taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C75B38197FFFA907B19F27FF298F12.taxon	materials_examined	Type material (all on slides). Holotype, male, Iran, Babol city, Bad-Pay-Sharghi area, near Imam Zadeh Abbass (N 36 ° 33.0792 ′, E 52 ° 40.737 ′, - 1 m a. s. l.), soil in citrus orchard, 13. iv. 2013, leg. M. Alijani. Paratypes: 2 females, 2 males, same data as holotype.	en	Alijani, Masoumeh, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Skarżyński, Dariusz, Piwnik, Agata, Smolis, Adrian (2015): New record of the genus Israelimeria Weiner & Kaprus’, 2005 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4000 (2): 268-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.4
03C75B38197FFFA907B19F27FF298F12.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the historical name of Iran, Persia.	en	Alijani, Masoumeh, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Skarżyński, Dariusz, Piwnik, Agata, Smolis, Adrian (2015): New record of the genus Israelimeria Weiner & Kaprus’, 2005 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4000 (2): 268-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.4
03C75B38197FFFA907B19F27FF298F12.taxon	description	Description. Body length 2.1 – 3 mm. Habitus as in Fig. 1. Colour of the body (in alcohol) bluish-grey, ocular plate bluish-black. Granulation rather coarse, regular. Antennae shorter than head. Antennal segment I with 10 setae, antennal segment II with 12 setae. Antennae III and IV fused dorsally and separated ventrally. Antennal segment III organ composed of two small, subcylindrical internal sensilla, two long subcylindrical guard sensilla and two guard setae between them; ventral microsensillum present. Antennal segment IV with trilobed apical vesicle, dorsoexternal microsensillum and 7 subcylindrical sensilla (e 1 – 3, d 1 – 2, i 1, i 1 ’) (as in Figs 3 - 4 in Weiner & Kaprus’ (2005). Postantennal organ absent. Ocelli 4 + 4 with 4 – 5 ocular setae between them (Fig. 6). Buccal cone elongated. Mandible with 6 teeth (including two strong basal teeth, two central denticles and two medium apical teeth). Maxilla styliform with two pointed lamellae (Fig. 8). Labral chaetotaxy: 2 / 222. Labium without seta L as in Fig. 5 in Weiner & Kaprus’ (2005). Dorsal chaetotaxy as in Figs 2 – 6. Setae very short, body sensilla (s) distinctly longer. Sensillar formula per half tergum: 022 / 11111. Head without setae a 0 and with two setae d 0. Thoracic tergum I with 4 – 6 + 4 – 6 setae. Thoracic terga II – III without setae a 2. Microsensilla on thoracic tergum II present. Thoracic sterna without setae. Ventral tube with 6 – 7 + 6 – 7 setae. Furca absent. 5 – 6 microchaetae in furcal area (Fig. 7). Each anal valve with two setae hr. Tibiotarsi I, II and III with 18, 18 and 17 setae, respectively (seta M absent, seta B 7 absent on tibiotarsus III). Femora I, II and III with 12 – 13, 13 and 10 – 11 setae, trochanters I, II and III with 5 – 6, 5 – 6, 5 – 6 setae, coxae I, II and III with 2 – 3, 6 – 7 and 7 setae, subcoxae “ 2 ” I, II and III with 0, 2 and 2 setae, subcoxae “ 1 ” I, II and III with 4 – 5, 5 and 5 setae, respectively. Claw with inner tooth and without lateral teeth. Empodial appendage absent (Fig. 9).	en	Alijani, Masoumeh, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Skarżyński, Dariusz, Piwnik, Agata, Smolis, Adrian (2015): New record of the genus Israelimeria Weiner & Kaprus’, 2005 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4000 (2): 268-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.4
03C75B38197FFFA907B19F27FF298F12.taxon	discussion	Remarks. I. persica sp. nov. differs from I. poliakovae in large mandibles with two strong basal teeth, two central denticles and two medium apical teeth (versus small mandibles with 6 teeth in which 4 denticles) and many chaetotactic features e. g.: 4 – 5 ocular setae (versus 7), 5 – 6 microchaetae in furcal area (versus 8), ventral tube with 6 – 7 + 6 – 7 setae (versus 9 – 10 + 9 – 10), subcoxae “ 1 ” I, II and III with 4 – 5, 5 and 5 setae respectively (versus 6, 7, 7).	en	Alijani, Masoumeh, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Skarżyński, Dariusz, Piwnik, Agata, Smolis, Adrian (2015): New record of the genus Israelimeria Weiner & Kaprus’, 2005 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Pseudachorutinae) from Iran, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4000 (2): 268-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.2.4
