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Two new species of Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Iran

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 47; Issue: 21-22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/00222933.2012.743616

1464-5262

Maryam Hekmatara, Valerija Zakšek, Mohammadhadi Heidari Baladehi, Cene Fišer,

Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Two Niphargus species, Niphargus khayyami sp. nov. and Niphargus khwarizmi sp. nov., are morphologically analysed and described. Both species are found in western Iran, which represents the easternmost border of the distributional area for this subterranean amphipod genus. We were unable to attribute N. khayyami sp. nov. to any of 80 Niphargus species that were analysed for 28S ribosomal DNA sequences; sequencing of N. khwarizmi sp. nov. failed. Niphargid findings from west Asia recorded in 5 years imply that almost one half of the range of this large freshwater amphipod genus is still unexplored. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9E9E7CC9-83E2-419F-A394-57197305E1EF