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<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B11763FFFBBFD85B000FD245434" author="Daday" box="[569,722,1348,1374]" pageId="1" pageNumber="12" refString="Daday, E. (1923) Monographie systematique des Phyllopodes Conchostraces. Deuxieme Partie, Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, 10 e serie, 10, 331 - 390." type="journal article" year="1923">Daday, 1923</bibRefCitation>
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(
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763FFFBBFEB4B0CBFE0554C2" box="[264,499,1423,1448]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Material Examined</emphasis>
.—
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFDA9B0CBFD7554C3" box="[533,643,1423,1449]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7nxg-etxt" name="Museo de Biologia de la Universidad Central de Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">MBUCV</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFD2FB0CBFD4B54C3" box="[659,701,1423,1449]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">XI­</collectionCode>
3714,
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,
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;
<collectingCountry id="F30B7670763FFFBBFBA9B0CBFB6754C3" box="[1045,1169,1423,1449]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Anzoátegui State, Mapire town (
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, 65°16), near
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFCB4B0F3FCB254BB" box="[776,836,1463,1489]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/dp3p-k2i5" name="Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">IVIC</collectionCode>
Station, collected by E. Moreno,
<date id="FFA21020763FFFBBFB6BB0F3FEB05493" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" value="1993-04-15">15 Apr 1993</date>
.
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFEE4B09BFE325493" box="[344,452,1503,1529]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7nxg-etxt" name="Museo de Biologia de la Universidad Central de Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">MBUCV</collectionCode>
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3747,
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,
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;
<collectingCountry id="F30B7670763FFFBBFCDDB09BFC2B5493" box="[865,989,1503,1529]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Apure State, Las Peonías (
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE285027763FFFBBFEC4B343FE1E574B" box="[376,488,1543,1569]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" precision="925" value="-66.666664">66°40W</geoCoordinate>
), collected by E. Cabezas,
<date id="FFA21020763FFFBBFC96B343FC31574B" box="[810,967,1543,1569]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" value="1981-03-13">13 Mar 1981</date>
.
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,
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;
<collectingCountry id="F30B7670763FFFBBFEC9B36BFE075723" box="[373,497,1583,1609]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Falcón State, Buena Vista town (11°48,
<geoCoordinate id="EE285027763FFFBBFC53B36BFBA85723" box="[1007,1118,1583,1609]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" precision="925" value="-69.86667">69°52W</geoCoordinate>
), collected by G. Pereira,
<date id="FFA21020763FFFBBFED6B313FE0A571B" box="[362,508,1623,1649]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" value="1981-05-09">9 May 1981</date>
.
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFDB4B313FD82571B" box="[520,628,1623,1649]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7nxg-etxt" name="Museo de Biologia de la Universidad Central de Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">MBUCV</collectionCode>
<collectionCode id="ED0DAE25763FFFBBFDC7B313FD52571B" box="[635,676,1623,1649]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">XI­</collectionCode>
3752,
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,
<specimenCount id="9D1AFD69763FFFBBFCE4B313FC2A571B" box="[856,988,1623,1649]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" type="female">21 females</specimenCount>
;
<collectingCountry id="F30B7670763FFFBBFC54B313FB92571B" box="[1000,1124,1623,1649]" name="Venezuela" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, Lara State, road from El Empedrado to Carora (10°00N,
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), collected by G. Pereira,
<date id="FFA21020763FFFBBFBC6B33BFAFA57F3" box="[1146,1292,1663,1689]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2" value="1980-10-11">11 Oct 1980</date>
.
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763FFFBBFEB4B38AFE63578C" bold="true" box="[264,405,1742,1766]" pageId="1" pageNumber="2">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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Daday, 1923
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, MBUCV XI­3749: A. Lateral view of male carapace; B. Lateral view of female carapace; C. Lateral view of male head region; D. Lateral view of female head region; E. Male antenna; F. Female antenna; G. Clasper of male first thoracopod; H. Female first thoracopod; I. Female ninth thoracopod; J. Female tenth thoracopod; K. Male telson region; L. Female telson region; Scale bars =1 mm.
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FE84B458FE14505F" box="[312,482,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Measurements</emphasis>
.—Male carapace
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length,
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height (n=29). Female carapace
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length,
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height (n=23).
