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Issue: Vol. 4418 No. 3: 8 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4418.3.4
Page range: 264–280
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Two new species of Pseudoniphargus (Amphipoda: Pseudoniphargidae)  from southern Spain

IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, c/ Miquel Marquès 21, 07190-Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
Grupo Espeleológico de Villacarrillo (GEV). Plaza 28 de Febrero, 5-1º-2ª, 23300 Villacarrillo, Jaén, Spain
Departamento de Biología y Geología, I.E.S. Alhaken II, C/ Manuel Fuentes “Bocanegra” s/n, 14005 Córdoba, Spain
IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, c/ Miquel Marquès 21, 07190-Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain
taxonomy Crustacea Stygofauna gypsum caves Mediterranean

Abstract

Two new species of subterranean water amphipod crustaceans of the genus Pseudoniphargus (Pseudoniphargidae) are described from gypsum caves of Andalusia, southern Spain. Both species share the extreme elongation of the male third uropod, a striking feature frequently reported in the genus and that seems to have arisen independently in several lineages. These findings raise the number of species of Pseudoniphargus known from the area to 17.

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