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(
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<emphasis id="B968EAF27638FFBCFEB4B033FE1B54FA" box="[264,493,1399,1424]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Material Examined</emphasis>
.—
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.—
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4886,
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;
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, Falcón State,
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from Adícora town (
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,
<geoCoordinate id="EE2850277638FFBCFD7EB0DBFCC754D3" box="[706,817,1439,1465]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" precision="925" value="-69.8">69°48W</geoCoordinate>
), collected by G. Pereira,
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.
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.—
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3743,
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,
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;
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, Falcón State,
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from Adícora (
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,
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), collected by G. Pereira,
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.
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<emphasis id="B968EAF27638FFBCFE84B353FE14575A" box="[312,482,1559,1584]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Measurements</emphasis>
.—
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male
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length,
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height.
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males
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length,
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height (n=2).
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females
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length, 1.52­2.00 mm height (n=17).
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. —Carapace with umbo on anterior margin, similar in males and females (
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A,B). Males and females similar in size. Area between growth lines granulated, growth lines with row of delicate short setae (
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B). Head with short, blunt occipital spine in both sexes (
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C, D). Anterior margin straight to convex. Ocellus at rostral base, variable in shape. Male and female rostrum angularly shaped with short fornices meeting at rostral apex (
<figureCitation id="13272A657638FFBCFD95B213FD99561B" box="[553,623,1879,1905]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[264,367,1723,1747]" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptestheria brevispina, new species, MBUCV XI­ 3743: 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 seventh thoracopod; J. Male telson region; K. Female telson region; Scale bars = 1 mm." pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
C, D). Both sexes with sharp spine situated at rostral apex.
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First antenna indistinctly segmented, with 13­16 lobes bearing sensory setae in males and 8­11lobes in females (
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C, D). Male second antenna with peduncle indistinctly segmented and with 10 segments in both flagella, each segment with 2­5 dorsal spines and ventral long setae (
<figureCitation id="13272A657639FFBDFE50B4D0FDC450C4" box="[492,562,404,430]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[264,367,1723,1747]" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptestheria brevispina, new species, MBUCV XI­ 3743: 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 seventh thoracopod; J. Male telson region; K. Female telson region; Scale bars = 1 mm." pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
E). Female second antenna similar to male but with 9 segments on both flagella, and 1­4 dorsal spines on each segment (
<figureCitation id="13272A657639FFBDFC0AB4F8FC0850BC" box="[950,1022,444,470]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[264,367,1723,1747]" captionText="FIGURE 3. Leptestheria brevispina, new species, MBUCV XI­ 3743: 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 seventh thoracopod; J. Male telson region; K. Female telson region; Scale bars = 1 mm." pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F). Male first thoracopod stout, with slight indentation at base of immovable finger (
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G). Movable finger stout, strongly curved with truncated apex. Distal end with blunt spines on ventral margin. Immovable finger stout, with stout, large, thick acute spines on clasping border. Endite 4 stout, with simple terminal setae. Endite 5 (palp) stout, with two segments, with setae only on distal segment. Total length of palp near half length of movable finger. Endite 1 strongly curved, with acute tip bearing two serrate terminal spines. Endite 2 and 3 lobed, with pedunculate setae. Female first thoracopod with setose lobe on anterior side (
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H). Female seventh, eighth and ninth throracopod with epipods swollen and cylindrical in shape (
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Fig.
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I). Male telson with two rows of 16­18 sharp spines, some of them smaller, with others bigger ones intercalated (
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J). Telsonal filaments delicate, plumose on distal half, arising at level of first telsonal spine. Female telson more slender than in male, with two rows of 18 minute spines (
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K).
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<typeStatus id="54A788427639FFBDFE84B680FE9952B7" box="[312,367,964,989]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Type</typeStatus>
Locality
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.—Small shallow pool less than
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in diameter, located near (5 Km from) Adícora town, Falcón State,
<collectingCountry id="F30B76707639FFBDFD1DB6A8FCEB556C" box="[673,797,1004,1030]" name="Venezuela" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
.
