Bogidiellapingxiangensis, a new species of subterranean Amphipoda from southern China (Bogidiellidae).

ABSTRACT: A new species of subterranean amphipod, Bogidiellapingxiangensis Hou & Li, sp. n., is described from Xiongshizilong Cave in Pingxiang City, China. The new species is characterized by having the bases of pereopods III and V expanded; the inner ramus of pleopods I-III with one segment; the telson longer than wide and with the apical margin with a shallow U-shaped excavation. DNA barcode of the new species is documented as support of molecular differences between related species.

SUBMITTER: Zheng Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6198029 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature