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Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) Just, 1998, n.subgen.

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  • 1. Australian Biological Resources Study, GPO Box 636, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia

Description

Subgenus Austrolestes n.subgen.

Diagnosis. Ambicholestes with elongate, I-articulate, apically pointed mandibular palp; palp overreaching mandibular incisor by 113_1/2 palp length. Antenna 1 peduncle article 3 70-85% length of article 1. Male antenna 2 at least as long as combined length of cephalon, pereon and pleon.

Type species. Ambicholestes berentsae n.sp.

Additional species. Ambicholestes minutus n.sp., A. thetis n.sp.

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Etymology. The name of this subgenus is composed of an allusion to Australia and its concholestid affinity.

Notes

Published as part of Just, Jean, 1998, Siphonoecetinae (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ischyroceridae) 7: Australian Concholestids, Ambicholestes n. gen., with a Description of Six New Species, and a New, Restricted Diagnosis for Caribboecetes Just, 1983, pp. 27-54 in Records of the Australian Museum 50 (1) on page 42, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.50.1998.1273, http://zenodo.org/record/4656898

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Family
Ischyroceridae
Genus
Ambicholestes
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxonomic status
n.subgen.
Taxon rank
subGenus
Taxonomic concept label
Ambicholestes (Austrolestes) Just, 1998