Psyllocamptus monachus Chappuis,1938 [I 5b; B]
Praeleptomesochra phreatica Pesce 1981 [I 13; a]
Pseudoleptomesochrella halophila (Noodt, 1952) [I 9a, I 14, II 1, II 2; K,P2]
Parapseudoleptomesochra almohadensis Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra almoravidensis Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra baeticola Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra balnearia Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra botosaneanui (Petkovski, 1973) [VII 10; B,D]
Parapseudoleptomesochra fernandezi Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra guadalhorcensis Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra hellenica Pesce, 1982 [I 8e; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra herirudensis (Sterba, 1973) [II 3; L2]
Parapseudoleptomesochra incerta (Chappuis, 1933) [VII 4; T,b]
Parapseudoleptomesochra iranica (Loffler, 1959 [III 3; K]
Parapseudoleptomesochra italica Pesce & Petkovski, 1980 [I 5b, I 5c;b]
Parapseudoleptomesochra minoricae (Chappuis & Rouch, 1959)
[I 2,I 1ab, I 6b; A,L,K]
Parapseudoleptomesochra morimotoi (Miura, 1962) [III 5;a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra ommeyyadensis Rouch, 1986 [I 1; a]
Parapseudoleptomesochra pristina Wells, 1967 [Africa; psammon]
Parapseudoleptomesochra reducta Rao, 1972 [India; psammon]
Parapseudoleptomesochra subterranea subterranea (Chappuis, 1928)
[I 3, I 9a; B,C,d,L1,L3,N,T,b]
Parapseudoleptomesochra subterranea deminuta (Chappuis, 1928) [I 3; B]
Parapseudoleptomesochra syriaca Cottarelli et al., 1985 [Syria; K]
Parapseudoleptomesochra tridens Bozic, 1969 [Reunion; a]
Nitocrellopsis ahaggarensis Fiers & Iliffe, 2000 [USA; ground waters]
Nitocrellopsis elegans (Chappuis & Rouch, 1959) [I 3: C]
Nitocrellopsis hellenica (Cottarelli & Forniz, 1993) [I 8; a]
Nitocrellopsis hippocratis (Cottarelli & Forniz, 1993) [I 8; a]
Nitocrellopsis intermedia (Chappuis, 1937) [I 9a, I 9b; a,K,S,T]
Nitocrellopsis ioneli (Dumont & Decraemer, 1974) [I 13; U]
Nitocrellopsis petkovskii (Rouch, 1987) [Algerie; a]
Nitocrellopsis rouchi Galassi et al., 1999 [France; phreatic waters]
Nitocrellopsis texana Fiers & Iliffe, 2000 [USA; ground waters]
Stygonitocrella colchica (Borutzky & Mikhailova-Neikova, 1970) [I 10:A]
Stygonitocrella djirgalanica Borutzky, 1978 [Siberia, Ruissia; a]
Stygonitocrella dubia (Chappuis, 1937) [I 3; B]
Stygonitocrella guadalfensis Rouch, 1985 [I 1; a]
Stygonitocrella insularis (Miura, 1962) [III 5, a]
Stygonitocrella karamani (Petkovski, 1959) [I 9b; K]
Stygonitocrella ljovuschkini (Borutzky, 1967) [I 10: A]
Stygonitocrella montana (Noodt, 1965) [IX 1; L1]
Stygonitocrella orghidani (Petkovski 1973) [VII 10: D]
Stygonitocrella petkovskii Pesce, 1985 [Greece:Lesbos; K]
Stygonitocrella pseudotianshanica (Sterba, 1973) [III 3; L1]
Stygonitocrella tianschanica (Borutzky, 1972) [III 2; M]
NITOCRELLA Chappuis,1923 sensu Petkovski, 1976
Chappuis (1924) established the genus Nitocrella for the species N. hirta, from two different localities in Serbia.
The first revision of the genus was made by Lang (1965), who established three new genera: Paraleptomesochra, Pseudoleptomesochrella, and Parapseudoleptomesochra. Later on Petkovski (1976) reviewed the systematics of the genus Nitocrella Chappuis s.l., and two new genera were created: Stygonitocrella and Nitocrellopsis; moreover, in that review the author divided the genus Nitocrella Chappuis s. str. into the following groups, according to the setation of the terminal segment of the P4 exopodite: the "vasconica"-group (with 6 setae), the "chappuisi"-group (with 5 setae), and the "hirta"-group (with 3 or 4 setae).
The "hirta"-group is the smallest one, and quite homogeneous, both from a systematic and biogeographical point of view. Petkovski (1976) reported eight species and subspecies in this group, although he did not recognize two subspecies of N. hirta which were described earlier (N. h. bucarestiensis Damian & Botosaneanu, 1954, and N. h. caucasica Borutzky, 1967). The "hirta"-group now includes 17 species, all from south and central Europe, and from the Caucasus.
