Unexpected high species richness of Bythotrephes Leydig, 1860 (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Cercopagididae) in subalpine Austrian lakes, with the description of new taxa
Author
Korovchinsky, Nikolai M.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-04-12
5264
1
77
93
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.5
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5264.1.5
1175-5326
7836203
DA96D94F-C359-4D1B-B8D5-AAC811FC4917
Bythotrephes longimanus
Leydig, 1860
This is the
type
species of the genus which was thoroughly revised by
Korovchinsky (2015)
, when its representatives from the
type
locality (Lake Bodensee) and from some localities of
Switzerland
,
Austria
,
Italy
, and
Great Britain
were investigated. The Austrian representatives of the species were only slightly affected by this study. The present investigation using more abundant material has revealed that the latter ones are really morphologically specific, differing from specimens of western populations, and therefore worthy of being allocated to a separate taxon. Therefore, it turns out that the species
B. longimanus
is represented by two subspecies,
B. longimanus longimanus
Leydig
and another new one described below.