title: New records of Protura (Entognatha, Arthropoda) from Romania, with an identification key to the Romanian species.
abstract: The Romanian Protura were studied based on 175 specimens collected from Romania, along with bibliographic data. The main publication on the Romanian proturans was written by M.A. Ionescu (1951), who described 13 species mainly from soil and forest litter from 15 collecting points. The current paper represents the first study at a national level. Faunal data on Protura were obtained from 22 sites, mostly from forests of the Romanian Carpathians and also from a peri-urban area of Bucharest, which had not been studied before. As a result, the Romanian Protura fauna now consists of 27 known taxa in 6 genera and 4 families. Of the 27 taxa, 15 species are new records for Romanian fauna. An identification key to the Romanian Protura species is provided.
authors: Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, Pl-31016, Kraków, Poland; State Museum of Natural History, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, Teatral'na St. 18, UA 79008, L'viv, Ukraine.
authors: Julia
authors: J
authors: Shrubovych
authors: Institute of Biology Bucharest of Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independenţei, P.O. Box 56-53, 060031, Bucharest, Romania.
authors: Cristina
authors: C
authors: Fiera
keywords: Protura; Romania; distribution; ecology; identification key; remarks