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FE84B428FE3450EF" box="[312,450,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Description</emphasis>
.—Carapace with umbo on anterior margin (
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A, B). Female carapace with posterior dorsal margin arched (
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B). Males slightly larger and carapace more rectangular than females. Area between growth lines minutely granulated, ventral margin of carapace with minute spines and setae (
<figureCitation id="13272A65763DFFB9FCB4B4A0FCBB5094" box="[776,845,484,510]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[264,368,1742,1766]" captionText="FIGURE 1. Leptestheria venezuelica Daday, 1923, MBUCV XI­ 3749: A. Lateral view of male carapace; B. Lateral view of female carapace; C. Lateral view of male head region; D. Lateral view of female head region; E. Male antenna; F. Female antenna; G. Clasper of male first thoracopod; H. Female first thoracopod; I. Female ninth thoracopod; J. Female tenth thoracopod; K. Male telson region; L. Female telson region; Scale bars = 1 mm." pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
B). Head with well­developed ventrally arched occipital spine (
<figureCitation id="13272A65763DFFB9FD98B748FD9F534C" box="[548,617,524,550]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[264,368,1742,1766]" captionText="FIGURE 1. Leptestheria venezuelica Daday, 1923, MBUCV XI­ 3749: A. Lateral view of male carapace; B. Lateral view of female carapace; C. Lateral view of male head region; D. Lateral view of female head region; E. Male antenna; F. Female antenna; G. Clasper of male first thoracopod; H. Female first thoracopod; I. Female ninth thoracopod; J. Female tenth thoracopod; K. Male telson region; L. Female telson region; Scale bars = 1 mm." pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
C, D). Dorsal margin of the head with shallow concavity above the eye. Ocellus at base of rostrum, variable in shape. Male rostrum roundly spatuliform in lateral view (
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C). Female rostrum angularly shaped (
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D). In both sexes, wide fornices meet at rostral apex, where a sharp spine is located. Male first antenna indistinctly segmented, with 11­13 lobes bearing sensory setae (
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C). Female first antenna with 10­12 lobes (
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C, D). Male second antenna with peduncle indistinctly segmented, with 12 segments on upper flagellum and 15 segments on lower flagellum, each segment bearing 3­5 dorsal spines. All segments with ventral long setae (
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E). Female second antenna with 12 segments on upper flagellum and 14 segments on lower flagellum, each segment with 1­7 dorsal spines and ventral long setae (
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F). Male first thoracopod stout, with strong indentation at base of immovable finger. Movable finger strongly curved with apex acute (
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G). Distal end bearing very short blunt spines on ventral margin. Immovable finger stout, with strong thick acute spines on clasping border. Endite 4 stout (see
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B11763DFFB9FE83B150FE255544" author="Martin" box="[319,467,1044,1070]" pageId="3" pageNumber="12" refString="Martin, J. W. (1992) Branchiopoda. In: Harrison, F. W., &amp; Humes, A. G. (Eds.) Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates. Volume 9: Crustacea. Wiley-Liss, New York, NY, pp. 25 - 224." type="journal article" year="1992">Martin 1992</bibRefCitation>
, for terminology), with simple terminal setae. Endite 5 (palp) stout, with two segments, bearing setae only on distal segment. Total length of palp slightly exceeding half length of movable finger. Endite 1 strongly curved, with acute tip bearing two serrate terminal spines. Endites 2 and 3 lobulate, with pedunculate setae. Female first thoracopod with setose lobe on anterior side (
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H). Female ninth and tenth thoracopod with epipods swollen and cylindrical in shape (female egg mass supporting appendages) (
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Fig.
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I, J). Male telson with two rows of 29­34 sharp spines, being larger and thin those terminal spines. Telson filaments delicate, plumose on distal end, arising behind first telsonal spine (
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K). Female telson similar to male in shape and spination (
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L).
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FE84B038FE7554FF" box="[312,387,1404,1429]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Range</emphasis>
.—This species was described by
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B11763DFFB9FCB2B038FC4654FC" author="Daday" box="[782,944,1404,1430]" pageId="3" pageNumber="12" refString="Daday, E. (1923) Monographie systematique des Phyllopodes Conchostraces. Deuxieme Partie, Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, 10 e serie, 10, 331 - 390." type="journal article" year="1923">Daday (1923)</bibRefCitation>
based on samples from the Venezuelan lowlands “Llanos” (Guanaparo River which we believe is a transcription error, with Capanaparo River, in Apure State, the true locality). Recently
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Belk
<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FBD1B088FB5C548F" box="[1133,1194,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">et al.</emphasis>
2002
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, collected this species in
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Island in the Caribbean. With the additional localities presented by us, the known distribution of this species results less disjunctive.
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FEB4B3CDFE6457CB" bold="true" box="[264,402,1673,1697]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763DFFB9FE1DB3CEFD8957CB" box="[417,639,1674,1697]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">Leptestheria cristata</emphasis>
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,
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, MBUCV XI­3744: A. Lateral view of male carapace; B. Lateral view of female carapace; C. Lateral view of male head region; D. Lateral view of female head region; E. Male antenna; F. Female antenna; G. Clasper of male first thoracopod; H. Female first thoracopod; I. Female fifth thoracopod; J. Female tenth thoracopod; K. Female eleventh thoracopod; L. Male telson region; M. Female telson region; Scale bars =1 mm.
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<paragraph id="8BA336E0763BFFBFFE84B458FEB2534C" blockId="5.[264,1323,284,550]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="B968EAF2763BFFBFFE84B458FE68505F" box="[312,414,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Remarks</emphasis>
.—This species is easily distinguished from other Venezuelan
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763BFFBFFBC8B458FAF0505F" box="[1140,1286,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Leptestheria</emphasis>
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by the series of long thin spines on the distal end of the telson.
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B11763BFFBFFC7AB400FB9E5034" author="Daday" box="[966,1128,324,350]" pageId="5" pageNumber="12" refString="Daday, E. (1923) Monographie systematique des Phyllopodes Conchostraces. Deuxieme Partie, Annales des Sciences naturelles, Zoologie, 10 e serie, 10, 331 - 390." type="journal article" year="1923">Daday (1923)</bibRefCitation>
had no males in his original description, but female characters agree quite well with his description and drawings. This species was found in large pools cohabiting with the fairy shrimp
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763BFFBFFB74B4D0FE4B50BF" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Dendrocephalus geayi</emphasis>
Daday, 1908
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(
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:
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).
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<emphasis id="B968EAF2763BFFBFFBBEB4F8FADF50BF" box="[1026,1321,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Leptestheria venezuelica</emphasis>
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occurs in the marginal vegetation, while
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is found more often in the center of the pool.
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