Bogidiella pingxiangensis, a new species of subterranean Amphipoda from southern China (Bogidiellidae)

By

Zheng, Yami
Hou, Zhonge
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

790

Pages

63-75

Subjects

Amphipod , Barcode , cave , China , new species , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.790.28671

 

Abstract

A new species of subterranean amphipod,BogidiellapingxiangensisHou & Li,sp. n., is described from Xiongshizilong Cave in Pingxiang City, China. The new species is characterized by having the bases of pereopods III and V expanded; the inner ramus of pleopods I–III with one segment; the telson longer than wide and with the apical margin with a shallow U-shaped excavation. DNA barcode of the new species is documented as support of molecular differences between related species.