New genus and two new species of driftwood hoppers (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae) from northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal regions

• Published in: Zoosystematics and Evolution
• Main Author: Wildish,David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2014
• Subjects: Neotenorchestia kenwildishi gen. n; sp. n; Macarorchestia pavesiae sp. n; Macarorchestia microphtalma (Amanieu & Salvat 1963) comb. n; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.8410; https://zse.pensoft.net/article/4132/

A new specialist driftwood talitrid from the Swale, U.K., is figured and described as Neotenorchestia kenwildishi gen. n., sp. n. A further new driftwood talitrid, Macarorchestia pavesiae sp. n., is figured and described from coastal regions in the Adriatic Sea. Orchestia microphtalma Amanieu & Salvat, 1963 from the Atlantic coast of France is re-designated as Macarorchestia microphtalma (Amanieu & Salvat, 1963). A key is provided for the known species of driftwood talitrids in northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean coastal regions.