the symphypleona fauna of mazandaran province was studied in 2013. the specimens were extracted by berlese funnel from soil, leaf litter and dead woods and identified after preparing microscopic slides. in present study, the specimens are belonging to the families, sminthurididae and katiannidae. among the species of katiannidae, sminthurinus gisini gama, 1965 is recorded for the first time fro...