Thalassaphorura franzi (Stach, 1946) * (Fig. 3)

Material examined. Iran, Kurdistan province, Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°31'59.75"N, 46°18'2.69"E, 1335 m, 13. V., 5.VI.2016 and 15.V.2019, soil and leaf litter under oak and cypress trees, soil in outside the oak trees and farmland .

Distribution. Until now, the species was known only from mountaneous regions of Austria, Italy and Turkey (Kapruś & Weiner, 1994), Iran (New record).