Published October 15, 2018 | Version v1
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Bogidiella pingxiangensis, a new species of subterranean Amphipoda from southern China (Bogidiellidae)

  • 1. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China|Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
  • 2. Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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A new species of subterranean amphipod, Bogidiella pingxiangensis Hou & Li, sp. n., is described from Xiongshizilong Cave in Pingxiang City, China. The new species is characterized by having the bases of pereopods III and V expanded; the inner ramus of pleopods I–III with one segment; the telson longer than wide and with the apical margin with a shallow U-shaped excavation. DNA barcode of the new species is documented as support of molecular differences between related species.

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