Pleuroxus quasidenticulatus Smirnov, 1996

Dadykin, Ivan A., Karimov, Gafur N., Sinev, Artem Y., Volkova, Polina A. & Kotov, Alexey A., 2024, Branchiopoda (Crustacea: Anostraca and Diplostraca) diversity in Tajik Pamir and plain West and South Tajikistan, Zootaxa 5497 (1), pp. 1-32 : 24

Pleuroxus quasidenticulatus Smirnov, 1996

The species was previously recorded in Fergana Valley and South Tajikistan as a doubtful taxon Pleuroxus similis Vavra, 1900 ( Khaitov 1978; Mukhamediev 1986, fig. 23). Pleuroxus quasidenticulatus is a cosmopolitan species occurring in Iraq, Middle East and South East Asia, Australia ( Ji et al. 2015; Korovchinsky & Kotov 2021). In this study, P. quasidenticulatus was observed in a channel in Navobod, Khatlon Region (loc. 9). For a detailed description of P. quasidenticulatus , see Sinev & Sanoamuang (2013).