Vertagopus cinereus ( Nicolet, 1842 )

Lafooraki, Elham Yoosefi, Hajizadeh, Jalil, Antipova, Maria, Kremenitsa, Alexander, Shayanmehr, Masoumeh, Potapov, Mikhail & Hosseini, Reza, 2020, Vertagopus (Collembola, Isotomidae) of Iran and Caucasus, Zootaxa 4786 (4), pp. 574-582 : 580

Vertagopus cinereus ( Nicolet, 1842)

The species was already recorded in the surveyed region by Stach (1947) in North Ossetia (North Caucasus, Karaugom, 1800 m alt.). The occurrence of V. cinereus sensu stricto ( Fjellberg 1975) in the Caucasus is confirmed by our numerous records given below. In more eastern areas of Asia, the mostly Asiatic V. pseudocinereus Fjellberg, 1975 probably replaces the European V. cinereus . In area under study, we did not reveal V. pseudocinereus.

Material. Russia. Krasnodarsky Krai, Chvizhepse (highway Adler-Krasnaya Polyana ), N 43.6331°, E 40.0836°, 28.06. 2014, 245 m alt., beech forest, under looser bark of fallen brunch, leg. M. Potapov, N. Kuznetsova, A. Kremenitsa ; Kabardino-Balkaria, environs of Elbrus village, Adylsu Valley , 2300 m, 25.09.1999, pine-forest, under loose bark of died tree, leg. M. Potapov ; North Ossetia, near Alagir, 13.09.1990, floodplain of Ardon River , under bark of poplar, leg. M. Potapov ; North Ossetia, Tsey Canion , 13.09.1990, pine wood, under bark, leg. M. Potapov ; Krasnodarsky Krai, Kabardino-Balkaria, Teberdinsky Nature Reserve, valley of Teberda River , Keptala station , N 43.3802°, E 41.6869°, 22.06.2015, 1447 m alt., boreal mixed forest, rotten wood under bark, leg. N. Kuznetsova ; Krasnodarsky Krai, between Apsheronsk and Maikop , N 44.4443°, E 39.8283°, 03.07. 2014, 228 m alt., beech forest, under looser bark, leg. M. Potapov, N. Kuznetsova, A. Kremenitsa ; Krasnodarsky Krai, Lagonaki Plateau , N 44.061°, E 40.021°, 21.07.2015, montane pine forest, under loose bark, leg. M. Potapov ; Krasnodarsky Krai, Kabardino-Balkaria, Teberdinsky Nature Reserve, road to Alibek , grassy maple forest, under rotten bark of maple, 24.06.2015, leg. N. Kuznetsova ; Krasnodarsky Krai, Kabardino-Balkaria, Teberdinsky Nature Reserve, Gonachkhir Gorge , 1735 m alt., 23.06.2015, coniferous forest, under bark of spruce, leg. N. Kuznetsova.

Abkhazia. Surroundings of Gagra, shoots of Mamzykhsha Mount, upper forest zone, ~ 1700 m alt., 28.07.2015, montane forest (fir and beech), moss at base of tree trunks, leg. M. Potapov, N. Kuznetsova.

Azerbaijan. Lankaran region, Hirkan National Park , meadow, 02.02.1982, 1eg. M. Potapov ; Azerbaijan, Astarinsky district, near Sym , old deciduous forest, N 38.485°, E 48.622°, 28.03.2019, rotten wood, leg. N. Kuznetsova, M. Potapov, A. Kremenitsa.