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

Yami Zheng; Zhonge Hou; Shuqiang Li

doi:10.3897/zookeys.790.28671

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

Zookeys. 2018 Oct 15:(790):63-75. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.790.28671. eCollection 2018.

Authors

Yami Zheng^{1

2}, Zhonge Hou¹, Shuqiang Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.
² University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China.

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.

Keywords: Amphipod; China; barcode; cave; new species; taxonomy.