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Niphargus lakusici Karaman G. S. 2017

  • 1. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Av., Anavyssos 19013, Greece. & ntakisal @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7072 - 5838
  • 2. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Av., Anavyssos 19013, Greece.
  • 3. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ul. 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cene. Fiser @ bf. uni-lj. si; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1982 - 8724
  • 4. Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Universiteì Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. fabio. stoch @ ulb. ac. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4535 - 3769

Description

Niphargus lakusici Karaman G.S., 2017

Published records: Karaman G.S. (2017a).

Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Crete Island (KR).

Type material: Holotype: male 4 mm, S-6557= Crete Island: Pyrgos, May, 1981, 1 exp, (leg. G. Pesce),. Examined material: male juv. 3.5 mm, S-6557= Crete Island: Pyrgos, May, 1981, 1 exp, (leg. G. Pesce),. Holotype deposited in KCPM.

Remarks: This species shows some morphological similarities with N. karkabounasi from Central Greece (Karaman G.S. 2017a). The description of the species is based on specimens that have been collected by Pesce on May 1981) near Tymbaki, in Crete.

Etymology: This species is dedicated to the deceased botanist Prof. Dr. Radomir Lakušić from Sarajevo, Bos- nia and Herzegovina, for his excellent studies of the flora and vegetation of the Balkan Peninsula.

Notes

Published as part of Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, pp. 517-544 in Zootaxa 4772 (3) on page 530, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3856611

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KCPM
Family
Niphargidae
Genus
Niphargus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Amphipoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
lakusici
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Niphargus lakusici S., 2017 sec. Ntakis, Karaouzas, Fišer & Stoch, 2020