A new species of Hyalella from the Andes in Perú (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae)

Hyalella pauperocavae n. sp. from Huancayo, Perú, is described. Five other epigean freshwater amphipods have been described from Peru (excluding Lake Titicaca), but the lack of type material and poor descriptions do not allow the assignment of the species described here to any of the names known for...

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Published inRevista de biología tropical Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 649 - 658
Main Authors González, Exequiel R, Watling, Les
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica 01.06.2002
Subjects
Amphipoda
Amphipoda - anatomy & histology
Amphipoda - classification
Animals
Biodiversity Conservation
Biology
Crustacea
epigean
Female
Freshwater
Hyalella
Hyalella pauperocavae
Hyalellidae
Male
Peru
Perú
Peru
Peru, Junin, Huancayo
Perú
Hyalellidae
epigean
Freshwater
Amphipoda
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Summary:Hyalella pauperocavae n. sp. from Huancayo, Perú, is described. Five other epigean freshwater amphipods have been described from Peru (excluding Lake Titicaca), but the lack of type material and poor descriptions do not allow the assignment of the species described here to any of the names known for the area.
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ISSN:0034-7744
2215-2075