ZUTC Iso.1059); Abgarm, Ardalan village, 35°53.6'N, 48°54.7'E, 21 June 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, four males and six females (ZUTC Iso.1060); Boin-Zahra, Ebrahim-abad village, 10 October 2004, leg. M. Hakimzadeh, one male (PCGMK 1123); 5 km to Sagzabad, 35°46.4'N, 50°01.4'E, 18 June 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male (PCGMK 1656); Takestan to Zein-abad, 35°51.9'N, 49°52.5'E, 18 June 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male and two females (PCGMK 1660); Abgarm, 35°48.7'N, 49°08.0'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male (PCGMK 1705a).
Azerbaidjan and central Iran.
Takestan to Shal, 35°54.1'N, 49°48.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, five males and two females (PCGMK 1661); Esfarvarin to Takestan, 35°58.0'N, 49°43.1'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1664); Abyek to Gheshlagh, 36°01.3'N, 50°30.3'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male and two females (PCGMK 1680).
Despite the broad distribution of H. elongatus in Iran (
“Transcaucasus”; easternmost Turkey: Ararat; Turkmenia; Iran.
Boin Zahra, 30 June 2008, leg. G.M. Kashani, one male (PCGMK1627); Nikouieh, 36°16.2'N, 49°31.6'E, 11 September 2013, one male (PCGMK 1696); Abgarm, Chehel-Cheshmeh village, 35°46.6'N, 49°18.5'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, four males and two females (PCGMK 1706); Qazvin to Nikouieh, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1768); Nikouieh, Charandagh village, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, three males and seven females (PCGMK 1770); Nikouieh to Manjil, 5 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, seven males and twelve females (PCGMK 1774b).
The presence of Mongoloniscus persicus in western Iran, including the province of Qazvin, was formerly reported by
Western Iran.
Saveh to Boin-Zahra, Seyd-abad village, 35°20.0'N, 50°13.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two males (PCGMK 1653); Boin-Zahra to Segzabad, 35°46.4'N, 40°03.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, four females (PCGMK 1655b); Shal, 35°54.1'N, 49°48.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, four males and three females (PCGMK 1662); Zia-abad, 36°00.6'N, 49°27.8'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male and fifteen females (PCGMK 1667b); Takestan to Qazvin, Kahak village, 36°06.7'N, 49°45.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, five females (PCGMK 1668b); Khakali, 36°08.2'N, 50°10.7'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two females (PCGMK 1686b); Koohin, 36°18.6'N, 49°48.8'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1692a); Abhar, Darasajin village, 36°01.1'N, 49°14.2'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two males (PCGMK 1701b); Dowlat-abad to Abgarm, 35°55.5'N, 49°02.9'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1704b); Abgarm, 35°48.6'N, 49°08.0'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two females (PCGMK 1705b); Takestan to Danesfahan, 35°52.5'N, 49°31.1'E, 12 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1713b); Qazvin to Nikouieh, Charandagh village, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male (PCGMK 1764).
The presence of P. major in Iran was formerly reported by
From middle Europe to Central Asia; Iran.
Saveh to Boin-Zahra, Vardeh village, 35°15.2'N, 50°16.4'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, eight males and five females (PCGMK 1652); Boin-Zahra to Sagzabad, 35°48.1'N, 49°52.5'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, seven females (PCGMK 1658); Takestan to Shal, 35°54.1'N, 49°48.0'E, 18 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1663); Qazvin to Razmian, Barajin village, 19 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, eight females, two males and seven juveniles (PCGMK 1669); Qazvin to Razmian, Barajin village, 19 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two females (IRIPP Iso.1048); 20 Km N Qazvin, 36°20.7'N, 50°10.7'E, 19 July 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two males and seven females (PCGMK 1675); Khakali, 36°08.4'N, 50°10.7'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, eight males and thirteen females (PCGMK 1685); 28 Km to Kouhin, 36°16.9'N, 49°56.9'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1688); Nikouieh, 36°16.2'N, 49°31.7'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two females (PCGMK 1695); Abhar to Darasajin village, 36°03.7'N, 49°13.4'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, three males and one female (PCGMK 1699); Darasajin village, 36°01.1'N, 49°14.3'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, three males (PCGMK 1700); Dowlat-abad, 35°58.6'N, 49°08.6'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, seven males and one female (PCGMK 1702); Dowlat-abad to Abgarm, Bouzandan village, 35°55.5'N, 49°02.9'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two males (PCGMK 1703); Abgarm to Takestan, Sagzenab village, 35°47.6'N, 49°22.8'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, six males and sixteen females (PCGMK 1710); Takestan to Danesfahan, 35°52.5'N, 49°31.1'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, two males and two females (PCGMK 1712); Nikouieh, Changooreh village, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (PCGMK 1767); Qazvin to Nikouieh, Changoureh village, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, four males and six females (PCGMK 1769); 4 km to Nikouieh, 4 June 2014, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, three males and eleven females (PCGMK 1771).
