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<paragraph id="1B94C68B2FB8D38A7B5C9FD99E885CFA" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Type material.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="7174C77FA94302E53C0D3A1FD2F68C60" bold="true" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Holotype</emphasis>
, male (Fig.
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), total body length = 8.81 mm, head length = 0.78 mm (CIPLT-O-40); Allotype female (Fig.
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), total body length = 5.44 mm, head length = 0.42 mm (CIPLT-O-40). Paraguay, Department of
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, Pilar, Yegros Paso field locality (
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,
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), September, 06, 2021.
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<emphasis id="D7B67C28B0226A579CA64BFAB74710B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Paratypes</emphasis>
.
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9 males, 20 females (CIPLT-O-40), Yegros Paso field locality (
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,
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).
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<emphasis id="2DF86277C741B427C32286A5C51E048B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 7.</emphasis>
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holotype, male
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allotype, female. Scale bars: 1 mm.
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<paragraph id="CD16141BF7356AF174D6FD9D5DE2108B" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Paraguay, Department of
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, Pilar, Yegros Paso field locality (
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,
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).
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<paragraph id="0BC4B25EC02450285AE4546175923BC5" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F68B5CCAD6BB83C3EF79F92A837BEE5" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Flagella of antennae 1 and 2 with 10-11 and 13-14 articles, respectively. Left mandible incisor toothed, 4-denticulate; left lacinia mobilis 3-denticulate, with short median denticle and two prominent elongated denticles with serrated margin laterally. Gnathopod 2 propodus with palm lacking pronounced cup for dactylus, without papposerrate setae, with cuspidate setae with accessory setae on disto-posterior corner. Pereopod 5 slightly longer than other pereopods. Uropod 1 endopod with a curved seta. Uropod 3 ramus dorsal margin without setae. Uropod 3 peduncle with six simple setae apically. Uropod 3 peduncle longer than wide (rectangular).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0436030FF20A81038D3167BF9627B19D" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Description.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="6C89C2436BB7F57EA40E42E56D9CA177" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Male</emphasis>
(Figs
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-
<figureCitation id="6DBD7F4F6EBDD6110530118063D7AC9A" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A pleopod B uropod 1 C uropod 2 D uropod 3 E male telson F paratype, female telson. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C); 0.2 mm (D-F)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983125" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">11</figureCitation>
). Mean total body length: 7.24 mm; mean head length: 0.76 mm (
<emphasis id="495C2F9D396915143F0C051B9F8B4728" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">N</emphasis>
= 10). Body surface smooth. Epimeral plates not acuminate. Head smaller than first two thoracic segments, typically gammaridean, rostrum absent. Eyes pigmented, ovoid, located between insertion of antennae 1 and 2 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="03B79D03FC5798797B62B33239C1F81E" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Hyalella julia sp. nov., Department of Neembucu, Paraguay. Paratype, male A habitus B antenna 1 C antenna 2 D upper lip E left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (E 1) and clockwise (E 2) F right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (F 1) and clockwise (F 2) G lower lip H maxilla 1 I maxilla 2 J maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B, C); 0.2 mm (D-J); 0.1 mm (E 1, E 2, F 1, F 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983122" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">8A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="E1A208100A9EA4818BC20B43FF94435B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 8.</emphasis>
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, Paraguay. Paratype, male
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habitus
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antenna 1
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antenna 2
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upper lip
<emphasis id="3E230C9CE70F45531967966A7C637BC5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">E</emphasis>
left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (
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) and clockwise (
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)
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right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (
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) and clockwise (
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)
<emphasis id="8DF75C3A68D6F5E94FE379FE154F3F74" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">G</emphasis>
lower lip
<emphasis id="8B64ADDA63159E4AC47519D58A1F1F0B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H</emphasis>
maxilla 1
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maxilla 2
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maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (
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); 0.5 mm (
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); 0.2 mm (
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); 0.1 mm (
<emphasis id="9D8A6C05E041DAF84776682A52D6E475" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">E1, E2, F1, F2</emphasis>
).
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Antenna 1 about 3.2
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shorter than body length, 1.3
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shorter than antenna 2, 2.2
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longer than peduncle of antenna 2; peduncle not surpassing head length; flagellum with 10-11 articles, 2.1
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longer than peduncle; aesthetascs occurring distally after article 4 (Fig.
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).
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Antenna 2 about half of body length; peduncle 1.1
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longer than head; articles 1 to 3 with several simple setae on distal margin, article 3 with several simple setae on lateral margin; flagellum 2.4
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longer than peduncle, with 13-14 articles, with basal article elongated; articles with several simple setae on distal margins; four simple setae apically (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5FB6935782EF0E9C7DEDDFCD270BD26B" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Basic amphipodan mandibles (sensu
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), without palp; left incisor toothed, 4-denticulate; left lacinia mobilis 3-denticulate, with short median denticle, with two prominent elongated denticles with serrated upper margin laterally. Setal row with four papposerrate setae, molar process large and cylindrical, triturative, with one accessory seta (Fig.
<figureCitation id="E4A0F51B2DD5E0C3104A787DFE3D021A" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Hyalella julia sp. nov., Department of Neembucu, Paraguay. Paratype, male A habitus B antenna 1 C antenna 2 D upper lip E left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (E 1) and clockwise (E 2) F right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (F 1) and clockwise (F 2) G lower lip H maxilla 1 I maxilla 2 J maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B, C); 0.2 mm (D-J); 0.1 mm (E 1, E 2, F 1, F 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983122" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">8E</figureCitation>
). Right mandible incisor 7-denticulate; lacinia 4-denticulate, setal row with six papposerrate setae (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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Upper lip distal margin rounded, covered by several setules on dorsal and ventral faces (Fig.
