In:
African Invertebrates, Pensoft Publishers, Vol. 59, No. 2 ( 2018-10-17), p. 127-163
Abstract:
The family Ismaridae Thomson, 1858 is reported from the Afrotropical region for the first time. A total of 15 species are recognised, 14 of which are described as new: Ismarusafricanus sp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa; I.apertus sp. n. from Kenya; I.bicolor sp. n. from Cameroon, Kenya; I.goodrichi sp. n. from Kenya; I.kakamegensis sp. n. from Kenya; I.kenyensis sp. n. from Kenya; I.laevigatus sp. n. from South Africa; I.madagascariensis sp. n. from Madagascar; I.minutus sp. n. from Kenya, Malawi, Zimbabwe; I.nigrofasciatus sp. n. from Malawi, Uganda; I.notaulicus sp. n. from Kenya; I.rawlinsi sp. n. from Kenya, Malawi; I.steineri sp. n. from Madagascar; I.watshami sp. n. from Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Ismarushalidayi Förster is reported for continental Africa from South Africa (new record). We provide an identification key to all species in Afrotropical region.
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Online Resource
ISSN:
2305-2562
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1681-5556
DOI:
10.3897/afrinvertebr.59.24403
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Publisher:
Pensoft Publishers
Publication Date:
2018
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2525413-3
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