Agnara cavernicola, the second troglophilic terrestrial isopod species (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from Iran

The first cave-dwelling terrestrial isopod species of the genus Agnara Budde-Lund, 1908 is described from Zarneh Cave, western Iran. Agnara cavernicola Bakhshi and Kashani, sp. nov. is characterised by a reduced number of ommatidia and body pigments. Moreover, it differs from the congeneric species...

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Vydáno v:Journal of natural history Ročník 55; číslo 45-46; s. 2823 - 2830
Hlavní autoři: Bakhshi, Yaser, Kashani, Ghasem M., Sadeghi, Saber, Darvishnia, Hamid
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.12.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Témata:
Agnara
cave
Cavernicolous species
Iran
Isopoda
Males
natural history
New species
Ommatidia
Pigments
terrestrial isopods
troglophile
Iran
ISSN:0022-2933, 1464-5262, 1464-5262
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Shrnutí:The first cave-dwelling terrestrial isopod species of the genus Agnara Budde-Lund, 1908 is described from Zarneh Cave, western Iran. Agnara cavernicola Bakhshi and Kashani, sp. nov. is characterised by a reduced number of ommatidia and body pigments. Moreover, it differs from the congeneric species by the shape of male pleopod exopodites I and male pereopods VII. http://urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B0DDD1CE-B6B6-44A9-A8AC-E2AF3F0EBE54
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ISSN:0022-2933
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DOI:10.1080/00222933.2022.2025939