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). Lower lip outer lobes rounded and distally notched, covered distally by several setules on dorsal and ventral faces (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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Maxilla 1 inner plate slender, 1.4
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shorter than outer plate, with two apical papposerrate setae and several setules laterally; outer plate with nine serrate setae (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F6D1DAFB46530A4949562E0716825648" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Hyalella julia sp. nov., Department of Neembucu, Paraguay. Paratype, male A habitus B antenna 1 C antenna 2 D upper lip E left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (E 1) and clockwise (E 2) F right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (F 1) and clockwise (F 2) G lower lip H maxilla 1 I maxilla 2 J maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B, C); 0.2 mm (D-J); 0.1 mm (E 1, E 2, F 1, F 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983122" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">8H</figureCitation>
). Palp short, uniarticulate, 1.2
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longer than wide, with a distal setule, reaching less than half of distance between base of palp and base of setae on outer plate.
</paragraph>
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Maxilla 2 inner plate 1.1
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longer than outer plate; inner plate with one papposerrate seta and several simple and serrate setae apically, with several setules laterally; outer plate with several simple setae, longest apically, with several setules laterally (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="219C859EA641A9A808C3C262588841D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Maxilliped inner plate 1.7
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longer than wide, apically truncated, with three apical cuspidate setae and several simple setae, without comb-scales; outer plate 1.3
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longer than inner plate, apically rounded, with several apical and lateral simple setae; palp 2.3
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longer than inner plate, 1.7
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longer than outer plate, with four articles; article 1 1.3
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longer than wide, with strongly concave distal margin; article 2 1.0
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longer than wide, with inner, outer, and distal margins with several long simple setae; article 3 1.2
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longer than wide, with inner and outer margins with several simple setae; article 4 unguiform, 1.5
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longer than wide, 2.0
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shorter than third article, with distal simple setae, with distal nail and comb-scales absent (Fig.
<figureCitation id="5BD34FC253F742F434C52F47CFEB2857" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Hyalella julia sp. nov., Department of Neembucu, Paraguay. Paratype, male A habitus B antenna 1 C antenna 2 D upper lip E left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (E 1) and clockwise (E 2) F right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (F 1) and clockwise (F 2) G lower lip H maxilla 1 I maxilla 2 J maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B, C); 0.2 mm (D-J); 0.1 mm (E 1, E 2, F 1, F 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983122" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">8J</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0E4E4F7E84BDE159638B54DDB2FBE360" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Gnathopod 1 subchelate; coxal plate 1.9
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wider than long; basis with one simple seta on inner margin and one on disto-posterior corner, ischium with few simple setae on disto-posterior corner; merus with several simple setae on posterior margin; carpus 1.5
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longer than wide, 1.2
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longer and 1.2
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wider than propodus, with several simple setae on disto-anterior corner, some with accessory seta, with few simple setae on inner margin, with posterior lobe folded to form scoop-like structure, with pectinate margin with comb-scales, several serrate setae and polygonal pattern; propodus 1.6
<normalizedToken id="3391B3BEA0C93DF4CB01E6E5D04C765B" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, hammer-shaped, with simple seta with accessory seta on anterior margin, with inner margin with several simple setae, with several long simple setae on disto-anterior corner; palm slope transverse, margin slightly concave, with many simple setae, with disto-posterior corner with cuspidate seta with accessory seta; dactylus claw-like, congruent with palm, without comb-scales (Fig.
<figureCitation id="053E17116B31E65DEE2F2F818F713FF0" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983123" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">9A</figureCitation>
). Microtrichs present on propodus.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C748A3313AE75B1C92F02746C5605DB8" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="0712036D3211EDB3FDEB00BC469A359D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 9.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Paratype, male
<emphasis id="E0E08B2E12F200B852CE848F63266F06" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">A</emphasis>
gnathopod 1
<emphasis id="14960A7472EFF9DD43D224A345F39EBF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">B</emphasis>
gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="E2A56C701DE03CF5D69CD28EAACF389D" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Gnathopod 2 subchelate; coxal plate 1.8
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wider than long; basis with one simple seta on anterior margin and several simple setae on disto-posterior margin; merus with several simple setae on posterior margin; carpus 2.0
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wider than long, with one simple seta on inner margin and two on disto-anterior, with posterior lobe slim produced between merus and propodus, with posterior margin pectinate, with several serrate setae and comb-scales; propodus ovate, 1.4
<normalizedToken id="D8D43F2BA7FA86308BC93D34AA09BE8E" originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
longer than wide, with two simple setae on anterior margin; palm subequal to posterior margin of propodus, slope oblique, margin convex, with several long and short simple setae with accessory setae; disto-posterior corner with two cuspidate setae with accessory setae; very shallow cup for dactylus; dactylus claw-like, congruent with palm, without comb-scales (Fig.
