Platorchestiinae subfam. nov. (Amphipoda, Senticaudata, Talitridae) with the description of three new genera and four new species
Author
Lowry, J. K.
Author
Myers, A. A.
0000-0003-3256-2123
School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland. bavayia @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3256 - 2123
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-17
5100
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journal article
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Laniporchestia lanipo
(
Richardson, 1991
)
(
Fig. 13
)
Platorchestia lanipo
Richardson, 1991: 186
, figs 1–3.—
Springthorpe & Lowry, 1994: 22
.—
Bousfield & Poinar, 1995: 754
.—
Stock, 1996: 156
.—
Miyamoto & Morino, 2004: 69
.—
Serejo & Lowry, 2008: 189
.—
Cheng
et al
., 2011: 16
.
Laniporchestia lanipo
Lowry & Myers, 2019: 53
, fig. 23.
Non-Taxonomic Citations
Platorchestia lanipo
.—
Wildish & Radulovici, 2019: 2422
, table 4 (zoogeography).—
Sfenthourakis
et al
. 2020: 376
(evolution/biogeography).
FIGURE 13.
Laniporchestia lanipo
(
Richardson, 1991
)
, after
Richardson, 1991
.
Types.
Holotype
, female,
BPBM 14563
.
Paratypes
: male,
6 females
,
6 males
,
4 juveniles
;
4 females
,
3 males
,
3 juveniles
,
NMNS
NMCC 1990–0583
;
5 females
,
7 males
,
15 juveniles
,
AM
P.40429;
3 females
,
1 male
,
1 juveniles
,
BMNH 1990
:44:5.
Type
locality.
Highest
point of
Lanipo Trail
(
2,520 ft.
),
Mau’umae Ridge
,
Ko’olau Range
,
Hawaii
(~
21°18’49 ’’N
157°46’20’’W
)
.
Ecological
type
.
Moss-hopper.
Habitat.
Terrestrial in moss on windward side of ridge.
Size.
8.5 mm
.
Diagnosis (
male
).
With the characters of the genus.
Remarks.
According to
Miyamoto & Morino (2004)
Laniporchestia lanipo
belongs to
Platorchestia
group 3. Unfortunately a female was illustrated and described. Only gnathopods 1 and 2 were illustrated for the male. Although the author’s claims that all other male characters are like the female, this may not account for subtle differences in pereopod 7 for instance. We have been able to diagnose the genus on non-incrassate characters except for the male gnathopod 1.
Distribution.
Hawaii
, Oahu (
Richardson 1991
).