Hyalella araucana Grosso & Peralta, 1999

Santos, Ana Lucia Freitas Dos, Araujo, Paula Beatriz & Bond-Buckup, Georgina, 2008, New species and new reports of Hyalella (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Dogielinotidae) from Argentina, Zootaxa 1760 (1), pp. 24-36 : 30-31

Hyalella araucana Grosso & Peralta, 1999

Material examined: Argentina, Province of Santa Cruz, Arroyo Calafate (50º20’21”S – 72º15’22.4”W), February 2004 , UFRGS 3716 (24 males, 19 females, 6 juveniles) , UFRGS 3717 (2 males, 3 females, 2 juveniles). Province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Lake Escondido (54º40’51.4” S – 67º48’47.7” W), February 2004 , UFRGS 3718 (3 males, 7 females, 2 juveniles). Province of Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, stream near Lake Escondido (54º43’4.1”S – 68º01’32”), February 2004 .

Remarks: The known distribution of H. araucana includes Punta Arenas, Chile ( Cunningham, 1871; Grosso & Peralta 1999 and González 2003), Patagonia to Tierra del Fuego ( Bousfield, 1996), Ushuaia ( Grosso & Peralta 1999) and the Province of Santa Cruz, Argentina ( Table 1). The samples from Arroyo Calafate, in the Province of Santa Cruz, and in Lake Escondido, in the Province of Tierra del Fuego confirm the occurrence of this species in these provinces.