Nitocrella achaiae Pesce, 1982 [I 8c; a]
Nitocrella aestuarina Coull & Bell, 1979 [VIII 9; R1]
Nitocrella afghanica Sterba, 1973 [III 3; L2]
Nitocrella africana Chappuis, 1955 [IV 2; M]
Nitocrella aktereki Borutzky, 1978 [III; a]
Nitocrella asiatica (Sterba, 1967) [III 2; L2]
Nitocrella beatricis Cottarelli & Bruno, 1994 [I 6a; a]
Nitocrella botosaneanui Petkovski, 1973 [VII 10; a]
Nitocrella calcaripes Damian & Botosaneanu, 1954 [II 8; b]
Nitocrella caraioni Petkovski, 1976 (+) [VII 10; L]
Nitocrella chappuisi Kiefer, 1926 [II 5; b]
Nitocrella cubanorum Petkovski, 1976 (+) [VII 10; B,C,L]
Nitocrella delayi Rouch, 1970 [I 3:B,D]
Nitocrella dussarti Chappuis & Rouch, 1959 [I 3; B]
Nitocrella fedelitae Pesce, 1985 [I 5c; K]
Nitocrella gracilis Chappuis, 1955 [I 3: B,C,D]
Nitocrella hirta hirta Chappuis, 1923
[I 6, I 7a, I 7e, I 7f, I 8b, I 9b, II 8; A,K,L,a,b]
Nitocrella hirta caucasica Borutzky, 1967 [I 10; A]
Nitocrella hirta tyrolensis Kiefer, 1963 [II 4; S]
Nitocrella hirta var. bucarestiensis Damian & Botosanenau, 1954 [II 8; b]
Nitocrella hofmilleri Brehm, 1953 [II 5; a]
Nitocrella hypogaea Shen & Tai, 1973 [V 6; A]
Nitocrella jankovskajae Borutzky, 1972 [III 2; M]
Nitocrella japonica Miura, 1962 [III 5; a,A]
Nitocrella juturna Cottarelli, 1975 [I 5c; a]
Nitocrella kirgizica Borutzky, 1972 [III 2; L1]
Nitocrella kosswigi Noodt, 1954 [I 9a, I 11; M,K,b]
Nitocrella kunzi Galassi & De Laurentiis 1997 [I 5c; L]
Nitocrella kyzylkumica Borutzky, 1972 [III 2; L1]
Nitocrella longa Karanovic, 2000 [Montenegro; cave waters]
Nitocrella maggii Pesce, 1983 [I 8e; a]
Nitocrella mara Loffler, 1959 [III 3; a]
Nitocrella monchenkoi Borutzky, 1972 [III 2; a, L1]
Nitocrella morettii Pesce, 1984 [I 5c; K]
Nitocrella motasi Petkovski, 1976 (+) [VII 10; L]
Nitocrella nana Sterba, 1973 [III 3; L1]
Nitocrella negreai Petkovski, 1973 [VII 10; D]
Nitocrella neutra Kiefer, 1933 [I 9a; a,K,L1,L2]
Nitocrella omega Hertzog, 1936 [I 4, II 3, II 5;K,D]
Nitocrella paceae Pesce, 1980 [III 3; a]
Nitocrella pescei Galassi & De Laurentiis 1997 [I 5c; L]
Nitocrella petkovskii Pesce, 1980 [III 3; a]
Nitocrella psammophila Chappuis, 1954 [I 5a, I 5c, II 8; L2,K]
Nitocrella rhodiensis Pesce, 1982 [I 8e; a]
Nitocrella skyrensis Pesce, 1982 [I 8e; a]
Nitocrella slovenica Petkovski, 1959 [I 7a; K]
Nitocrella somalica Dumont, 1981 [IV 2; a]
Nitocrella spinulosa Apostolov, 1988 [II 4; a]
Nitocrella stammeri Chappuis, 1938 [I 5b, I 5c, I 6b, I 8c, I 8f, I 11; a,B,K,L]
Nitocrella sterbai Borutzky, 1969 [III 2; L2]
Nitocrella stetinai Sterba, 1973 [III 3; L1]
Nitocrella stochi Pesce & Galassi, 1987 [I 5a, a]
Nitocrella tonsa Michailova-Neikova, 1967 [I 9b; K]
Nitocrella tschatcalica Borutzky, 1978 [III; a]
Nitocrella unispinosa Shen & Tai, 1973 [V; a]
Nitocrella vasconica Chappuis, 1937 [I 3; B]
Nitocrella yokotai Miura, 1962 [III 5; a]
Psammonitocrella boultoni Rouch, 1992 (+) [III; a]
Psammonitocrella longifurcata Rouch, 1992 (+) [III; a]
* As regard Psammonitocrella,
Martinez Arbizu & Moura (1994), on account of the armature of male leg 1, suggested that this genus could be better related to Parastenocarididae than to Ameiridae.
** Since Petkovski's (1976) establishment of the genus Nitocrellopsis was based on poor description, without designation of type-species, Galassi et al. (1999) provided an emended generic diagnosis, together with type-species designation to make available the generic name.
Review and/or Keys of Nitocrella s.l. in: Petkovski (1976), Borutzky (1978) and Pesce (1983 ,1984)