<figureCitation id="BA006D81272B8D4B0674B50631054C72" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983123" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">9B</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2594EE54FC0CBC75EF90DB4C6962C292" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Pereopods 3 to 7 simple. Pereopods 3 and 4 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="470B954A6CB14F9A2F06C7CB6D0BFC87" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A pereopod 3 B pereopod 4 C pereopod 5 D pereopod 6 E pereopod 7. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983124" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">10A, B</figureCitation>
) with posterior margins of merus and carpus with several simple and cuspidate setae; propodus posterior margin with several simple and cuspidate setae; dactylus 2.6
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and 1.9
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shorter than propodus in pereopods 3 and 4, respectively, unguiform. Pereopods 5 to 7 (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A94FC1A58C3463C5446E6186BC5285E2" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A pereopod 3 B pereopod 4 C pereopod 5 D pereopod 6 E pereopod 7. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983124" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">10C-E</figureCitation>
) with posterior margins of merus, carpus and propodus with several cuspidate and simple setae; dactylus 2.7
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, 2.6
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, and 3.0
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shorter than propodus, respectively, unguiform, with a plumose seta dorsally. Pereopod 3 and 4 of similar sizes, shorter than pereopods 5-7; pereopods 6 and 7 of similar length, pereopod 5 slightly longer than other pereopods.
</paragraph>
<caption id="A23CEF6585CED0D969A494CFC3EDF86A" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983124" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" start="Figure 10" startId="F10">
<paragraph id="C56225CF9ACF573935F25D473C078FB4" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="8EBBDCC7A922FA2B61318F7E95485134" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Paratype, male
<emphasis id="81FAB40BFF85927DBF82088203E733CC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">A</emphasis>
pereopod 3
<emphasis id="EB9AB1185EE1DD3321633C74D86F1BF6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">B</emphasis>
pereopod 4
<emphasis id="F0A09389035A130D7CC50936F5F0D3D4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">C</emphasis>
pereopod 5
<emphasis id="A9F6D36998DE8A0ABAE1E4473C30191B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">D</emphasis>
pereopod 6
<emphasis id="306491052219984536FEA52F45D36AEB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">E</emphasis>
pereopod 7. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="1B7EB522831D0D27EB7F570DDCF51213" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Pleopods not modified, biramous, elongated; peduncle 4.0
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longer than wide, 1.5
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shorter than mean size of rami, with coupling spines distally; both rami multi-annulated, longer than peduncle; articles decreasing in size distally in both rami; both rami with several plumose setae (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<caption id="D06E0F3C64C6A69EDA36DF6F78016460" doi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983125" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" start="Figure 11" startId="F11">
<paragraph id="8D1CB33DDF746D11DCFD977DF9C5813B" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
<emphasis id="5AB76F1EEEAB787A2A74863DA7BF3C07" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 11.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="16809C39345DA6ABDD8E5AD2214E797B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Hyalella julia</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Paratype, male
<emphasis id="662EF91A09A2F284DDCABB1154EFC867" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">A</emphasis>
pleopod
<emphasis id="CF3D1AB40AC74CDFA8DBA33B724C9F05" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">B</emphasis>
uropod 1
<emphasis id="B1A3DD4E00DD57791C28BD73128F1704" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">C</emphasis>
uropod 2
<emphasis id="CB5227799C38AB1BAA10A4BD71CCBF03" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">D</emphasis>
uropod 3
<emphasis id="31B50E1B750EAB54D8EA520F00599353" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">E</emphasis>
male telson
<emphasis id="BD53A54EC77B5BCA26529D3C996C505B" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">F</emphasis>
paratype, female telson. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (
<emphasis id="1DF2D16151E066AA906960798CABD0B4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">A-C</emphasis>
); 0.2 mm (
<emphasis id="50C1E04A7FEA053154B1F284B8360C84" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">D-F</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="2042A52944DEEE67066A70A16CC6B6D8" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Uropod 1 1.3
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longer than uropod 2; peduncle 1.1
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shorter than outer ramus and 1.2
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shorter than inner ramus, with three cuspidate setae; inner ramus 1.1
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longer than outer ramus, with four cuspidate setae dorsally, and one long curved seta and five cuspidate setae apically; outer ramus with four cuspidate setae dorsally and five cuspidate setae apically (Fig.
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Uropod 2 1.3
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shorter than outer ramus and 1.3
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than inner ramus, 2.4
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wider than outer ramus and 1.3
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than inner ramus, with one cuspidate seta dorsally; inner ramus 1.3
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longer than outer ramus, with three cuspidate setae dorsally and three cuspidate setae apically; outer ramus with four cuspidate setae dorsally and four cuspidate setae apically (Fig.
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Uropod 3 (Fig.
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shorter than peduncle of uropod 1 and 1.1
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than peduncle of uropod 2; peduncle 1.9
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longer than wide, 2.0
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wider than ramus, with six cuspidate setae apically; inner ramus absent; outer ramus uniarticulate, subequal in length to peduncle, with six simple setae apically.
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Telson entire, 1.1
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longer than wide, with convex margins, and rounded apically, without setae laterally, and with five cuspidate setae apically (Fig.
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).
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<paragraph id="CBDEF99062795AD31C69271FCC9468ED" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Coxal gills sac-like present on pereonites 3 to 6; sternal gills tubular and present on pereonites 3 to 7.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="386E3A0F3501B30ED82FDEA5BB7C5CCB" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Female</emphasis>
(Figs
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,
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,
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). Mean total body length: 5.23 mm; mean head length: 0.46 mm (
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= 21).
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<emphasis id="3CAF5821951A459F72B1E1BCE2592DB9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 12.</emphasis>
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sp. nov. Paratype, female
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gnathopod 1
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gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.
