Discovery of Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Iran: redescription and intraspecific character variability

By

Mohammadi Kashani, Ghasem
Sari, Alireza

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2012

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

176

Pages

13-22

Subjects

character variability , Hemilepistus elongatus , Oniscidea , redescription

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.176.2271

 

Abstract

In the present study, Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 is reported from Iran for the first time, redescribed and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species reveals a high variability in morphological characters. The division of the species at the subspecific level can not be supported anymore. This species differs from other species of the genus by the unique shape of male pleopod-endopodite I.