A New Species of the Freshwater Cladoceran Genus Scapholeberis Schoedler, 1858 (Cladocera: Anomopoda) from the Semidesert Northern Mexico, Highlighted by DNA Barcoding
Author
Quiroz-Vázquez, Patricia
Author
Elías-Gutiérrez, Manuel
text
Zootaxa
2009
2236
50
64
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190439
03616bb7-53de-42e1-ae7a-87557c1717c3
1175-5326
190439
Key to species of
Scapholeberis
recorded in
Mexico
1a. Mucro 1/5–1/9 (average 1/7) of valve rim, denticulate membrane at the posterior rim of the valves conspicuous and without a underlying hyaline membrane
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S. armata armata
1b. Mucro equal or larger than above, denticulate membrane at the posterior rim of the valves with or without an underlying hyaline membrane................................................................................................................................................ 2
2a. Denticulate membrane at the posterior rim of the valves markedly thick and with a conspicuous underlying hyaline membrane. Mucro 1/4–1/6 (average 1/5) of valve rim
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S. duranguensis
n. sp.
2b. Denticulate membrane at the posterior rim of the valves inconspicuous and with an equally inconspicuous (if present) underlying hyaline membrane. Mucro 1/6–1/9 (average 1/7) of valve rim
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S. armata freyi