The agnarid terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea, Agnaridae) of the province of Qazvin, Iran, with a description of a new species.
Six species of terrestrial isopods from the province of Qazvin, central Iran, are recorded. Three species, Hemilepistusklugii (Brandt, 1833), Protracheoniscusehsani Kashani, 2014 and Mongoloniscuspersicus Kashani, 2014, were previously reported from the province. Hemilepistuselongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 and Protracheoniscusmajor (Dollfus, 1903) are recorded for the first time, and one species, Protracheoniscussarii sp. n., is described as new. The diagnostic characters of the new species are figured.
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University G.C. Tehran, Iran.
Behjat
B
Eshaghi
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University G.C. Tehran, Iran.
Bahram H
BH
Kiabi
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
Ghasem M
GM
Kashani
Agnaridae; Iran; Oniscidea; Qazvin; new species