Bennelongia nimala, De Deckker, 1981

Shearn, Rylan, Koenders, Annette, Halse, Stuart & Martens, Isa Schön and Koen, 2012, A review of Bennelongia De Deckker & McKenzie, 1981 (Crustacea, Ostracoda) species from eastern Australia with the description of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 25, pp. 1-35 : 16

Bennelongia nimala lineage

Remarks

The B. nimala lineage consists of two nominal species, B. nimala De Deckker, 1981 and the here described B. regina sp. nov. The lineage is characterized by oval carapaces in dorsal view with hirsute and pustulose shell surfaces and a pronounced overlap of the RV by the LV anteroventrally, more so than in other species of Bennelongia .

Species in this lineage can be distinguished from all other lineages of Bennelongia by their heavily hirsute and pustulose shell surfaces. They can also be distinguished from the B. cygnus lineage by the serrated margin of the anteroventral lapel on the RV, from the B. tunta lineage by the rounded dorsal margin in lateral view (rectangular in B. tunta ), from the B. pinpi lineage it differs by the presence of an anteroventral lapel in the RV (absent in B. pinpi lineage), from the B. australis lineage by the smaller male adult carapace size (L = 1400 µm) and serrated margin of the RV anteroventral lapel (smooth in B. australis lineage), and from the B. harpago lineage by the absence of a dorsal hump-like thickening of the LV (present in B. harpago ).