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<paragraph id="41BE62A78AB49547645339DF68E15555" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Antennae similar in shape to male. Antenna 1 flagellum with 10-11 articles. Antenna 2 flagellum with 11-12 articles.</paragraph>
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Gnathopod 1 (Fig.
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) slightly larger than male gnathopod 1 different from male gnathopod 1 in shape; basis with few simple setae on disto-anterior and posterior margins; ischium with several simple setae on disto-posterior margin; merus with several simple setae on posterior margin; carpus 1.6
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longer than wide, with several serrate setae on disto-anterior corner, posterior lobe with pectinate margin, with comb-scales and one row of serrate setae; propodus 1.8
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longer than wide, hammer-shaped; anterior margin with two simple setae, disto-anterior corner with several simple setae, posterior margin with several simple setae and comb-scales, inner margin with four simple setae; palm slope transverse, margin slightly irregular, slightly concave, with several simple setae, with few simple setae and two long cuspidate setae on disto-posterior corner; dactylus claw-like, with one plumose seta dorsally.
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Gnathopod 2 (Fig.
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) similar in size and shape to gnathopod 1; basis and ischium with several simple setae on disto-posterior corner; merus with several simple setae on posterior margin; carpus 1.3
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longer than wide, with several simple setae on disto-anterior corner, posterior lobe produced and forming scoop-like structure, pectinate margin with comb-scales, several serrate setae and polygonal pattern; propodus 1.6
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longer than wide, hammer-shaped, with comb-scales on disto-posterior margin, with few simple setae on anterior and posterior margins, with several long simple setae on disto-anterior corner, inner face with several simple setae; palm slope oblique, margin slightly irregular, with several simple setae, disto-posterior corner with two simple and two cuspidate setae; dactylus claw-like, with one plumose seta dorsally.
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<paragraph id="E5365452D5696DAB7170611867A4BAF3" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Telson subequal in length and width, with more convex lateral margins than in male, and with five cuspidate setae, one with accessory seta.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CCF9B3EB77B62EFF1E4CC16CE79AF191" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Uropod 1 similar in size and shape to male uropod 1, except for absence of curved seta.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="03F8F4BD18D5453F2E7382B34437C6DD" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="813024D92356EF424F9D221C29D8392C" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Freshwater, epigean.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="4466330DF3EA910AA66CF675D4552455" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="6C0E5695731C17D3CBA71844CB4FF271" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Paraguay, Department of
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, Pilar. Field locality of Yegros Paso (
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,
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).
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<subSubSection id="0D096BB68870F462314386AA6F82D94D" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="2BB594A4ADCAF32563FC7C9938E457AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Etymology.</paragraph>
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In honour of the late Don Julio Rafael Contreras, for his seminal studies of Paraguayan biodiversity and generous support of
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Para La Tierra.
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<paragraph id="A115843D0C53646A263BBDA9DDB5D4BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Taxonomic remarks</paragraph>
<paragraph id="625BC527DE44C70F59E06673216C66D7" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
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sp. nov. and
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<emphasis id="8657A0F5AF1410636B04BC1D2D570962" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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sp. nov. can be recognised as distinct species based on the taxonomic keys by
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). Both
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<emphasis id="42A0B8CD96CABB94808E9276A9CA9A67" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="3DAFCC40F7F41C150024F20BCCD8F28D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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show a smooth body without dorsal or lateral processes or mucronations, have pigmented eyes, and lack setae on the dorsal margin of uropod 3. The presence of a curved seta on the ramus of male uropod 1 links both new taxa to a large cluster of South American species spanning Venezuela, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="4FA8B021FD5F35CDCCD520C2ED3209F5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.2" author="Rodrigues, SG" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="200 - 214" refId="B25" refString="Rodrigues, SG, Bueno, ADP, Ferreira, RL, 2014. A new troglobiotic species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) with a taxonomic key for the Brazilian species. Zootaxa 3815 (2): 200 - 214, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.2" title="A new troglobiotic species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) with a taxonomic key for the Brazilian species." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3815.2.2" volume="3815" year="2014">Rodrigues et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
;
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;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0D3192D14EF8006735C5DD942459DA83" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
Like
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<emphasis id="A7FAD81440B99D1E982697110C141B18" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. brasiliensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Bousfield, 1996 from
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State (Brazil), both
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<emphasis id="BB63C131070EA7DDA8A5D9543A59D34F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="90693F4CEB15DEF125BB9601C8134370" lsidName="H. julia" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" rank="species" species="julia">
<emphasis id="213A37996831E9404A5655BC89494CAF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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lack plumose setae on their telson, but can be readily distinguished from this species by the number of setae on uropods 1 and 2 (
<bibRefCitation id="B027F34912A1CA8AD3263F80C09D4F6C" author="Bousfield, EL" journalOrPublisher="Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="175 - 224" refId="B2" refString="Bousfield, EL, 1996. A contribution to the reclassification of Neotropical freshwater hyalellid amphipods (Crustacea: Gammaridea, Talitroidea). Bolletino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona 20: 175 - 224" title="A contribution to the reclassification of Neotropical freshwater hyalellid amphipods (Crustacea: Gammaridea, Talitroidea)." volume="20" year="1996">Bousfield 1996</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="6BF90A083A9969B286A0512BE0FFF5B3" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" author="Talhaferro, JT" journalOrPublisher="Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="356 - 372" refId="B29" refString="Talhaferro, JT, Pires, MM, Stenert, C, Maltchik, L, Bueno, AADP, Kotzian, CB, 2021a. Diversity and distribution of the genus Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) in temporary wetlands from the southern Brazilian Coastal Plain, with a taxonomic key to the species in the region. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 58 (2): 356 - 372, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" title="Diversity and distribution of the genus Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) in temporary wetlands from the southern Brazilian Coastal Plain, with a taxonomic key to the species in the region." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" volume="58" year="2021 a">Talhaferro et al. 2021a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="FC43B00D665F7366B5DCCD219A8442B6" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" author="Talhaferro, JT" journalOrPublisher="Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" refId="B30" refString="Talhaferro, JT, Bueno, AALDP, Pires, MM, Stenert, C, Maltchik, L, Kotzian, CB, 2021b. Three new species of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from the Southern Brazilian Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 4970(2): e257292. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" title="Three new species of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from the Southern Brazilian Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 4970 (2): e 257292." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" year="2021 b">b</bibRefCitation>
