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Parartemiopsis shangrilaensis, a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from Yunnan, with a key to the Chirocephalidae of China
Shu, Shu-Sen Chen, Xiao-Yong Rogers, D. Christopher Sanoamuang, Laorsri
Shu, Shu-Sen
Chen, Xiao-Yong
Rogers, D. Christopher
Sanoamuang, Laorsri
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Abstract
The fairy shrimp genus Parartemiopsis Rogers, 2005 currently contains a single species reported from Russia and Mongolia. In 2013, an unidentified Parartemiopsis 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, Parartemiopsis shangrilaensis sp. nov. This new species is distinguished from its congener, P. longicornis (Smirnov, 1930), by the form of the male second antennae and the gonopod. The discovery of P. shangrilaensis sp. nov. extends the known distribution of the genus, and more Parartemiopsis 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.
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2023-07-04
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Pensoft Publishers
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Asia, Crustacean, Diversity, Freshwater, Taxonomy, Tibetan Plateau
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Shu S-S, Chen X-Y, Rogers DC, Sanoamuang L (2023) Parartemiopsis shangrilaensis, a new species of fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from Yunnan, with a key to the Chirocephalidae of China. ZooKeys 1168: 355-366. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1168.104005