Taxonomy of Paraplatyarthrus Javidkar and King (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Paraplatyarthridae) with description of five new species from Western Australia, and comments on Australian Trichorhina Budde-Lunde, 1908 (Platyarthridae)
Author
Javidkar, Mohammad
Author
King, Rachael A.
Author
Cooper, Steven J. B.
Author
Humphreys, William F.
Author
Austin, Andrew D.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4243
3
401
431
journal article
36268
10.11646/zootaxa.4243.3.1
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1175-5326
400092
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Key to species of
Paraplatyarthrus
from
Western
Australia
*
1. Maxilla 2 with no delimiting line between lobes (see
Fig. 17
E)...................................
P. pallidus
sp. nov.
- Maxilla 2 with delimiting line between lobes (see
Fig. 5
F).................................................... 2
2. Eyes absent (no ommatidia present) (see
Fig. 2
H)................................................
P. subterraneus
- Eyes present or significantly reduced (1–5 ommatidia present).................................................3
3. Male genital papilla apically truncated (
Fig. 9
C); eyes with 1 very reduced orange ommatidium-like component (
Fig. 2
C)......................................................................................
P. cunyuensis
sp. nov.
- Male genital papilla apically rounded (
Fig. 19
A); eyes with 3–5 black ommatidia................................. 4
4. Cephalic lateral lobes enlarged (
Fig. 11
H); male pleopod 1 exopodite with posterior point developed (
Fig. 13
B).................................................................................................
P. nahidae
sp. nov.
- Cephalic lateral lobes small (
Figs. 2
E–F); male pleopod 1 exopodite with no or a weak posterior point (
Fig. 16
B)........ 5
5. Eyes with 3 ommatidia............................................................
P. occidentoniscus
sp. nov.
- Eyes with 5 ommatidia.............................................................
P. crebesconiscus
sp. nov.
(*
P. australiensis
could not be included in the key due to a lack of material)