Pleuroxus yakutensis Garibian & Neretina & Klimovsky & Kotov 2018, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Garibian, Petr G., Neretina, Anna N., Klimovsky, Alexey I., Kotov, Alexey A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Branchiopoda; Diplostraca; Chydoridae; Pleuroxus; Pleuroxus yakutensis; lena river; Yakutia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5950054; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D92B87B60B6EFFF2B2F7F9D9FB804789

Pleuroxus yakutensis sp. nov. (Figs. 8–20) Pleuroxus trigonellus O.F. Müller in Du (1973): p. 78, fig. 84; Chiang & Du (1979): p. 247–248, fig. 172; Smirnov (1996): figs. 116–118. Etymology. This new species is named after Sakha Autonomous Republic (Yakutia), the largest Autonomous Republic of Russian Federation, where it was discovered. Type locality. A small dam lake near Lake Malaya Chabyda (N 61.92249°, E 129.4182°), Sakha Autonomous Republic (Yakutia), Russia. From this locality, 25 parthenogenetic females, 15 ephippial females, 15 males were collected in 0 2.09.2010 by A.A. Kotov and A.I. Klimovsky. Type material. Holotype: an adult male deposited at the collection of Zoological Museum of Moscow State University, MGU Ml 161. The label of holotype is: “ Pleuroxus yakutensis sp. nov., 1 ♂ from a small lake near Lake Malaya Chabyda, Yakutia, HOLOTYPE ”. Paratypes from a small dam lake near Lake Malaya Chabyda, preserved in 96% ethanol: 1 undissected parthenogenetic female (MGU Ml 162: N 61.92249°, E 129.4182°, coll. 0 2.09.2010 by A.A. Kotov & A.I. Klimovsky); 5 undissected parthenogenetic females (MGU Ml 163: N 61.92249°, E 129.4182°, coll. 0 2.09.2010 by A.A. Kotov & A.I. Klimovsky); 4 undissected parthenogenetic females (AAK 2018-059: N 61.92249°, E 129.4182°, coll. 0 2.09.2010 by A.A. Kotov & A.I. Klimovsky). Other material studied: 2 parthenogenetic females from Lake Aly-Syrdah (N 63.9331°, E 127.4878°), Yakutia Autonomous Republic, Russia, coll. 21.08.2010 by A.A. Kotov, AAK 2011-016; 10 parthenogenetic females from Anga on Melnikov Island, Lena River (N 63.86428°, E 127.4509°), Yakutia Autonomous Republic, Russia, coll. 21.08.2010 by A.A. Kotov, AAK 2011-019; 2 parthenogenetic females from Lake 3 on Melnikov Island, Lena River (N 63.85395°, E 127.4678°), Yakutia Autonomous Republic, Russia, coll. 22.08.2010 by A.A. Kotov, AAK 2011-019; 2 parthenogenetic females from oxbow of Tuoluma River, Amga River basin (N 61.80082°, E 133.2925°), Yakutia Autonomous Republic, Russia, coll. 26.08.2010 ...