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Two new species of freshwater amphipods (Crustacea: Gammaridae) from Central Asia, with comments on the unusual upper lip morphology

Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 100-let Vladivostoku Av. 159, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia
Crustacea Amphipoda Gammarus freshwaters Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan

Abstract

This paper describes two new species of the genus Gammarus Fabricius from the freshwaters of Central Asia: G. montaniformissp. nov. (Kazakhstan, Dzungarian Alatau, Borohudzyr River) and G. alius sp. nov. (Kyrgyzstan, Chatyr-Kul Lake). The mor-phology of the mouth parts of the new species G. alius is characterised by a peculiar upper lip with “hooks” on its epistome thatis discussed. The affinity of the new species for their congeners is discussed, emphasizing morphological and biogeographical relationships.

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