Discovery of Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Iran: redescription and intraspecific character variability

Discovery of Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 (Isopoda, Oniscidea) in Iran: redescription and intraspecific character variability

In the present study, Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 is reported from Iran for the first time, redescribed and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species reveals a high variability in morphological characters. The division of the species at the subspecific level can not be supporte...

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Veröffentlicht in:ZooKeys 2012-01, Vol.176 (176), p.13-22
Hauptverfasser: Kashani, Ghasem M, Sari, Alireza
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
character variability
Hemilepistus elongatus
Identification and classification
Oniscidea
Physiological aspects
redescription
Species
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:In the present study, Hemilepistus elongatus Budde-Lund, 1885 is reported from Iran for the first time, redescribed and its diagnostic characters are figured. This species reveals a high variability in morphological characters. The division of the species at the subspecific level can not be supported anymore. This species differs from other species of the genus by the unique shape of male pleopod-endopodite I.
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.176.2271