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Niphargus Schiodte 1849

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  • 4. Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, B- 1050, Brussels, Belgium & Interuniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels - (IB)

Description

Genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849

New synonyms: Niphargellus Schellenberg,1938; Chaetoniphargus Karaman & Sket, 2018.

Recently synonymized genera (from 2000 onwards): Carinurella Sket, 1971 (Brancelj et al. 2020: 215); Niphargopsis (Chevreux, 2022) (Fišer et al. 2008: 674); Niphargobates Sket, 1981; Niphargobatoides Karaman, 2016; and Chaetoniphargus Karaman & Sket, 2018 (Sket and Karaman 2018: 97). However, the description of Chaetoniphargus was reported by Sket and Karaman (2018) in their references as ‘in print’, suggesting a synonymization of a ‘nomen nudum’ before name availability. To correct this error, Chaetoniphargus is reported herein as a new synonymy, considering that, as a result of the previously illustrated phylogeny, it is a member of the Niphargus ‘megaclade’.

Notes

Published as part of Stoch, Fabio, Citoleux, Jacques, Weber, Dieter, Salussolia, Alice & Flot, Jean-François, 2024, New insights into the origin and phylogeny of Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda), with description of a new species and synonymization of the genus Niphargellus with Niphargus, pp. 1-20 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202 (4) on page 7, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae154, http://zenodo.org/record/14827085

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Schiodte
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Niphargidae
Genus
Niphargus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Niphargus Schiodte, 1849 sec. Stoch, Citoleux, Weber, Salussolia & Flot, 2024

References

  • Schellenberg A. Niphargellus, eine neue subterrane Amphipodengattung an der Ost- und Westgrenze des Reiches. Zoologischer Anzeiger 1938; 122: 359 - 62.
  • Sket B, Karaman GS. Phylogenetic position of the genus Chaetoniphargus Karaman et Sket (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) from Dinaric Karst. An extreme case of homoplasy. Folia Biologica et Geologica 2018; 59: 93 - 9. https: // doi. org / 10.3986 / fbg 0046
  • Brancelj A, Mori N, Treu F et al. The groundwater fauna of the Classical Karst: hydrogeological indicators and descriptors. Aquatic Ecology 2020; 54: 205 - 24. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10452 - 019 - 09737 - w
  • Fiser C, Sket B, Trontelj P. A phylogenetic perspective on 160 years of troubled taxonomy of Niphargus (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zoologica Scripta 2008; 37: 665 - 80. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6409.2008.00347. x