biostudies-literatureUnknown1168Shu SSThe fairy shrimp genus <i>Parartemiopsis</i> Rogers, 2005 currently contains a single species reported from Russia and Mongolia. In 2013, an unidentified <i>Parartemiopsis</i> population was reported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in China's Yunnan Province, from Patatson National Park in Shangri-La County. Here, we describe the Chinese populations as a new species, <i>Parartemiopsisshangrilaensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b> This new species is distinguished from its congener, <i>P.longicornis</i> (Smirnov, 1930), by the form of the male second antennae and the gonopod. The discovery of <i>P.shangrilaensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b> extends the known distribution of the genus, and more <i>Parartemiopsis</i> species may be found in the future. We present a key to the genera and species of Chirocephalidae in China as an aid to future research.ZooKeys355-366https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10336554biostudies-literature<i>Parartemiopsisshangrilaensis</i>, a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from Yunnan, with a key to the Chirocephalidae of China.PMC10336554Shu SSRogers DCChen XYSanoamuang Lfalse<i>Parartemiopsisshangrilaensis</i>, a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from Yunnan, with a key to the Chirocephalidae of China.The fairy shrimp genus <i>Parartemiopsis</i> Rogers, 2005 currently contains a single species reported from Russia and Mongolia. In 2013, an unidentified <i>Parartemiopsis</i> population was reported from the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in China's Yunnan Province, from Patatson National Park in Shangri-La County. Here, we describe the Chinese populations as a new species, <i>Parartemiopsisshangrilaensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b> This new species is distinguished from its congener, <i>P.longicornis</i> (Smirnov, 1930), by the form of the male second antennae and the gonopod. The discovery of <i>P.shangrilaensis</i><b>sp. nov.</b> extends the known distribution of the genus, and more <i>Parartemiopsis</i> species may be found in the future. We present a key to the genera and species of Chirocephalidae in China as an aid to future research.2023-01-01T00:00:00Z20232025-04-22T21:12:19.822Z2025-04-06T03:29:15.835ZS-EPMC103365543744848410.3897/zookeys.1168.104005