). The presence of six apical setae on the rectangular peduncle of uropod 3 and its rectangular (longer than wide) shape in
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<emphasis id="A083CE7ACDD32C291851C501994B67AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="C80EDE0B36BF4D46D1B81DE605A959AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are shared with the Argentinian taxa
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<emphasis id="99F541957399340476ADD74112E528D2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. pampeana</emphasis>
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Cavalieri, 1968 and
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<emphasis id="885E84047F54422AEDAA6D6EF2E40B89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. bonariensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Dos Santos, Bond-Buckup &amp; Araujo, 2008, and with
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<emphasis id="243F9F42A6AFDC1C0D2E03ADED6F1C53" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. gauchensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation id="75E27794E98484C3BA5BFB1C44A60A63" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" author="Streck, MT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="263 - 278" refId="B27" refString="Streck, MT, Cardoso, GM, Rodrigues, SG, Graichen, DAS, Castiglioni, DS, 2017. Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4337 (2): 263 - 278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" title="Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" volume="4337" year="2017">Streck et al., 2017</bibRefCitation>
from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (
<bibRefCitation id="C3A2235C1B0E8C14BF436908ADE9798B" author="Damborenea, C" journalOrPublisher="Neotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" refId="B6" refString="Damborenea, C, Rogers, DC, Thorp, JH [Eds], 2020. Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates (Vol. 5): Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna. Academic Press, London." title="Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates (Vol. 5): Keys to Neotropical and Antarctic Fauna. Academic Press, London." year="2020">Damborenea et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). However, the two Paraguayan species lack the space between the dactylus and the margin of the propodus of male gnathopod 2 characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="0300EFE3C025142B27578292C72E985A" lsidName="H. pampeana" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" rank="species" species="pampeana">
<emphasis id="64FCD16E0AA4472EAC941E432A7B3F1D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. pampeana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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) and differ markedly from
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<emphasis id="9C4F436084ED7C3F8B8BAD211F2809B2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. bonariensis</emphasis>
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in the pattern and distribution of setae and comb-scales on their limbs and telson, as well as in the numbers of denticles on the mandibular incisor and lacinia mobilis (
<bibRefCitation id="C790A3FC511FF4883DC562D25BD9A4BF" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1760.1.2" author="Dos Santos, A" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="24 - 36" refId="B8" refString="Dos Santos, A, Araujo, P, Bond-Buckup, G, 2008. New species and new reports of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dogielinotidae) from Argentina. Zootaxa 1760 (1): 24 - 36, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1760.1.2" title="New species and new reports of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dogielinotidae) from Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1760.1.2" volume="1760" year="2008">Dos Santos et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
). In addition, they differ from
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<emphasis id="BCCEFF4CABCDB425A2418250102F7997" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. gauchensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in their mandibular morphology and setal cover of the telson and uropods (cf.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="280008534C8E0E999C6E794658215571" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
The two new Paraguayan taxa are also readily distinguishable from recently described
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species from nearby Argentina (
<bibRefCitation id="070D9C2BFFBDCFC78F15E3165862646C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.865.32878" author="Peralta, MA" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="87 - 102" refId="B20" refString="Peralta, MA, Miranda, AVI, 2019. A new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from the Puna biogeographic province in Argentina. ZooKeys 865: 87 - 102, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.865.32878" title="A new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from the Puna biogeographic province in Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.865.32878" volume="865" year="2019">Peralta and Miranda 2019</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="14BAA3956EFC6052E2A887AD92331BFA" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.2" author="Vernica, IMG" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="202 - 218" refId="B33" refString="Vernica, IMG, Alejandra, PM, 2022. A new Hyalella species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from South American Highlands (Argentina) with comments on its cuticular ultrastructure. Zootaxa 5105 (2): 202 - 218, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.2" title="A new Hyalella species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from South American Highlands (Argentina) with comments on its cuticular ultrastructure." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.2" volume="5105" year="2022">Vernica and Alejandra 2022</bibRefCitation>
) and southern Brazil (
