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Issue: Vol. 1687 No. 1: 23 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1687.1.4
Page range: 60–66
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 6

Mladenoniscus belavodae n. g., n. sp., a troglobitic oniscid (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Trichoniscidae) from Macedonia

Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Trg Dositeja Obradovića 2, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Crustacea Trichoniscinae Haplophthalminae new genus new species Balkan Peninsula

Abstract

Mladenoniscus belavodae n. g., n. sp., is described from the Bela Voda Cave in Demir Kapija gorge in southern Macedonia. It is characterized by specific combination of haplophthalmoid external body morphology features and the structure of male pleopods 1 and 2, which are similar to pleopods of species within some trichoniscinae genera. Based on this unique combination of characters a new monotypic genus Mladenoniscus n. g. was established. Validity of the current division of the family Trichoniscidae is questioned.

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