Giuseppe L. Pesce 1 & Trajan K. Petkovski 2
The new species is close to Parapseudoleptomesochra iranica (Löffler) frm phreatic waters of Iran because of the armature of the furcal rami; it is easily distinguishable from this species by the armature of the endopod of P2-P3, the armature of the basiendopod and the exopod of P5 and, at last, by the armature of the anal operculum.
The genus Parapseudoleptomesochra Lang is for the first time reported from subterranean waters of Italy.
1. Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, University of L'Aquila
2. Prirodonaucen Muzej na Makedonija - Bulevar Ilinden 86 91000 Skopje (Yugoslavia)
Parapseudoleptomesochra italica n.sp., a new harpacticoid from
subterranean waters of Italy (Crustacea, Copepoda, Ameiridae)
Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 45: 92-101
Parapseudoleptomesochra italica n.sp, a new harpacticoid copepod from subterranean waters of central and southern Italy is described.
Via Vetoio 14 -67100 Coppito, L'Aquila (Italy); e-mail: pesce@aquila.infn.it
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