<bibRefCitation id="D2813E4DF982AD17CE9A8F68553CA10E" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0879" author="Reis, GO" journalOrPublisher="Biota Neotropica" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="1 - 2" refId="B22" refString="Reis, GO, Penoni, LR, Bueno, AA, 2020. First record of the genus Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with description of two new species. Biota Neotropica 20 (2): 1 - 2, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0879" title="First record of the genus Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from Santa Catarina State, Brazil, with description of two new species." url="https://doi.org/10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2019-0879" volume="20" year="2020">Reis et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="71EA65BE55E7E6DD4322172B07248341" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.2" author="Limberger, M" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="182 - 200" refId="B16" refString="Limberger, M, Castiglioni, DDS, Graichen, DAS, 2021. A new species of freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Peracarida, Hyalellidae) from Southern Brazil. Zootaxa 5026 (2): 182 - 200, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.2" title="A new species of freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Peracarida, Hyalellidae) from Southern Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5026.2.2" volume="5026" year="2021">Limberger et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="BA416E25AB58E069FBAC6D43BE26C7AB" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab050" author="Rocha Penoni, L" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" refId="B24" refString="Rocha Penoni, L, Alvarenga Lares, MM, de Padua Bueno, AA, 2021. Description of two new species of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from southeastern Brazil, with remarks on their population biology and reproduction. Journal of Crustacean Biology 41(3): ruab050. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab050" title="Description of two new species of the freshwater amphipod Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from southeastern Brazil, with remarks on their population biology and reproduction. Journal of Crustacean Biology 41 (3): ruab 050." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab050" year="2021">Rocha Penoni et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E6B5696F1C6FCA5F5233ADE185C776CF" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" author="Talhaferro, JT" journalOrPublisher="Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="356 - 372" refId="B29" refString="Talhaferro, JT, Pires, MM, Stenert, C, Maltchik, L, Bueno, AADP, Kotzian, CB, 2021a. Diversity and distribution of the genus Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) in temporary wetlands from the southern Brazilian Coastal Plain, with a taxonomic key to the species in the region. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 58 (2): 356 - 372, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" title="Diversity and distribution of the genus Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) in temporary wetlands from the southern Brazilian Coastal Plain, with a taxonomic key to the species in the region." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.1964902" volume="58" year="2021 a">Talhaferro et al. 2021a</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="8E4E3FD5BCA5CA0D1943B3B83D2AEED8" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" author="Talhaferro, JT" journalOrPublisher="Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" refId="B30" refString="Talhaferro, JT, Bueno, AALDP, Pires, MM, Stenert, C, Maltchik, L, Kotzian, CB, 2021b. Three new species of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from the Southern Brazilian Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 4970(2): e257292. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" title="Three new species of Hyalella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) from the Southern Brazilian Coastal Plain. Zootaxa 4970 (2): e 257292." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.2.2" year="2021 b">b</bibRefCitation>
) by the number and type of setae on the telson and uropods 1 and 3 (Figs
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,
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). Their level of morphological differentiation also indicates that the new Paraguayan species cannot be subsumed under the South American
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<emphasis id="4C48C27ED47D1D900B98E74ADFA9D94C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. curvispina</emphasis>
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Shoemaker, 1942 species complex, which appears to comprise significant cryptic diversity based on recent molecular marker analyses (
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). Despite similarities in telson shape and the morphology and setal cover of maxillae and maxillipeds (Figs
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,
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;
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;
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),
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and
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are distinguished from
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by their diagnostic mandibular dentition, the absence of a plumose seta on the dactyli of male gnathopods, the number of setae on the telson, and the shape and number of setae of the uropod 3 peduncle, which is wider than long in
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<emphasis id="4CF969C6FCBDB93D7AB6DD9E6E7ED668" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. curvispina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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;
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;
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) but not in
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<emphasis id="21A460A83B698FB3DC4922BCDD1051E8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="9A8F5296A0794D082F1A5B1EFB170481" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs
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,
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).
</paragraph>
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Despite the geographical vicinity of their type locations,
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and
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are separated by clear morphological differences at the level of the gnathopods, uropods and mandibles, as well as by minor differences in the morphology and setal covers of their antennae, maxillae and maxillipeds. Antennae 1 and 2 have fewer articles in their flagellum in
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<emphasis id="68FEA7EC6A15A994E95D426AFF5528BF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="7FCC57E5E703402673DD1FEB94A75826" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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has minimally 13 articles in antenna 1 and 16 in antenna 2, whereas
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has minimally 10 in antenna 1 and 13 in antenna 2. The mandibles of the two taxa differ in the number of incisor teeth, with 5 and 6 teeth present in the left mandibles of
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<emphasis id="F9B48D1060EFD5ECADD2F84D84000DBF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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, respectively, and 4 and 7 in their right mandibles. In addition, the left lacinia mobilis of
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lacks the distinctive median serrated surface of
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<emphasis id="DA413479DEE649E20264D82FA0FDE8DB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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, and sports instead two prominent, elongated denticles with a serrated edge laterally. The maxillipeds of the two species differ in the number of cuspidate setae on the outer plate and in the shape of palp articles (Figs
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,
<figureCitation id="7C32EE358FDD51512FDA58F0B393D4E5" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Hyalella julia sp. nov., Department of Neembucu, Paraguay. Paratype, male A habitus B antenna 1 C antenna 2 D upper lip E left mandible with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (E 1) and clockwise (E 2) F right mandible, with detail of lacinia and incisor rotated anticlockwise (F 1) and clockwise (F 2) G lower lip H maxilla 1 I maxilla 2 J maxilliped. Scale bars: 1 mm (A); 0.5 mm (B, C); 0.2 mm (D-J); 0.1 mm (E 1, E 2, F 1, F 2)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983122" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">8J</figureCitation>
). The male gnathopods of
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and
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<emphasis id="4A6CCD21823822543D17AF9B2BA17D14" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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differ in the number and type of setae: notably, papposerrate setae are absent in the disto-posterior corner of the gnathopod 2 propodues in
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<emphasis id="8173FD8277F4A555FC87C32B7B486C3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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, which shows instead two stout cuspidate setae with accessory setae (Fig.
