Flavalona rustica americana (Flössner & Frey, 1970) comb. nov.

Alona rustica americana Flössner & Frey, 1970: 326–328, figs 1–2, 5.

Differential diagnosis

Flavalona rustica americana comb. nov. differs from the nominal subspecies in the morphology of the male postabdomen, which lacks the basal spine on the postabdominal claw and has wider clusters of distal setules.

Type material

Holotype

♀ in the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, no. 1969.5.27.1.

Allotype

♁ in the Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, same number.

Type locality

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Channel between Martin and Oliver lakes, La Grange Co., Indiana.

Distribution

Canada and U.S.A. Flössner & Frey (1970) considered all North American populations of Flavalona rustica comb. nov. belonging to F. rustica Americana comb. nov ..