This species was recently described from central parts of Iran (Kashani, 2014b). Here more sampling localities for the province of Qazvin are provided.
Central Iran.
Holotype: male, 7 mm, Qazvin, Khakali, 36°08.2'N, 50°10.6'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, (ZUTC 5326).
Paratypes. Same data as holotype, one male (IRIPP Iso-1059); same data as holotype, one male (PCGMK 1684); Mali-Abad to Gheshlagh, 36°03.9'N, 50°19.7'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one female (IRIPP Iso-1055); Mali-Abad to Gheshlagh, 36°03.9'N, 50°19.7'E, 10 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male and two females (PCGMK 1682); 3 km to Avaj, 35°35.5'N, 49°13.3'E, 11 September 2013, leg. G.M. Kashani & B. Eshaghi, one male (PCGMK 1708).
Head with short lateral and developed rounded median lobes. Male pleopod exopodite I with a truncate apex; endopodite I apex bent outward, equipped with some small setae.
Maximum length of male and female 9 mm. Color brown with the usual pale muscle spots. Body outline as in Fig.
Pereon smooth. Pereon tergite I with rounded posterolateral margin. Noduli laterales on pereonites I to IV distinctly more distant from the lateral margins than those on pereonites V to VII (Fig.
Pleon narrower than pereon (Fig.
Male: Pereopods I–III merus and carpus with brushes of setae (Fig.
The name of the species is after Dr. Alireza Sari, professor in animal biosystematics, the University of Tehran, Iran.
Protracheoniscus sarii sp. n. is superficially similar to P. ehsani but differs in lacking the ridge on the dorsal margin of pereopod VII carpus, and the shape of pleopod endopodite I. Ecologically, this species is associated with relatively humid microhabitats.
Central Iran.
Several papers have been published on terrestrial isopod fauna of Iran, however, most parts of the country have not been properly investigated and certainly more taxa are present. Prior to this study, 35 species belonging to 21 genera and 11 families were reported from Iran. According to the present knowledge, two genera, Brevurus Schmalfuss, 1986 and Pseudorthometopon Schmalfuss, 1986, and thirteen species, Psachonethes elbursanus Schmalfuss, 1986, Trachelipus azerbaidzhanus Schmalfuss, 1986, T. pieperi Schmalfuss, 1986, Cylisticoides rotundifrons (Schmalfuss, 1986), Hemilepistus schirasi Lincoln, 1970, H. taftanicus Kashani, Sari & Hosseinie, 2010, Mongoloniscus persicus Kashani, 2014, Protracheoniscus gakalicus Kashani, Malekhosseinie & Sadeghi, 2013, P. ehsani Kashani, 2014, Brevurus masandaranus Schmalfuss, 1986, Porcellio rubidus Budde-Lund, 1885 (nomen dubium), Schizidium persicum Schmalfuss, 1986 and Pseudorthometopon martensi Schmalfuss, 1986, are endemic to Iran.
We would cordially thank Hoseinali Hasanabadi for his help during field sampling. The authors also thank the reviewers for their valuable comments and for improvements in the manuscript’s language.