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| Wiyufiloides osornoensis |
Abstract
A new asellotan isopod of the family Protojaniridae Fresi, Idato & Scipione, 1980 is described from freshwater springs in the Osorno province, Los Lagos region, southern Chile. Wiyufiloides osornoensis gen. & sp. n. is the third South American protojanirid species and the first known groundwater isopod in Chile. The new genus and species is principally characterized by the presence of a vestigial antennal scale, a strongly subchelate pereiopod I and the absence of an apical lobe on the protopod of pleopod II. The new taxon is described in detail and figures are given.
Keywords: Isopoda, Protojaniridae, new genus, new species, Chile, groundwaters
Wiyufiloides osornoensis gen. & sp. n.
Jorge Pérez-Schultheiss and George D. F. Wilson. 2021. A New Genus and Species of Groundwater Isopod of the Family Protojaniridae (Isopoda: Asellota: Gnathostenetroidoidea) from southern Chile. Zootaxa. 4966(5); 550–562. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.4
