dc:description"FIGURE 2. Male head in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. pollicifera Pe-30, anterior view. B, A. pollicifera Pe-30, detail of basal and distal swollen bulges in basal antennomere of second antenna, anterior view. C, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-52, anterior view. D, A. pollicifera Pe-22, detail of basal bulge in basal antennomere of second antenna, anterior view. Scale bars: A and C: 500 µm; B: 250 µm; D: 50 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Drawing of male head of Archaebranchinecta pollicifera Pe-22, counter-clockwise rotation. A, anterior view. B, anteromedial view. C, lateral view. Scale bar: 500 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Archaebranchinecta pollicifera male, processes of basal antennomere of second antenna. A, Pe-29, posterior view. B, Pe-29, detail of ornamentation of the more prominent posteromedial tip of the small process. C, Pe-22, detail of small process with its medial crest and posteromedial cordiform tip, anteromedial view. D, Pe-22, detail of ornamentation with columnar grooved spines of cordiform tip of small process. Scale bars: A: 250 µm; B: 20 µm; C: 100 µm; D: 50 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Mandibles in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. pollicifera Pe-30 female, left mandible with supernumerary tooth. B, A. pollicifera Pe-29 male, right mandible. C, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-45 male, left mandible. D, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-52 male, left mandible. Scale bars: A, B, C, and D: 50 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Male genital segments in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. pollicifera Pe-22, ventral view. B, A. pollicifera Pe-22, lateral view. C, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, detail of ventrolateral denticulate protuberance in abdominal segment II. D, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, everted gonopod. E, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-52, detail of gonopod dentate wart. F, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-35, lateral view. G, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-35, detail of low genital bulges, ventral view. H, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, lateral view. I, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, ventral view. Scale bars: A, B, F, G, H, and I: 500 µm; C: 50 µm; D and E: 100 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 8. Male genitalia internal structure in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. pollicifera Pe-30, lateral view. B, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-52, ventrolateral view. Scale bars: A and B: 500 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 9. Female head in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-52, anterior view. B, A. pollicifera Pe-30, anterior view. C, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, anterior view. D, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, detail of medial bulge of second antenna. E, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-35, detail of the medial projection of second antenna with row of sensory areas all along and at its tip. F, A. pollicifera Pe-30, detail of sensory areas at the tip of medial projection of second antenna. Scale bars: A, B and C: 500 µm; D: 20 µm; E: 200 µm; F: 50 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 11. Cysts types in Archaebranchinecta. A, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, type I cyst. B, A. pollicifera Pe-30, type II cyst. C, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, detail of shell surface of type I cyst. D, A. pollicifera Pe-30, detail of shell surface of type II cyst. E, A. aimara sp. nov. Bo-18, cross section of type I cyst. Scale bars: A and B: 50 µm; C and D: 20 µm; E: 10 µm.";
dc:description"FIGURE 1. Distribution of Archaebranchinecta in the South American Altiplano. Grey circles: new sites for A. aimara sp. nov.; white circle with a black dot: type locality for A. aimara sp. nov.(Bo-44); black star: new site near Tiwanaku for A. aimara sp. nov. (Bo-18); black squares: new sites for A. pollicifera. Published localities: white square: type locality for A. pollicifera in Capachica Peninsula; white circle: paratype locality for A. pollicifera in Cochabamba by Harding (1940), which most probably belongs to A. aimara sp. nov.; crossed white circle: redescription site for A. pollicifera in Sajama National Park by Rogers & Coronel (2011), herein assigned to A. aimara sp. nov.; and black triangles: first report sites for Archaebranchinecta in northern Argentina.";
