Lithocypris, Martens & Almeida & Páll-Gergely & Higuti, 2023

Martens, Koen, Almeida, Nadiny Martins De, Páll-Gergely, Barna & Higuti, Janet, 2023, On a new tribe, genus and species of Cypricercinae McKenzie, 1971 (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Cyprididae) from New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), Zootaxa 5375 (4), pp. 451-477 : 456

Genus Lithocypris gen. nov. Martens, Almeida & Higuti

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Type species: Lithocypris peyia gen. et spec. nov.

Etymology: the new genus is named after the type of habitat from which it was collected, namely a lithotelma (rockpool) in a forest ( Fig. 2 ).

Differential Diagnosis: the new genus can be distinguished from the other genera in the subfamily by a combination of the following features: carapace elongated in lateral view and narrow in dorsal view, only LV with a weak ventral and posterior inner list, A1 with both RO and WO, Mx1 with rectangular second palp segment and very short sideways directed bristles, T1 with setae a, b and d present, T2 with setae d1 and d2 very short, T3 with seta f missing, lateral shield on Hp with two lobes and Zenker organ with a crown.

A key to the genera of the Cypricercinae is provided in Table 3 .

The genus is monospecific and thus far endemic to New Caledonia.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Lithotelma from which the type material of Lithocypris peyia gen. et spec. nov., was collected on Grande Terre, New Caledonia. Small white dots in enlarged figure (bottom) are the ostracods. (Photos: Barna Páll-Gergely).