Key to the species of the genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 * * The key is based mainly on Bellinger et al. (2012) 1. Tubercle Di on th. I with 1 chaeta........................................................................ 2 - Tubercle Di on th. I with 2 chaetae....................................................................... 5 2. Chaeta C on head present, mandible with 3 teeth, tubercle Di on abd. V with 3 chaetae.............................. 3 - Chaeta C on head absent, mandible with 6 teeth, tubercle Di on abd. V with 2 chaetae..................................................................................................... C. anthrenoidea (Ellis, 1976) (Greece) 3. Dorsal tubercles round, labral formula: 4/2, 4, group Vi of head with 5 chaetae, colour of body white............................................................................................. C. jubilaria Smolis, 2002 (Poland) - Dorsal tubercles triangular, labral formula: 0/2, 2, group Vi of head with 6 chaetae, colour of body bluish-gray........... 4 4. Tubercles Di on th. II–III with 2 chaetae, labrum distally ogival, tubercle Dl on head with 5 chaetae..................................................................................................... C. persica sp. nov. (Iran) - Tubercles Di on th. II–III with 3 chaetae, labrum non-ogival, tubercle Dl on head with 6 chaetae.. C. maxima sp. nov. (Iran) 5. Chaeta C on head absent, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 4 chaetae........ C. dirfysensis Cassagnau & Péja, 1979 (Greece) - Chaeta C on head present, tubercles L on abd. II–III with other number of chaetae.................................. 6 6. Tubercle De on th. II with 4 chaetae, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 2 chaetae............ C. franzi (Stach, 1951) (Austria) - Tubercle De on th. II with 3 chaetae, tubercles L on abd. II–III with 3 chaetae... C. kühnelti (Gisin, 1954) (Austria, Ukraine)

Published as part of Smolis, Adrian, Falahati, Asghar & Skarżyński, Dariusz, 2012, The genus Cryptonura Cassagnau, 1979 (Collembola: Neanuridae: Neanurinae) in Iran, pp. 51-58 in Zootaxa 3530 on page 58, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.214290