Masoumeh Shayanmehr - Associate professor, Department of plant protection, Agricultural faculty, Sari Agricultural Science andNature Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Mazandaran, Iran
Fatemeh Gholipor - BSc student in Department of plant protection, Agricultural faculty, Sari Agricultural Science and Nature Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Mazandaran, Iran
Fatemeh Zamani Khormandichali - BSc student in Department of plant protection, Agricultural faculty, Sari Agricultural Science and Nature Resources University (SANRU), Sari, Mazandaran, Iran
Elham Yoosefi Lafooraki - Graduated in MSc of Agricultural Entomology, Sari Agricultural Science and Nature ResourcesUniversity (SANRU), Sari, Mazandaran, Iran

Collembola are small soil living arthropods which their diversity and also presence orabsence of some species are used as bio indicator for soil health. In this paper fauna ofCollembola species in soil of some ecosystems in Mashhad were investigated for the firsttime. The specimens were extracted from soil by Berlese funnel and the species wereidentified by first author. In sum, five species including Folsomides parvulus Stach, 1922,Folsomia ksenemani Stach, 1947, Isotomurus fucicolus (Schött, 1893), Proisotomaminuta (Tullberg, 1871) from Isotomidae and Ceratophysella stercoraria Stach, 1963from Hypogastruridae were identified. Two species F. parvulus and C. stercoraria weremore abundant.

Collembola, fauna, Mashhad, New record