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<subSubSection id="C306656B7639FFBDFE84B150FCA0553C" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BA336E07639FFBDFE84B150FCA0553C" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1670]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFE84B150FE455547" box="[312,435,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Etymology</emphasis>
.—The name is derived from the Latin word “
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFC63B150FBC05547" box="[991,1078,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">brevis”</emphasis>
(short) and
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFB76B150FADC5547" box="[1226,1322,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">“spina”</emphasis>
(spine) because of the shape of the occipital spine.
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<subSubSection id="C306656B7639FFBDFE84B120FD3357EC" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BA336E07639FFBDFE84B120FD3357EC" blockId="7.[264,1323,284,1670]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFE84B120FE685517" box="[312,414,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Remarks</emphasis>
.—This species is easily recognized by the blunt shape of the occipital spine, similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFE6EB1C8FCB755CC" authority="Ruppel, 1837" authorityName="Ruppel" authorityYear="1837" box="[466,833,1164,1190]" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dahalacensis">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFE6EB1C8FD7F55CF" box="[466,649,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. dahalacensis</emphasis>
(Rüppel, 1837)
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(Straškraba 1966,
<bibRefCitation id="EF8D4B117639FFBDFBA2B1C8FAD755CC" author="Brendonck" box="[1054,1313,1164,1190]" pageId="7" pageNumber="12" refString="Brendonck, L., Goddeeris, B. &amp; Martens, K. (1989) Leptestheria dahalacensis (Ruppel, 1837), a conchostracan new for the Belgian fauna. Bulletin de L'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie, 59, 59 - 62." type="journal article" year="1989">Brendonck et al. 1989</bibRefCitation>
) but shorter. The occipital margin is straight to convex in both sexes, with the male rostrum angularly shaped. The telson in this species is similar to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFC51B198FB93559F" box="[1005,1125,1244,1269]" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cristata">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFC51B198FB93559F" box="[1005,1125,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. cristata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFB21B198FEB45477" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tucumanensis">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFB21B198FEB45477" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. tucumanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This species was found at a side of the road to Adícora town, in the beach in small shallow pools with scarce vegetation and 7‰ salinity very near (at
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) from the shore line. This species was found cohabiting with the fairy shrimp
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFC5FB010FE0354FC" authority="Margalef, 1961" authorityName="Margalef" authorityYear="1961" class="Branchiopoda" family="Thamnocephalidae" genus="Dendrocephalus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="spartaenovae">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFC5FB010FEC654FF" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Dendrocephalus spartaenovae</emphasis>
Margalef, 1961
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(
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:
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFD30B038FC8754FC" box="[652,881,1404,1430]" class="Branchiopoda" family="Thamnocephalidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Thamnocephalidae</taxonomicName>
). There is no possibility that these individuals correspond to immature forms of the other species, since we have males of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFAAFB0E0FE75548F" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevispina">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFAAFB0E0FE75548F" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. brevispina</emphasis>
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with developed first thoracopods. Also, a series of long thin spines on the distal end of the telson is present in juveniles and adults of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFC27B0B0FBB25767" box="[923,1092,1524,1549]" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="venezuelica">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFC27B0B0FBB25767" box="[923,1092,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. venezuelica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. While, a series of protuberances on the dorsal margin of the carapace is present in juveniles and adults of
<taxonomicName id="4C1C4D637639FFBDFAAFB358FDF15734" authority="Additionally" authorityName="Additionally" class="Branchiopoda" family="Leptestheriidae" genus="Leptestheria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Diplostraca" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cristata">
<emphasis id="B968EAF27639FFBDFAAFB358FE975737" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">L. cristata</emphasis>
, Additionally
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, a typical occipital spine and head shape is present for each of three species in adults and immature forms.
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