Gammarus tianshan, Zhao, Shuangyan, Meng, Kaibaryer & Hou, Zhonge, 2017

Zhao, Shuangyan, Meng, Kaibaryer & Hou, Zhonge, 2017, Two new Gammarus species and a new name (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridae) from Northwest China, Zootaxa 4273 (2), pp. 195-215 : 196

Gammarus tianshan nom. nov.

= G. montanus Hou et al., 2004 , in Hou et al., 2004: 257 –284, figs 1–5.

Etymology. The specific name is a noun in apposition, derived from the type locality.

Diagnosis and description. see Hou et al., 2004.

Remarks. Hou et al. (2004) established a new species of the genus Gammarus based on specimens from Tianshan Town, Xinjiang Province, China, Gammarus montanus , whose name is invalid as it has been previously used for Gammarus pavlovici montanus Karaman, S., 1929 from Skopska Crna Gora, Macedonia . Although Gammarus pavlovici montanus Karaman, S., 1929 was synonymized with Gammarus balcanicus Schäferna, 1922 ( Karaman 1977, Karaman & Pinkster 1987), it may be a valid taxon based on molecular analysis ( Mamos et al. 2016). Consequently, a new species name, Gammarus tianshan nom. nov. is proposed for Gammarus taxon from Tianshan Town, Xinjiang Province, China .