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Issue: Vol. 2158 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2158.1.5
Page range: 57–64
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 5

Thaumatoniscellus speluncae n. sp. (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae), a new troglobitic oniscid species from Croatia

Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Croatian Biospeleological Society, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Crustacea Thaumatoniscellinae Thaumatoniscellus new species Istria Croatia

Abstract

Thaumatoniscellus speluncae n. sp. is described from a pit on Mt Učka in Istria, Croatia. This is the second species of the genus Thaumatoniscellus Tabacaru, 1973 of the monotypic subfamily Thaumatoniscellinae. The type species, Thaumatoniscellus orghidani Tabacaru, 1973, is only known from a single locality in southwestern Romania. A revised diagnosis of the genus is given and the geographic distribution of the two species discussed.

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