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, cf. Fig.
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). Papposerrate setae are also present on gnathopod 1 in
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<emphasis id="52A898B56B1346B7541D508169D988CD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but not
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<emphasis id="7657E85988EF31044AA4EB77406100A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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, cf. Fig.
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). In addition,
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lacks papposerrate setae on the disto-anterior margin of the gnathopod 1 propodus (Fig.
<figureCitation id="93F3711B0BC0D278EA70E232E0EFB105" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Hyalella julia sp. nov. Paratype, male A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983123" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">9A</figureCitation>
, cf. Fig.
<figureCitation id="038C911C5E1318DD1FC6BF2F1A03AB1E" captionStart="Figure 3" captionStartId="F3" captionText="Figure 3. Hyalella mboitui sp. nov. Paratype, male A gnathopod 1 B gnathopod 2. Scale bars: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1191.113840.figure3" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/983117" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">3A</figureCitation>
). The propodi of female gnathopods are also more elongated and less subtriangular in
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<emphasis id="A14BBCFF0824FC1D07D74FB54EE9A27C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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, and differ in the presence and extent of their cover of comb-scales (Fig.
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, cf. Fig.
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). Pereopod 5 is the shortest pereopod in
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<emphasis id="46D8A4EE77B8FD39756E43AE830636DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but the longest in
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<emphasis id="1E503F324FCC6B96503E5E8C1B54AD36" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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. Moreover, uropods 1, 2 and 3 in the two species differ in the number of cuspidate setae on their rami and peduncle (Figs
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,
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="4CC70CEBE7EB1E7E401F731F15EE83C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" type="habitat and conservation">
<paragraph id="3DE4CD48F099F3A34D42562B7C3B4501" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Habitat and conservation</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2C49EBD6E62C3702B5866A63ACACA5C2" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
The geographical vicinity of the two new species and their distinct mandibular morphologies suggest that their differences may stem at least in part from trophic partitioning (
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). Distinct feeding habits may be tied to the different environments characterising the type localities of the two species (Fig.
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). Yegros Paso, the type locality of
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<emphasis id="B05F4E0A186C849FCDDDE0632E71A975" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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(Fig.
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), falls within a complex of seasonal ponds with relatively stagnant waters bordering on a stream. Locally, water bodies expand and contract in cyclic dry and wet phases depending on rainfall levels (
<bibRefCitation id="9AF356B5D3328544A154354AA04B8C55" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0041" author="Hordijk, KAC" journalOrPublisher="Mammalia" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="464 - 468" refId="B13" refString="Hordijk, KAC, Pottie, SB, Ayala, J, 2023. A preliminary examination of burrow use of the understudied Ctenomys pilarensis in Neembucu, Paraguay. Mammalia 87 (5): 464 - 468, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0041" title="A preliminary examination of burrow use of the understudied Ctenomys pilarensis in Neembucu, Paraguay." url="https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0041" volume="87" year="2023">Hordijk et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
). In contrast, the bodies of water in the type localities of
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<emphasis id="CAC39D3DDBCCF6BD8F760B2C4EFEBB63" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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(Ring Road and San Lorenzo; Fig.
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) are characterised by somewhat stronger riverine influence, with more active flow regimes, and higher availability of macrophytes near the banks. Some distinctions in the morphology of their pleopod setae may suggest corresponding differences in locomotion.
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has denser, more strongly developed plumose setae on the pleopods that suggest a higher natatory capacity than in
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, and may make
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<emphasis id="E222D446EB2887BE882CB5689FD3C916" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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better adapted to swimming in lentic habitats (
<bibRefCitation id="26AC7E51066FCB033B154D8DA42B4232" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" author="Streck, MT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="263 - 278" refId="B27" refString="Streck, MT, Cardoso, GM, Rodrigues, SG, Graichen, DAS, Castiglioni, DS, 2017. Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4337 (2): 263 - 278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" title="Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" volume="4337" year="2017">Streck et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
). In contrast,
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<emphasis id="CEEF0F05E680CBD03ABA63C5F4792CD0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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may predominantly inhabit substrates in its lotic environment or remain near the river bank macrophytes.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="ADD9114149298796E57A63A45B7386C9" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Figure 13.</emphasis>
Localities of occurrence for
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sp. nov. and
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sp. nov. in Pilar, southwestern Paraguay
<emphasis id="F5D4A2540DAC54AF87A1AAEE49616DD1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">A</emphasis>
map showing the position of the type localities
<emphasis id="2A6F0772C19BF5384B8594ED887B0962" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">B-D</emphasis>
with scale: 900 m
<emphasis id="D1B0B2D813526681E4C7430ED7A95778" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">B</emphasis>
Yegros Paso
<emphasis id="28AFC8F70E46E77B0853F3A825849860" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">C</emphasis>
Ring Road
<emphasis id="9D0315BCC3E52A5AF1F332EA85215314" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">D</emphasis>
San Lorenzo.
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<paragraph id="681E704EAF652EE9073ABDFC18334701" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
The type locality of
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<emphasis id="AA617853F055F4DE6D7DD28C997EE7B3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is managed for ongoing conservation and research projects on the endangered Pilar tuco-tuco (
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<emphasis id="1D64CB49C8B6647388807B5B1FBF404D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Ctenomys pilarensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In contrast, major developments are scheduled or currently taking place at the type localities of
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<emphasis id="265B378C719C8235264D7C9A6E042F9F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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, San Lorenzo and Ring Road, for the planned construction of flood defences. The connections between the bodies of water inhabited by
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<emphasis id="5571B40C8539D66F1113E90451C8FF3D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="D9994CF42BE16D70191698AC6A97DD3B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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, and their seasonal continuity with the
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River, preliminarily suggest that their area extends beyond the type localities. However,
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<emphasis id="D3D7E2C6D6173D371A147FBA3346B27A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">Hyalella</emphasis>
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is known for its high degree of endemism across South America, and the geographic range of different species in the genus is highly variable (
<bibRefCitation id="57F7FA1B5D85CA15EC1EF368F9F6EE9A" author="Grosso, LE" journalOrPublisher="Acta Zoologica Lilloana" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="79 - 98" refId="B12" refString="Grosso, LE, Peralta, M, 1999. Anfipodos de agua dulce sudamericanos. Revision del genero Hyalella Smith. Acta Zoologica Lilloana 45 (1): 79 - 98" title="Anfipodos de agua dulce sudamericanos. Revision del genero Hyalella Smith." volume="45" year="1999">Grosso and Peralta 1999</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="737B7E7267A4A81759A0EA1F8C20E5F1" DOI="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" author="Streck, MT" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="263 - 278" refId="B27" refString="Streck, MT, Cardoso, GM, Rodrigues, SG, Graichen, DAS, Castiglioni, DS, 2017. Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Zootaxa 4337 (2): 263 - 278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" title="Two new species of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from state of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil." url="https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.5" volume="4337" year="2017">Streck et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
). To map the ranges of
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<emphasis id="A8AD6CAB8D33ABE7A964841A788CDEA0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. mboitui</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="84A78E2437B2D7C14F9477B73EF90750" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">H. julia</emphasis>
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, and the degree to which ongoing developments may threaten the species survival, we recommend a wider sampling of freshwater invertebrates in the wetland complex around Pilar and more broadly in the
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region.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E45EB2273E621BAF39CDD92C1FA0E991" pageId="0" pageNumber="105">
The discovery of two new crustacean species, collected in a non-targeted impact assessment survey near an urban area, highlights the untapped potential of the
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wetlands for biodiversity and conservation research. This ecologically important patchwork of rivers, streams, and flooded grasslands is severely understudied, and its invertebrate fauna remains virtually unexplored amid escalating anthropic impacts (
<bibRefCitation id="E025EEA5E1B92B00A9AD5567A7B16598" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1768157" author="Dickens, JK" journalOrPublisher="International Journal of Odonatology" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="239 - 289" refId="B7" refString="Dickens, JK, Schoenberger, D, VanCompernolle, M, 2020. Guide to the Odonata of central Neembucu, Paraguay: Indicator species of wetland habitats. International Journal of Odonatology 23 (3): 239 - 289, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1768157" title="Guide to the Odonata of central Neembucu, Paraguay: Indicator species of wetland habitats." url="https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2020.1768157" volume="23" year="2020">Dickens et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="1640FBE76D9F68A5B66ECFDC5DB89192" DOI="https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" author="Mereles, MF" journalOrPublisher="Restoration Ecology" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="20 - 26" refId="B19" refString="Mereles, MF, Cespedes, G, Cartes, JL, Goerzen, R, De Egea-Elsam, J, Rodriguez, L, Yanosky, A, Villalba, L, Weiler, A, Cacciali, P, 2020. Biological corridors as a connectivity tool in the region of the Great American Chaco: Identification of biodiversity hotspots in the ecoregions of the Paraguayan Chaco. Restoration Ecology 2 (1): 20 - 26, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" title="Biological corridors as a connectivity tool in the region of the Great American Chaco: Identification of biodiversity hotspots in the ecoregions of the Paraguayan Chaco." url="https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" volume="2" year="2020">Mereles et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). More broadly, despite still comprising unfragmented areas of natural habitat, the Humid Chaco ecoregion in Paraguay is under increasing pressure from land use changes, resulting in high and rapid ongoing biodiversity losses (
<bibRefCitation id="2FFE5E96138C9FA1F5374C0F1EBB0FBC" DOI="https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" author="Mereles, MF" journalOrPublisher="Restoration Ecology" pageId="0" pageNumber="105" pagination="20 - 26" refId="B19" refString="Mereles, MF, Cespedes, G, Cartes, JL, Goerzen, R, De Egea-Elsam, J, Rodriguez, L, Yanosky, A, Villalba, L, Weiler, A, Cacciali, P, 2020. Biological corridors as a connectivity tool in the region of the Great American Chaco: Identification of biodiversity hotspots in the ecoregions of the Paraguayan Chaco. Restoration Ecology 2 (1): 20 - 26, DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" title="Biological corridors as a connectivity tool in the region of the Great American Chaco: Identification of biodiversity hotspots in the ecoregions of the Paraguayan Chaco." url="https://doi.org/10.30564/re.v2i1.1324" volume="2" year="2020">Mereles et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Therefore, taxonomic studies are urgently needed to address the large remaining gaps in the scientific understanding of the
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biodiversity. Our findings of two undescribed species provide supporting evidence of the potential presence of a significant number of undocumented taxa in the
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wetlands, which are likely to benefit from habitat protection measures.
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